MSI B450 overclock?

[aholmes28191]

Hi guys new to the forum been looking at getting involved for a while, currently I am trying to line up some components to build my first ever gaming rig.  I do have a bit of a budget unfortunately, but so far I am leaning towards a Ryzen 5 1600 but I am trying to find a reasonably priced motherboard.

 

From watching LTT videos on YouTube I have gathered that to overclock motherboard that support OC are X and Z series?

 

But my research uncovered some conflicting information, I have read a few threads elsewhere saying all AMD compatible boards are unlocked to OC, so if this is true will a MSI B450M Mortar be suitable for the job? Or as previously does it definitely have to be X or Z series?

 

Thanks guys go easy on me lol

[NunoLava1998]

AM4 Z series boards don't exist.

B350, B450, X370 and X470 boards can overclock, but not A320. Yours is a B450 and has very good VRMs, so it will overclock:

Source: Internet, and i have the exact same motherboard

[aholmes28191]

Awesome @NunoLava1998, overall then would you recommend this motherboard, here in the UK they retail at £95, to me seems reasonable, but for that money could I get any better?

[Aimi]

I'm not sure about that board but I use a different MSI B450M and it's great, makes it easy to overclock.

[NunoLava1998]

1 minute ago, aholmes28191 said:

Awesome @NunoLava1998, overall then would you recommend this motherboard, here in the UK they retail at £95, to me seems reasonable, but for that money could I get any better?

Nope, for VRMs it's the best MATX B450

[Firewrath9]

2 minutes ago, NunoLava1998 said:

Nope, for VRMs it's the best MATX B450

and thats not saying much lol, it has a 4+2 with a large cooler. there are itx boards with better ones, and the B450m Pro4 has better ones.

[TheDankKoosh]

2 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

and thats not saying much lol, it has a 4+2 with a large cooler. there are itx boards with better ones, and the B450m Pro4 has better ones.

The Pro4 most definitely does not have a better VRM compared to the mortar, it's using a 3+3 that will only be better if you're using an apu, the king of b450 VRM design would go to the b450 gaming pro carbon, with the tomahawk as a close second.

[Firewrath9]

2 minutes ago, TheDankKoosh said:

The Pro4 most definitely does not have a better VRM compared to the mortar, it's using a 3+3 that will only be better if you're using an apu, the king of b450 VRM design would go to the b450 gaming pro carbon, with the tomahawk as a close second.

it has a big 3+3 (its an asus 6+3 lol), which i think is better than a true 4+2.

also the gaming pro carbon is expensive, and weren't we talking about mATX?

[TheDankKoosh]

23 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

it has a big 3+3 (its an asus 6+3 lol), which i think is better than a true 4+2.

also the gaming pro carbon is expensive, and weren't we talking about mATX?

The mosfets used on that thing are pretty bad from what I remember, that "6 phase VRM" is really only comparable to a decent 4 phase since it isn't using doublers.

[Firewrath9]

3 minutes ago, TheDankKoosh said:

The mosfets used on that thing are pretty bad from what I remember, that "6 phase VRM" is really only comparable to a decent 4 phase since it isn't using doublers.

the point of a 6p is to spread the heat, and their mosfets are pretty good. Just don't like their bios. and I never said 6 lol, i said 3+3 as in 3 for vcore and 3 for SOC.

 

[TheDankKoosh]

3 hours ago, Firewrath9 said:

the point of a 6p is to spread the heat, and their mosfets are pretty good. Just don't like their bios. and I never said 6 lol, i said 3+3 as in 3 for vcore and 3 for SOC.

 

In this video Buildzoid points out how he'd much rather have a solid 4 phase, that can be found on the mortar. Also the mosfets are kinda crappy on this as he also points out, with a maximum current output of 150A. Granted, a 2600 won't reach that, but it's actually possible to get close to that on a 2700/x and that's why I see that as this board not being that great compared to msi offerings.