Gigabyte B450M DS3H AMD Socket AM4 MicroATX Motherboard with M.2, HDMI, DVI, USB 3.1, and USB Slots

The only thing some users might not like it the position of one of four SATA ports. If you plug SATA cable that is not on 90 angle, it would be impossible to install full length graphics card. The board allows for overclocking, but it does not make it easy by providing +/- values listed. Instead user has to enter new values. It requires knowledge of voltages and frequencies to set up overclocking correctly. Provided by Gigabyte SIV software allows for easier overclocking and setting XMP for RAM. Unfortunately SIV does not display RAM (DDR4) speed correctly while displaying it's status. I think it's a Windows 10 issue. Thankfully, DVD disc provided with the motherboard has a CPU-Z that correctly displays RAM speed, so there is a way to verify that settings are applied correctly. I have used this mobo to build a home office PC with Athlon 3000G and it's build in Vega 3. It allowed me to reliably overclock APU to 4.025 GHz with core voltage of 1.4V. I'm using SATA SSD, so I have not tried NVMe functionality on this board. AMD claims that Ryzen is required for NVMe to actually work as a system drive, but there are reviews of systems with Athlon 3000G working fine with NVMe as a boot/system drive. It worked with Athlon 3000G out of the box without any firmware update, so it is Ryzen 3000 ready (3000G requires the same mobo firmware as ZEN 2 Ryzen processors). The board is not flimsy and seems to be well build. The built-in RGB lighting on thy mobo is basically an orange light that can be turned on or of. That's it. There is however an RGB header for other components. The one shortcoming is that there are only two fan headers, one for CPU and the other for the case, so in some builds it means that additional splitters controllers are required, or fans will have to work at constant speed being not controlled by motherboard. For the price it is still a very good product.

The media could not be loaded. I've used this motherboard in two budget boards for both my 18 year old son's gaming rig (Video) and 13 year old daughter's homework and gaming rig (pictured).Both builds were super easy except for my daughter's build...when I went to install Windows 7, it got to the beginning where you click to install windows, both mouse and keyboard turned off. This did not happen in my son's build which I did first. Could not figure out why. I ended up going straight to Windows 10 install and it worked fine.Anyway, both systems are up and running and run the games they play flawlessly. He plays GTA V and League of Legends and she plays Fortnite and some other random games. They both play Overwatch together.Son'sAMD Ryzen 5 1600 (AF)B450M DS3H16gb OLOy Warhawk RGB 3200 ramEnermax Aquafusion 120mm AIOEnermax SquA RGB Fans 2x120mmSamsung 512gb m.2Thermaltake Smart 600w psEVGA GTX 780 TIDIYPC S2-W-RGB White ATX Mid TowerDaughter'sAMD Ryzen 3 1200B450M DS3H16gb OLOy Warhawk RGB 3200 ramASUS GeForce GTX 1650 4GB Phoenix Fan OC EditionSamsung 512gb SSDThermaltake 750w PSdarkFlash DLM22 Mint Green Micro ATX case

The media could not be loaded. For the price its a phenomenal motherboard (At time of writing, price was 75 shipped). 4 ddr4 slots, 2 slots for video cards, 4 sata 3 ports, very easy bios with mouse support (an appreciated feature).My ONLY complaints about the board is the location and orientation of the sata ports can cause interference with any decent sized graphics card. The ports are orients straight off the board, instead of to the side- so cables will point straight towards the card. The lower 2 will clear most cards with ease (My application has a 1080ti, and even then both ports were easily accessible), but the upper two ports are covered. You CAN readily use a low-profile sata cable however, just keep that in mind.Second and last real complaint about the board is that it lacks much in the way of fan headers. Theres a single fan header for your cpu, and a single fan header for your system fans. *Thats it*. If you plan to run more than 2 fans, you will need to approach this (Fan controller, splitters, fans powered by sata or molex, etc). Not a huge deal- again, this is a 75 dollar board- but one thing to keep in mind.One last and very, VERY minor critique, is that the ram is located quite high on the board, which can cause screw-clearance issues with top mounted fans/radiators. Ive installed these boards in a few different cases now and things have ALWAYS fit, but the ram posts always block off 1 screw in the top fans. Ive always had to install the fans, than the board. If you want to do anything with the fans, you have to remove the board to get that last screw (assuming you dont just leave the screw out). Not a huge deal by any means- abut again, something to be aware of.Again, for the price? Phenomenal product.

Pretty solid board. I bought 2 of these and both work well and were overall easy to set up. While it is in the description I missed it. Small gripe but there is only one CPU fan header and one other fan header. I ended up having to use a splitter, as one case fan wasn't going to cut it. I recognize B450 boards are smaller but given modern components, I can't conceive of a built that doesn't need multiple case fans. Even the PC I built for my wife that I built without a GPU required 2 case fans in addition to the CPU cooler; (Large 200mm in the front and a 140mm in the back) Might not be an issue for you if your case has built in fan support.but again, even 2 fan headers would have been fine.Additionally there is not a real case manual included with the board although you can download it from Gigabyte's website. Would have liked to see that included, as I needed it to connect the case headers etc.I have the latest x470 version as well from Gigabyte and it includes multiple fan headers and the full board manual... It also costs 3 times as much.All in all, a lot of value here for a relatively inexpensive board.