ASUS B450 AMD Ryzen 2 ATX Gaming Motherboard AM4 DDR4 HDMI DVI M.2 USB 3.1 Gen2 - View 1

ASUS B450 AMD Ryzen 2 ATX Gaming Motherboard AM4 DDR4 HDMI DVI M.2 USB 3.1 Gen2

4.6 (720 ratings)
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Key Features

  • Powered by 2nd generation AMD Ryzen AM4 to maximize connectivity and speed with NVMe M.2, USB 3.1 Gen2, DDR4 (3200 MHz) and Gigabit LAN
  • 5X Protection III hardware-level safeguards provide component longevity and reliability
  • Aura Sync RGB header provides a nearly endless spectrum of colors with the ability to synchronize effects across an ever-expanding ecosystem of enabled products
  • Patent-pending Safe Slot Core fortified Pie slot prevents damage caused by heavyweight GPUs
  • FanXpert 4 Core delivers comprehensive controls for fans and AIO pump, plus GPU-temperature sensing for cooler and optimized gaming

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Customer Reviews

John Nettleton
Great motherboard, has done everything I expected for it. The bios give you a lot of options and it comes with some good variety of slots and options. The best thing in my opinion is that the B450 chipset makes it so that AMD Ryzen 2nd generation works straight out of the box. My 2600 has been working perfectly, and I havent had to do any crazy bios/driver modifications that most B350 have had to suffer through.
Tommy Weekley
Fantastic Motherboard! Has NVMe, plugs for 4 fans plus AIO and 4 usb 3.0 / 2 usb 2.0. Very convenient. The bios is very user friendly and organized. Board feels well made and it looks stylish. I love the integrated LED glow. I have no complaints at all.Just for more potentially helpful information, I purchased it along with a Ryzen 5 2600, vengeance 2x8 3000, NVMe 970 evo, 600w PSU, and an RX 580. I had zero problems connecting the CPU or memory and I’m at my desktop within 15 seconds of powering up. It can handle any game you throw at it at max graphics 60-90fps in 1080p. Haven’t tried 4K.
Truck Spank
Having past experience with ASUS I made sure to go with them again. They build good boards, and this board fit all my requirements. I’m not using all of the boards features yet, but I’m glad they are there. There are plenty of fan headers, USB 3.1 gen2 is here, as well as a USB-C port. I also needed an M.2 socket. Everything went in and worked perfectly from first boot. Windows 10 1809 loaded all the drivers I needed. I did have to go into BIOS to tell the board to boot from the Windows installation USB drive but that’s not a big deal. I also did a BIOS update and enabled XMP, but I’m not sure those were necessary.
Eric.
Overall fantastic motherboard!Pros:- Lots of ports and slots for expansion- Minimal appearance, blends in to almost any PC- Easy to work with for the most part- pretty good sound preinstalled.- sturdy- aura system adds an orange light showing off the GPU- great valueCons:- no wifi built in or Bluetooth- vague Manuel for pin connections- case pins are difficult to add as the label for the connections is so small a camera was needed, and nothing in the guide showing where to put what.