20 Best Motherboard For Amd Ryzen 9 5900X (2023 Updated)

I originally bought a Phantom Gaming 4 but returned it and in the middle of shipping transit I decided to upgrade it to the ROG Strix. The main reason was the BIOS flashback feature as I had an AMD 5600X for it.

It seems it was a newer stock item so it already had the updated BIOS. I still tried the BIOS flashback feature to upgrade to the newest BIOS and liked it. Overall it’s a great motherboard. I only put 4 stars because of two things.

One it lacks an ARGB header on the top of the motherboard so all routing has to go to the bottom and daisy chain from there. Another is not really the motherboard but ASUS AURA RGB software. It kept reverting to red, which is the default color.

After a quick online search I found you have to change an XML file on the Aura folder to Read-Only as a workaround. I don’t like that I had to do that as if I want to change I want to remove the Read-Only attribute, change to the new setting, and then set again to Read-Only.

On the plus side, I liked their fan control software as it detected the fans and set the AIO pump automatically to 100%, versus the Asrock software on the Phantom Gaming 4 (I have another one on a different system which is why I initially bought another and then decided to try a different model).

However, you need to do an additional download of the AI software suite after you install the Armory Crate for the ASUS Fan control software to be available. A cool feature is the “eye” logo on the board that stays on even after you turn off the computer.

This feature lets you know if you have the Power Supply switch on or off, that is, if the motherboard is still receiving power or not. Also I noticed that as I did some troubleshooting and swapped components around my two computers, the same hardware stayed way cooler, around 10-15 degrees less on the ASUS ROG versus the Asrock Phantom.

I also liked some other nice touches that are bit more high-end on the ROG like the thermal pads and covers on the M. 2 slots, but of course the ROG is a more expensive board so you expect more high-end features.

One final comment is that the VRM covers on the top of the motherboard conflicted a bit with the screws of the 240mm AIO I installed so I had to fiddle around that. The AIO fans went into the top PWM headers so I also have very little clearance for the wires to avoid hitting the fans.

You could say this is an issue with the case height but on the Asrock this was not the case as the headers were located differently and I had the same AIO.

Great feature set with some style, but more than one thing annoyed me: RMA process was inconsistent with claiming advance RMA was available, RAM QVL was not available for Ryzen 5000 series at launch then was more limited than 3000 series, and insufficent notes on EATX12V connectors.

I would only get this mobo if you like the feature set compared to other mobos – Otherwise get something different and cheaper. Features go beyond what I need like a thunderbolt header, 2. 5 gbps Ethernet, USB 3.

2 Gen 1 header, built in I/O shroud, and the all important BIOS flashback with USB for my 5600X worked great. SATA data cables are unfortunately right behind where the main GPU goes, requiring case’s rear panel to be removed to disconnect SATA cables.

Slots 1, 3, 5 are closest to the GPU while 2, 4, 6 are one port away. I couldn’t get SATA cable to release even with thin tools. Optical audio port fits looser than any other mobo or audio device I’ve used, as easily slips out if small to moderate tension exists.

Armory Crate software has been mostly good for updating drivers & BIOS plus basic RGB/AURA effects, though one Armory Crate update for “Device Kits” failed until I did a restart. Auto OC is awesome if you have an aftermarket cooler, but resulted in Deus Ex Mankind Divided being unstable, crashing about once per hour.

RMA was the only way I could confirm whether I had a mobo or CPU issue in handling RAM. Turned out it was CPU, not this mobo.

– I got this motherboard together with AMD 5800X and DDR4 as upgrade for my old system: Asus Z-97E + Intel I5-4590 + 16Gb RAM + NVIDIA GTX 1070TI + SSD + 7200RPM SATA drive + Cooler Master G650M 650W 80+Bronze (circa 2015) Unfortunately, after I assembled everything, system would randomly reboot, mostly when watching some videos online in the browser (i.

e Netflix). After disabling ASUS performance optimizations in the BIOS the system became more stable, would reboot once every two three days. I originally attributed this to my old PSU, and ordered a new one Seasonic FOCUS PX 850.

Unfortunately, it made system even less stable. I also tried with yet another PSU – Corsair RM750, with the same result. I disassembled everything and assembled it back, and tried yet another PSU from my other home computer ( Rosewill – BRONZE Series – 1000-Watt 80+ Bronze) that one works a little better, but I am still getting about one random reboot per day.

The last one watching the new year show. Strangely enough, running CPU stress tests (stress-ng) for hours or memory tests with memtes86 does not find any errors, and doesn’t trigger reboot. So, I am going to return this motherboard.

This board has been great. Probably something you should expect, but stability has been awesome. Didn’t support my new 5700G out of the box, but the BIOS flash system made updating to a compatible BIOS an absolute breeze.

Options are great, with good control over various functions and onboard devices. If there is one caveat, it is that I cannot disable an M. 2 device through the BIOS without actually physically removing it from the slot.

This coupled with the drives mounting underneath the chipset heatsink setup, is quite inconvenient. Might be an edge use-case, but it is what it is. The other minor nitpick is IOMMU groupings (for device passthrough in Linux) could be slightly more optimal.

But there are ways around that anyway.

After going through two defective MSI X570 Gaming Pro Carbon units, I gave up on them and bought this instead. From a performance and general build quality perspective, I’m quite happy. However, I’m now faced with having to buy a sound card or external DAC because of the interference on the on-board sound chip.

That doesn’t happen often so it’s not a big deal for now. My biggest gripe is with Armoury Crate, the software that controls the RGB, among other things. I don’t know why none of the big motherboard manufacturers can’t employ some decent programmers and QA people because ALL of their utilities are unreliable junk.

Armoury Crate worked fine for about the first two months I had this board. Then, it took an update (which you can’t decline since it’s a Windows Store app) and all of a sudden, it can’t see any AURA devices in my system any more.

When the system is powered up, the RGB is stuck on one static colour, when it gets to Windows, it changes to another one but you can’t adjust it at all. The software has had at least half a dozen component updates since then and it still doesn’t work.

The ROG forums are full of people with this complaint. If I try to install AURA Sync independently (which is available for this board), it just refuses to run. Asus support (which I have to admit, has come a long way in recent years) is trying to help but doesn’t know what the problem is and doesn’t seem willing to entertain the thought that maybe the software is to blame.

I’m not prepared to reload my entire machine a second time just to fix this thing that will probably break again later. I’d sooner just turn off the board’s RGB entirely and forget it. On top of that, I sleep my machine at night and Armoury Crate’s service is randomly waking the system.

It doesn’t provide any functions that should require it to wake the system but it does anyway. I don’t care that this isn’t a “high-end” board, don’t put RGB on your products if you can’t write decent software to manage it.

Overall, this is still a solid X570 board for those who don’t want to pay ridiculously high prices for higher end boards full of features they don’t need. Just know that you’re likely to have frustrations with Armoury Crate and that you might either need a separate sound card or some ferrite cores on your headphones.

Just transitioned from Intel to AMD Processors and was looking to add additional memory to the motherboard but 2+ sticks won’t post in BIOS or Windows. Using Memory: G. Skill F4-3600C16Q-64GTZNC 64GB 4x16GB DDR4 3600MHz Memory Module Checked AMD QVL for 3000 Series and the model number is listed for compatibility.

I’m able to get into UEFI BIOS with one memory stick but I get a DRAM light on the motherboard when I try to run 2 or more. Even tried enabling D. O. C. P. as I could not find XMP settings. Loaded all drivers and are up to date once I was able to get into Windows initially.

Purchased through another retailer that cannot be named in this comment but that’s besides the point.

I’ve had nothing but issues with this board since I got it. Ironically, the bad Intel NIC everyone seems to have an issue with has been the most reliable thing on this board for me. The issues first came up a day after I installed the new MB in my system, when I was playing a game and my PC just shut off, without warning.

After 3 seconds it rebooted itself into Windows like nothing had happened. I thought that was odd and proceeded to try to game again, and it happened again. First thing I did was re-seat all my components.

I then ran a CPU stress test as well as MemTest86, and everything came out great. I then tried to game again and again, the PC simply shut off and rebooted after about 5 minutes of gameplay. Next thing I did was use a different PSU, thinking perhaps it was a power issue.

Installed the new PSU and again, the PC would shut off. After a few days, a new BIOS version came out and I immediately updated to it thinking that it may fix these instability issues I was having. but it unfortunately did not.

Now, after that update, I am having issues where the PC will shut itself off multiple times when started from a complete off. Watching the PC, it will start up and all the fans will be full blast, then it will run for 10 seconds and shut off, then after a few seconds it will restart.

After doing this cycle, the LED for the RAM will light up indicating an issue with the RAM. The only way to break that loop that has worked for me is to completely unplug the system, turn off the PSU, hold the power button to clear any residual electricity and then plug the PSU back in.

After I do that, the PC will start normally. My only conclusion is that the motherboard is faulty, as every component I have has been checked as well as ran in another system. The CPU works great, the PSU is brand new (tried 3 PSU’s in total) the RAM cleared MemTest86 as well as is on the QVL for the board AND worked great on an old Gigabyte board I use to test components, the SSD is fairly new and in good shape according to the Sandisk SSD health check and my GPU works flawlessly without issue.

That leaves the motherboard as the only piece that I can possibly think of that is having an issue, as I have checked all other components pretty thoroughly. the sad thing is, once it does start the PC will work fine while doing any task besides gaming, the whole reason I built it.

I can run stress test after stress test, brose the internet, watch movies, open 20 Chrome tabs, and not have an issue but once a gaming load happens the PC just says “nah, I’m out” and shuts off. Incredibly frustrating as my other Gigabyte B550 board has worked without issue for over a year now, absolutely flawless and now this, more expensive board, completely baffles me In fact, the only reason I got this board was because it’s one of the very rare white themed board, the other being the Gigabyte Vision D which is wayyy more expensive.

Starting to think I should have saved for it.

I experienced almost the same thing as Zachary M. in the reviews. I bought a new motherboard (this one), cpu, and memory, but reused the SSD, GPU, PSU, and Case. I got it all running, installed windows, and then after installing some drivers from the cd supplied it just hung in POST and gave a Code 02 error.

I tried everything possible, and it still threw the Code 02. Cleared CMOS, tried a different GPU as I found people stated sometimes that caused the problem with older crosshair boards. Tried starting it with only the motherboard and CPU still threw code 02.

I even contacted Asus support, and they suggested that I try to get it replaced first through newegg. Which is what I’m doing at the moment, but they gave me a case number in case. Asus Crosshair VIII Formula Ryzen 9 3900x Corsair Dominator 32GB (16×2) 3200 MHz DDR4 memory EVGA GTX1080 FTW Corsair HX1200i Samsung 850 PRO (512GB).

This board has lots of onboard PWM fan headers. It also has a built in EK waterblock on the vrm’s. Perfect for me because I’m using watercooling. I haven’t bought a knew motherboard in many years but have always liked Asus products especially the ROG boards and this is a flagship product.

I purchased this board to upgrade a Rampage V Edition 10 running a Core i7-5960X to an AMD Ryzen 9 5950X with 64GB of G. Skill 3600 GHz DDR4 RAM. The swap was easier than I expected and my Windows 10 Pro x64 v21H1 booted right ip without any issues at all.

It has been the smoothest upgrade I have ever done in almost 40 years of building personal computers. I would recommend this board to anyone who is looking to make the most out any compatible AMD CPU.

This product was a shining beacon to me when I was doing my first modern build in a while, paired it with a Ryzen 5 3600, 2060 Super and 2x8GB of 4266 ram. The board theming paired fantastic with my NZXT red/black case and I was a pretty happy camper, even if the 2 SATA ports didn’t work out of the box.

This was until some months later when, after turning my computer off and attempting to turn it back on, the fans went into 100% and EZDebug flashed CPU and RAM, all while the cpu fan twitched instead of spinning.

If you look online at reviews of this and other MSI boards, you’ll see that it’s more common than you’d wish for. After troubleshooting for 6+ hours combined, breadboxing/re-configuring and switching out components, it was determined that the CPU issue was present regardless of what was in the socket/cooling it (used a brand new AMD 3 3200G + stock cooler).

Because the fan header mentioned above failed to operate correctly, my CPU ran without a cooling solution, overheating it and thus killing it. So now not only do I have a dead motherboard that can’t operate regardless of CPU, but I also have a CPU that’s fried in a time where component availability and pricing is increasing substantially.

I’ve been approved for an RMA so I have to go ship the motherboard to MSI to tinker with it for a month while I sit without a computer, however at this point with the already apparent flaws and the fact that I’m insanely sure that they’re going to deny fault for the CPU since this has been a common theme for them, I’m not sure I want this board at all, much less anything to do with MSI anymore.

I can only hope they either offer a credit so I can try a different board from them or, if they refuse to acknowledge killing my CPU, a refund so I can stop using them entirely. I’ll update this rating if they actually take responsibility for the actions of this mobo (or if they proceed to deny it so I can lower it to 1 egg), otherwise I suggest steering clear of this specific motherboard and to go to either a higher grade one from MSI or something else entirely (since the price is already close to a lot of other brands).

Ok so I want to build a great computer using the old processor parts of another. This motherboard is perfect! I took apart my old HP and used the old Raven Ridge, then I bought a Ryzen 9. Now I have two, so now I want to take out the X570 from my Gungnir Chassis and into a ThermalTake P3 chassis.

Perfect! It doesn’t have the USB 3. 2 connection so its only so great inside the Gungnir. I can upgrade my main MB, and have a 4. 1 ghz swinger on the side. Using about 1. 36v and 3600Mhz rams. The limited 550w cap on it means I can downplay my 1000w psu and use a smaller one, and a smaller monitor and even gpu.

You can turn this thing into a flawless coder! I love it. A little difficult getting the GPU configured but it works when you manually set your BIOS. I am using 4 ram sticks and 4ghz at 1. 37v always, and having few problems at 160f and 80W max avg.

Read up on this thing!.

Excellent entry-level X570 motherboard that is compatible with the latest Ryzen CPUs (assuming you update the BIOS). Pros: It has all the bare essentials such as good looks, good enough VRMs (more on this in Cons), 2x M.

2 slots, including one that handles older SATA3 M. 2. BIOS update ability without needing a CPU or RAM installed. I was able to prep my bare mobo before my CPU even arrived by downloading the latest BIOS online and updating it.

Thus I didn’t need a loaner CPU. Plenty of individually controlled fan headers (but why at the bottom?) Excellent BIOS with lots of features Connector for LED control. if you’re into that kind of thing.

Nothing imroves peformance like RGB (sarcasm) Cons: VRMs are good enough for running most Ryzen CPUs at stock, including most of the 7 series. If you want to overclock or go big, like Ryzen 9 series, get a better motherboard Fan headers are at the bottom of the motherboard.

Only two uptop and the rest below. Why??? A third m. 2 slot for wifi would have been nice but I can say this about all mobos that don’t include one.

I purchased this motherboard as an emergency back-up replacement to my ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero x570 motherboard, which died 12/16/2021 after only 10 months of time. This motherboard was one of the cheapest X570 motherboards that I could personally verify at the store had a BIOS version ready for Ryzen 5000.

NOTE: If you have a Ryzen 5000 CPU and purchase this motherboard online, there is a chance it may come with a BIOS version that is not ready to support it. In-store, you can verify Ryzen 5000 readiness by looking for a sticker on the motherboard.

It is likely most motherboards purchased online by this point will have the required BIOS for Ryzen 5000, but if you wish to verify this, you would have to see the box in-store. If you do receive a board that has an old BIOS, this motherboard does NOT support BIOS flashback, which means you would need to install a compatible CPU (Ryzen 3000) to load the new BIOS for your Ryzen 5000 CPU.

AMD offers a loaner program for this, if you do not have a friend to borrow a CPU from, but you may be asked by AMD to go through ASUS first to see if you can send the board back to them to flash it for you.

This would be a headache, so if this is remotely a concern for you, I would recommend going in-store for this purchase. The motherboard is as-advertised and does everything it needs to do. My components transferred into the motherboard and booted up perfectly the first time.

The only tweaks needed were for RAM frequency which were adjusted in BIOS easily and gave no trouble. The motherboard manual is fairy detailed and was able to answer everything I needed to know regarding installation.

The reason for 4 stars versus 5 stars is that I have had two very odd freezes since putting my components into the system. The first freezing happened on the desktop while I was away from the computer.

The screen locked onto the desktop, system time was frozen at the time of the crash, and I could not move the mouse. The second time the computer froze I returned to my computer while it was on the desktop and found that the system time was frozen, but this time I could move the mouse.

I tried clicking on various applications and nothing would respond. After researching, there are some threads out there online that discuss this motherboard having freezing issues. I am fairly confident it has to be the board software and not any other part of my system, because I have observed no other defects on windows or crashes while doing more intensive tasks.

The freezes are very, very intermittent (on the order of 2 weeks+), so I will have to monitor for increases of frequency. It is a minor inconvenience at this point, but is noted so that you can do your own research prior to making the purchase.

If I could go back in time I think I would have gone for a Gigabyte board if I had not been in a pickle for getting a board quickly.

The first PC I built lasted for about 10 years and never gave me any serious problems. This year, the power supply failed and it wouldn’t POST anymore. Since it was already a decade old (practically prehistoric in the computer world these days) I put it aside and built a 2nd PC.

I chose the ASUS Tuf Gaming X570 on a whim (and more positive reviews), after I had spent a couple days selecting parts based around a Gigabyte something-or-other board. And I don’t regret it! Once I got my bearings, I breezed through connecting everything and the out-of-box POST and video card test went perfectly (after I used a good HDMI cable).

I was able to get into the BIOS and look around at temperatures and whatnot. There are a ton of options to customize how this thing runs. Placing it in the case wasn’t an issue, but installing the Cooler Master CPU fan took some figuring out.

Anyway I felt compelled to write this review mainly because of the trouble I had installing Windows 10 Pro, but also because of the other Cons I mentioned. I don’t think I would’ve ever gotten the Windows 10 problem if it hadn’t been for other customers on Newegg, so this is a thank you to them.

I tried to install it multiple times and failed every time (Windows encountered a problem with your machine blah blah blah). This went on for days. Then I remembered the reviews on here talking about the WiFi and Bluetooth.

So I disable both of them in the BIOS and Shazam! Specifically, the problem is with the WiFi controller. Even after I installed the OS, if I enabled the WiFi controller Windows 10 encountered a problem.

I couldn’t find any explanation for the conflict but I don’t use the WiFi so I quit worrying about it. The board doesn’t have an integrated graphics card, which is something OBS requires for the Window capture option to show video if you record the video from an application like VLC.

Only my GPU shows up in Device Manager. I worked around that by using the Game capture feature. I don’t understand the reasoning that well but apparently this board “gets” video from certain 5th Gen Ryzen CPUs, but earlier Gen require a GPU? But the board won’t boot up without a GPU anyway? I have a 3rd Gen Ryzen 9 CPU so I don’t know.

The last thing; there is an output for a USB-C connection but there’s no USB-C module on the board. There’s a USB 3. 2 but you’d have to convert it to a type C with an adapter, which kind of sucks because the Xbox PC controller I wanted to buy needs USB-C.

And I’m not going to sacrifice all of the available USB 3. 0 outputs for one type C; I don’t game nearly enough to justify that. The ASUS Tuf Gaming X570 (Plus WiFi) is a very great motherboard! The Windows 10 thing is really what’s preventing me from giving it a perfect score.

But the cons don’t outweigh the pros and I’d recommend any PC enthusiast to purchase this! Build specifics are below. ASUS Tuf Gaming X570 (Plus WiFi) board AMD Ryzen 9 3rd Gen 3900x CPU, Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition CPU fan Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660Ti video card Samsung 970 EVO M.

2 2TB SSD Seagate 16TB USB 3. 0 HDD Crucial Ballistix 3600 MHz DDR4 DRAM 16GB (8GBx2) RAM Corsair RM750, 750 Watt, 80+ Gold Certified power supply Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Phanteks RGB LED Strip be Quiet! Pure Wings 2 case fans.

Mine is the non WiFi variant, and I have had the board up and running for over a year. Performance has just gotten better over time. The board has been 100% stable. Initially I had a 3600 in this board, moved to the 5600X (because I couldn’t get the 5800X at the time).

Features are great, plenty of fan headers, layout is good, a pair of m. 2 slots, etc. I picked up this (actual) motherboard for my uncle and dropped a 5800X into it. The thing screams with 3600 MHz RAM.

It’s a fine board that runs upwards of 200 bucks (at times) online. I was able to pick mine up at Micro Center for 180. That store is simply amazing. I highly recommend this motherboard, the integrated intel WiFi is very good.

I have the system it’s in sitting over a story off the ground and several walls and 100 feet away from the router. Connection strength is decent to rock solid (from a comcast router with no external antennas).

Picked this up paired with a 5900X and 3080 Ti. Handles everything great. I’m not an RGB fanatic so I would recommend this if that’s not important to you and you want a solid motherboard. Good connection placement and had no issues with cable management.

The only complaint I have, and I’d have it with most motherboards, is manufacturers really need to come up with a better system for the case connections. Maybe an adapter, or some kind of single plug standard.

Having to fumble around with power +/-/ground is my least favorite part of a new build. It just feels like we could have come up with something better by now! Anyways, rant over: I would recommend this motherboard!.

-The board is fantastic to have for the price, the quality of the components tells me that ASUS takes pride with thier motherboards and why I went with them again. -The board is highly competitive for the price with other alternatives with 2.

5G ethernet and the board simply works. -One major thing to point out is that AMD APUs may not cooperate with Realtek audio drivers so please keep this in mind when purchasing AMD boards for specific scenarios.

Again, this is not the fault of ASUS or any board partner but something to consider when buying an AMD Ryzen processer with an APU. -This is not a con but a general observation. The motherboard has weirdly placed fan headers on the board so 3-pin/4-pin extension cables may be necessary when placing this board in a large case.

This is what I consider odd but not detrimental to system performance and it is entirely my fault for not planning things out when buying this board. -This is not a fault of ASUS or motherboard manufacturers but I think this would probably be decent feedback.

The top PCIe x16 slot on newer motherboards should be placed further down and further away from the CPU so that large air coolers do not impact GPU performance. I know it is not always possible due to motherboard design limitations but it helps to know that some customers care about these things and want to help companies improve their products.

Was hard to give this 4 eggs because even though it posted 1st attempt and installed clean win10 from usb 3. 0 flashdrive to m. 2 1tb pci. e4x4 that’s when I ran into huge problems. Tried to run the cd and it appeared to work but as I would move my mouse around it would stop and go knew right then I had problems.

Sure enough system was very unstable on the edge of system hang. After many hours of trying different things I found out the best way to resolve my issues was to just to do clean win10 install, run my video card drivers, which I use the amd sound that comes through the hdmi cable right to my tv.

Use driver booster (free) update everything BUT the 4 IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers (standard SATA AHCI controller). The base win10 drivers from 2006 that win10 uses on install for those work fine. If I would try to update those to new 2017 version would cause the same problem.

System is now 100% stable with all other drivers updated to latest and sata controllers left on 2006 version. Im 90% happy in the end. Can only recommend this board to people that know what they are doing with drivers.

PS as others have noted there may be issues with the sound driver but I have onboard audio disabled in the bios since I use amd sound that is integrated in radeon video cards. so I havnt tested it and therefor can’t comment on it.

old build intel i7-2600 cpu, asus p8z68-v-pro/gen3 board, 16gb adata gaming series ddr3 1600mhz ram, xfx radeon r9-390 gpu os drive/extreme gaming: 960gb adata ultimate su650 sata ssd, 5tb toshiba x300 performance 7200rpm sata main gaming drive 14tb various sata internal/external drives for redundant storage/backup antec 750w psu (old), fractal full atx case new build ryzen 7 3700x cpu, asus tuff gaming x570 plus board, 16gb g.

skill ripjaws V 3600mhz ram, sapphire pulse radeon rx5600xt gpu os drive/extreme gaming: 1tb adata/xpg gammix m. 2 pcie4x4, 5tb toshiba x300 performance 7200rpm sata main gaming drive 14tb various sata internal/external drives for redundant storage/backup corsair hx750w modular psu, fractal full atx case.

I’ve spent nearly two days trying to figure this out, trolling through AMD, ASUS and reddit tech forums attempting to work out why I can’t get fast charging to work on the front and back usb-c ports on this mobo.

The instruction manual indicates the ports should be fast charging, but they are not, even though I’ve updated drivers, armoury crate, added AI Charger, updated BIOS/UEFI and lord knows what else. Turns out, I’m not alone, as I’m not the only one asking about this on ASUS forums.

What the heck! How ridiculous is this? What was this board? Like $400 and I can’t even fast charge through the USB-C ports.

I don’t normally do reviews but, what the heck, I like this product. I decided on this board for a few reasons; supported the memory I wanted, supported the chip I wanted, looked good without too much over the top decals, massive heat syncs on the M.

2 slots which I needed since I was going to be running 3 of them. What can I say really about this board other than it just works? I pulled the latest BIOS from the MSI website on a different PC (Needed to update since I was using the AMD 3D chip), and seriously it just posted right up, no errors, memory profile is great, the board is just great.

I would absolutely recommend going this route.

I was using Asrock X570 Taichi, and had the CPU Ryzen 7 5800x and SB overheat so much and always had SB around 60 to 75 C which was too high. Ones I switched to this motherboard I have no issues with CPU or SB on load CPU runs around 58 – 72C and SB runs around 36 – 48C and CPU idles at 30 – 44C, the SB idle temps are around 26 – 30C and everything runs stable at these temperatures and nothing crashes any more for me.

This board has easy setting in BIOS, but the description of the options could be better and a more user friendly interface needs to be put in place by MSI.

iO is ease to use. Great looking and power is more then i can ask Great build for work and gaming Very happy with my choice. Easy to follow instructions. Easy to understand for building a computer, you wont be sorry.

I bought this product from overseas because I wanted it a month before it showed up in NZ. I spent a long time researching and I liked the x570 Tomahawk but a friend told me to get the gigabyte x570s without the fan.

After a few days of searching I found this one online and ordered. This was my first PC build and I was watching youtube videos while building it. The manual that came with it was great and simple. Every plug I needed on the motherboard was there and the locations were very convenient.

Updating the bios was a breeze. The companion software that comes with it is great. Running my fan lights according to CPU temp and I am keeping an eye on everything. I managed to build a super PC using: the x570s tomahawk MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT MECH 2X 8G OC, Ryzen 9 5900x, Deepcool Castle 360EX 360mm ARGB AIO Liquid CPU Cooler, Crucial P2 2TB NVMe M.

2 PCIe 3D NAND SSD CT2000P2SSD8, Fractal Design ION+ 760W 80+ Platinum Fully Modular ATX Power Supply Ripjaws 3600mhz cl18 I can run any number of programs together, no lag, no high temp. The PC is running at around 40C when I am playing a heavy game the Assassins creed.

I can run Sikero on 4 cores out of the 12 with the heat not exceeding 45C. THe PC is VR ready and I am running WIn11 now with 3 27 inch screens. After the old PC I had this is a UFO. Very happy with it all.

This board have good features. Flash bios usb came in clutch. Motherboard wasn’t recognizing my cpu so I use the included usb and plug it into the USB port and flash the bios and all set. Good heat sinks plenty fan and rgb connectors.

The rgb in the board have a switch for turn it on and off. Over all is a great board and a great price.

I have recently switched to AMD Ryzen 5 3600x, after some issues with my Intel CPU. The MSI( B450 Tomahawk Max came highly recommended on forums, with experts focusing on the strong VRM for a B450 board and good VRM cooling.

Pros: + Tomahawk “Max” version has a 32Mb BIOS. It will be able to support all the past and future CPUs (Ryzen 4000 is coming out in fall of 2020, some b450 board that have 16MB bios will have to “chose” which older CPUs they will support if switching to the new Ryzens BIOS.

This one most probably will support all of them) + BIOS-flashback function with a button on the IO shield area. This means unbrickable BIOS and possibly flashing back and forth between older and newer BIOSes.

Thus Ryzen 4000 BIOS upgrade will be “unilateral” (non-revertable) as AMD said – well, not on this board, I think. This one has the BIOS-flashback and in my experience that will allow flashing older BIOSes back, if interested.

Since the BIOS on this particular board might support all Ryzen generations, that’s just a precaution. Still = unbrickable bios. + Good 4+2 phase VRM, capable of overclocking even a 3950x (with serious airflow over the VRM) + Large and efficient VRM heatsink covering the IO area + Very good performance with my RAM XPG 3600CL17 – I can easily drop the timings to 15-16.

I have recently tested this memory with one of the latest Intel “K” CPUs on another board and it couldn’t run even at XMP settings properly. This MSI b450 T Max board’s BIOS was ironed out and has no issues with the memory at this point.

In fact it outperformed that intel z490 board. Cons: – SATA ports 5 and 6 do not work even with the most current BIOS – a problem reported by a few users! I moved my two mirrored HDDs to ports 3 and 4 and solved the issue, but two practically dead ports is not ok in my book.

– No Addressable RGB header! I had an AIO with a hub that connects only to an A-RGB header and was out of luck. I cannot control the RGTB via software, but the AIO has a separate remote, so there is that.

Some people report using a 12v to 5v RGB converter (with some complaining of burnt cables) or another hub that can do the conversion. – Board layout could be better – the Front Panel connectors are located in the middle-lower part, a bit of a stretch for some cases.

– RGB software control only available via Dragon Center, which installs other bloatware too. The Dragon Center recognized both the RGB strip on the motherboard (sort of “under” the RAM area) and my XPG RGB ram, but only if there is no XPG software already installed.

It did not recognize my Power Color Red Devil rx5700 (flashed to XT). RGB integration is an issue for all vendors, it’s not an MSI specific issue, but it’s good to know, I think. I ended up with my AIO rgb being controlled by remote, as there is not ARGTB header and had to install another software for my GPU.

– Audio amplification is not as good as one of the main competitors. Neutral: ~ the BIOS takes getting used to. Conclusion: with all its minuses, this is a very solid board in terms of the quality and looks.

I assume it will be able to drive Ryzen 4000 without a problem – the MSI b550 Bazooka has the exact same VRM, so that’s your proof. For $20 discount when you bundle this motherboard with a CPU, I got it for $95.

That’s a killer price from Microcenter! I’d say it’s a must buy.

Choosing a motherboard can be tricky given you have to consider form factor, features, etc. The MSI Tomahawk MAX, however, is one of the most highly reviewed B450 boards, which is what made me interested in it.

It is not hard to see why. It is very affordable (Around $105 for me, since I purchased a Ryzen CPU with it), and it also performs very well. It has a good VRM and good power delivery for a mid-tier build.

It has a single M. 2 slot in the center, and has plenty of fan and rgb headers that are easy to access. The BIOS is very easy to navigate, just click XMP to get your RAM up to its highest frequency (the board supports up to around 4000 mghz RAM).

The top of the board, where it says ‘Arsenal Gaming’ even has a channel to hide your cpu fan cable. As far as looks go, it is an all black and grey board, so it will look good with just about everything.

The only lights it has are a set of about 8 or so LED’s on the back the board that light up red by default, but can be changed to different colors and settings through MSI Mystic Light! You can also turn off the rgb lighting completely through the app if you prefer.

The io shield is not attached, but was not too hard to install on my case. Overall, this was the perfect B450 mobo for my first build, and I am very happy with it.

This is the first negative experience I’ve had with an MSI product. (Admittedly out of only like 3 products purchased, I think. ) Maybe they got a bad batch of components from a supplier or something.

But would I buy this particular product again? No. And I must admit to feeling a little gun shy on buyimg future MSI products. Sadly, the product is out of warranty, but well within the expected lifespan of a motherboard this expensive.

I had one of my computer savvy nephews listen to my list of needs based on the ability to upgrade to Windows 11, performance, and mid-level gaming (for me and not the limitations of the motherboard).

The ASUS X570-Pro TUF Gaming WiFi meets all my expectations and more. It is a solid choice. I also appreciate the ASUS program (Armoury Crate) that allows for immediate visual information monitoring CPU temp etc.

and overall updates. My one complaint/frustration was with the box clearly having a new sticker designating it as Windows 11 ready. When I first booted up the pc and went to the Windows update download, it indicated that “Your device does not meet the requirements for upgrade”.

ASUS never provided information as to how one needs to go into the Bios etc. and make the necessary tweaks to get it to be recognized as Windows 11 ready. My erroneous first gut reaction was to think I made a major miscalculation with my purchase.

Google and YouTube searches resolved the issue.

I went to Micro Center looking for a totally different main board, but decided on the ASUS TUG Gaming Wifi AMD AM4 ATX board after seeing about two dozen other boards. It had the I/O I wanted. It sported multiple video ports.

It had speedy ethernet and WiFi network capability. The UEFI interface in CMOS was easy to use and reliable. In short, the TUF Gaming board has it all. Just be sure to install the CPU and cooling devices PRIOR to installing the board into the chassis in order to avoid overstressing the board! This is a really good board.

Having built innumerable computers since my first IBM PC AT in the 1980’s, I can say from experience that this is a well built board, excellent features, solid CMOS, good throughput, and reliability.

It ain’t just for gaming, boys and girls. This is a workhorse that will provide service for a very long time.

This is my review of the replacement board I received, as the first board had a memory channel fail on it. I’ve been running this board for approximately 3 months, and right now I can say that this is the best looking board from ASUS that I’ve ever purchased.

Very nice board layout, and has all the features that someone would want. Even though this board looks nice, it does have a problem. I have Gskill FlareX 3200 mhz 16 GB CL16 RAM, and when I initially turn on DOCP and reboot, the system will reconfigure itself and do memory training for the DOCP, then after a restart of the system, it will do its fast boot during post, bypassing memory training.

After about 30 to 40 reboots “or shutdowns” The Motherboard Q code readout will show code 90, then will start memory training again with q code 14 and 15. The Motherboard will then boot loop twice before it posts.

I thought maybe my 3800x was bad, so I swapped it out for an older 2600. That CPU didnt hold DOCP settings for 4 days, and on a reboot, the q code readout showed q code 90, and got stuck. I had to reset the CMOS to get it to reboot.

I switched back to the 3800x. If I manually set the RAM to the timings and set the frequency to 2933, i dont have any memory issues. It even works fine at 2133. I tested the CPU and RAM on my ASUS Prime X470-Pro, and I have no issues with DOCP on that board.

The RAM sticks is not on the QVL list for this board, but is on the QVL list for my X470 Board. However, since it is AMD optimized memory, it should work just fine on the ROG Board. I updated to the latest BIOS revision, and im hoping that will help improve the memory issue.

Right now its been running at DOCP for 2 days since the BIOS update. Ill post an updated review if anything changes. For a Motherboard at this price, I expected better stability than this. Right now I cannot recommend this board for the memory reason alone.

I was still running a GTX 1080 FTW SLI setup and I chose this board because of the ability to keep my SLI rig until GPU prices got a little more sane. The SLI setup ran well on this board (for the games I played that still supported SLI).

After a while I got an Asrock RX 6900 XT and it runs well on the board too. The CPU I ordered with the board was the Ryzen 9 5950x which booted up right off the bat. I ordered some 4000Mhz memory and when I enabled D.

O. C. P. it wouldn’t run stable at that speed. I manually dropped it down to 3600 and all was well. After the latest BIOS update I was able to re-enable D. O. C. P. and when it set the memory at 4000Mhz it remained stable.

Another thing I like is that I haven’t had any sleep problems with this board. It will go to sleep and wake up reliably with Windows 11 which I greatly appreciate. The only time I found that it would wake up was when I plugged up an old access point to my network.

I just went to the NIC in the Device Manager and unchecked the option to allow that device to wake the computer and it went back to staying asleep. All in all I’m very pleased with this board. It has a lot of options that I will probably never use (I don’t give a rip about RGB anything and I’m not an overclocker) and it has almost every option I wanted.

The one option I miss from my old Asrock board was the ability to power it on by clicking the mouse button. Since the sleep function works well that hasn’t been a big issue for me.

I used this for a Ryzen 7 5800x, 32GB RAM, 1TB Samsung 980 Pro, RTX 3600 Ti build, and it was a pleasure to install, configure, and use. Layout-wise, the various connectors, header pins, etc. are right where you’d expect them to be, with plenty of clearance around the various components for even sausage-fingered PC builders like myself.

The built-in WiFi is blazing fast, with download speeds measured at over 800 Mbps on my setup. The onboard audio is also a significant upgrade over standard offerings. It’s able to easily drive my Sennheisers to uncomfortable levels without distortion.

Finally, as with all Asus products I’ve used over the years, it’s been rock solid reliable (so far). Gone are the days when building your own PC required wading through endless blue screens (BIOS and/or Windows) – this board fired right up, and ran great with factory defaults.

After installing Windows and running various tests to confirm stability, I loaded the DOCP profile for my RAM to take advantage of the additional performance, and once again, everything “just worked” – no fiddling with voltages, timings, etc.

to achieve stability. I may try (additional) overclocking at some point, but the performance is so great at factory settings that I don’t see the need. One word of advice, though: don’t bother with Asus’s included drivers / software unless there are no other alternatives.

Instead, get the X570 chipset drivers straight from AMD’s site, and download only the necessary drivers for your setup from ASUS (audio, RAID, etc. ). Finally, I also recommend installing the latest BIOS from ASUS’s web site before going too far – apparently earlier BIOS revisions for the X570 boards (all of them, not just ASUS) had questionable compatibility with Ryzen 5000 series processors, even if they said they were compatible on the box.

Since I had done my research ahead of time, I didn’t even bother trying the BIOS that came on the board – I had a USB flash drive prepped with the latest BIOS ready to go and flashed the board before firing it up for the first time.

All in all, a great mid- to high-tier board that I’d buy again without second thought.