Which MSI B550 Board should I go for?

TheJedi · November 27, 2020

Hey guys, I previously posted that I had bought the B550 Gaming Plus from MSI.

I don't have any regrets but I did discover that the other board I was considering, The MSI B550 Gaming Carbon WiFi, has a few more features.

I wouldn't use WiFi because it still sucks for gaming, but I would use the Bluetooth.

Is it worth getting a WiFi 6 / Bluetooth 5 PCI card. Will I be able to use it with features like Windows Your Phone?

mariushm · November 27, 2020

Check Hardware Unboxed B550 comparison, from the VRM quality point of view.

Filter out those that don't have adequate cooling, then pick the ones you like (color scheme and all that) and see what features you like ... number of usb connectors in the back, audio jacks, if you want digital audio out or not, if you want usb 10g front panel connector or not, if you want a specific number of pci-e x16 slots .. and so on...

See also GamersNexus best b550 motherboards list (again from an overclocking and vrm performance point of view, so you should put less focus on that and more on features if you're gonna use a cpu that doesn't consume much power)