B450M-Pro4 vs B450-Pro4

[Ligonsker]

Hello,

I was about to buy a cheap B450 motherboard just to put my 3400g, and maybe do a little overclock for fun, because I've never done it.

After seeing that the cheap B450 do not have heatsink on the SoC VRM, and that they have bad voltage delivery in general, I avoided buying one of them

Then you suggested me the ASRock B450M-Pro4. But including taxes and shipping it's about 140$, and I found a better deal for 90$ including tax and shipping for new B450 (not mATX).

But I wanted to ask you if it's worth it? How is this ASRock mobo cheaper yet has much better specs and features. Is the build quality bad? The connectors do look flimsy in the photos.

 

*Is the B450 as good as the B450m? (apart from being larger)

 

Now I want to OC for fun, but I don't want it to come on the expense of the build quality. I don't want the ports to easily break, if that's the case and the reason ASRocks are cheaper, I'd prefer not to OC and just get the best build quality mobo

*It's my first PC in 10 years, that's why I make such a big deal of such a simple part

 

CPU: Ryzen 5 3400g

RAM: 2x4GB 2666Mhz Ballistix Sport LT 

Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 500gb

PSU: Corsair CX550

 

 

 

[Haro]

The mATX and the ATX b450 pro4 are the same in terms of vrm, just difference in form factor, it's quite a decent budget board. 

1 hour ago, Ligonsker said:

How is this ASRock mobo cheaper yet has much better specs and features

Compared to what exactly? 

 

1 hour ago, Ligonsker said:

Is the build quality bad?

It's a pretty good budget board. 

[Tristerin]

I slap 140+ sustained amps through that board and push my R7 1700 to 4.2ghz with it.  I love that budget board.  

[Donut Dan]

28 minutes ago, Ligonsker said:

*Is the B450 as good as the B450m? (apart from being larger)

 

looking at motherboards, it would seem that MSI are the only ones right now with a habit of using the same name on very different boards. Specifically the MSI B450 A-Pro and the B450M A-Pro appear to be radically different, despite implying the size is the only difference.

[Ligonsker]

34 minutes ago, Haro said:

The mATX and the ATX b450 pro4 are the same in terms of vrm, just difference in form factor, it's quite a decent budget board. 

Compared to what exactly? 

 

It's a pretty good budget board. 

Thank you!

 

9 minutes ago, Tristerin said:

I slap 140+ sustained amps through that board and push my R7 1700 to 4.2ghz with it.  I love that budget board.  

Are all the ports working? Quick search shows that many people report on ports that stopped working, such as the USB-C that don't work

 

9 minutes ago, Donut Dan said:

looking at motherboards, it would seem that MSI are the only ones right now with a habit of using the same name on very different boards. Specifically the MSI B450 A-Pro and the B450M A-Pro appear to be radically different, despite implying the size is the only difference.

 

Why would they do it, I mean they specialize in motherboards, at least make the naming convenient as well to make your customers understand what's going on

[Tristerin]

Just now, Ligonsker said:

Thank you!

 

Are all the ports working? Quick search shows that many people report on ports that stopped working, such as the USB-C that don't work

 

 

Why would they do it, I mean they specialize in motherboards, at least make the naming convenient as well to make your customers understand what's going on

Not sure about anyone else but I dont have issues with this board.  10/10 would buy it again.

 

 

[SupaKomputa]

The pro4 is one of the best budget AM4 lineup.

If the full ATX is cheaper i'm surprise, since usually the bigger one is more expensive.

Why not get the B550 instead.

[Ligonsker]

Alright this board it is! Now I need to change the case from mATX case to some compact one that supports ATX

[Ligonsker]

Just now, SupaKomputa said:

The pro4 is one of the best budget AM4 lineup.

If the full ATX is cheaper i'm surprise, since usually the bigger one is more expensive.

Why not get the B550 instead.

My budget is limited and the B550 are way too expensive. It's weird because on Amazon.com the B450m-Pro4 is 83$, but I need to add taxes and shipping and it goes to 140$. On a european Amazon I found the B450 non M for 66 euros which is less and also tax and shipping is lower

[berberries]

I have built a couple of PCs with the Asrock B450 Pro4 and the B450M Pro4. In my opinion they are really very good boards, connectors feel about the same as more premium boards (they probably use the same part) and they have all been rock solid. Highest power CPU I put in one was a 2700x, handled it like a champ.

[Ligonsker]

25 minutes ago, berberries said:

I have built a couple of PCs with the Asrock B450 Pro4 and the B450M Pro4. In my opinion they are really very good boards, connectors feel about the same as more premium boards (they probably use the same part) and they have all been rock solid. Highest power CPU I put in one was a 2700x, handled it like a champ.

Thanks now I'm more confident about this board. B450 Pro4 it is

[C4_yrslf]

I have bought three or four of them. Had some fun overclocking. All of them still work to this day, they're my go-to boards when building pcs now.