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welcome back to harbor unbox today we're checking out my favorite be 450 motherboards it's another top 5 video and the categories for this one include best ultra cheap best value or rounder best of the best so and no compromises sort of option their best micro ATX and best mini ITX so let's get into it so I'm making this video the most affordable be 450 boards are coming in around $70 us while the cheapest be 350 boards are about $10 cheaper so once be 350 stock runs out you can expect to be 450 models to drop down a little bit in price and right now we have asrock MSI and gigabyte or offering entry-level boards a sous does have well an entry-level board but in typical a sous fashioned their version costs about 30% more with no justification for the price premium so we have the asrock be for 50m HDV the msi be for 50m pro 2 and the gigabyte be for 50m ds3 H since gigabyte spent their entire budget on chokes that they don't actually need we're going to ignore the ds3 H which is a shame because that board does pack four dimm slots but given their veremos on the B 450 boards I just can't touch them or recommend them at this point then we have as rocks entry-level board which looks much better and packs a similar verum configuration to that of the flagship a Seuss and gigabyte be 450 boards which is a bit embarrassing for a soos and gigabyte the same is also true for the MSI B 450m pro 2 but I'm going to pick the Azeroth board because it features a heatsink on the V Corps vrm other than that though the asrock and msi boards are really similar so if you can't get your hands on the Azeroth board then the msi board will make for a nice backup I also prefer asrock to UEFI design so their BIOS I just think the layout and feature sets a lot better than that of MSI's and in my opinion this is one area where MSI does need to up their game overall though solid entry levels from both asrock and msi but I think the Azeroth board will be sort of the perfect entry level option and it will work nicely with horizon 7 at 2700 X I said if you do plan on overclocking I highly recommend you spend a little bit more money and at least to get our best advantage so what's going to talk about that one if possible I recommend avoiding the entry level bullets and just pony up an extra $40 u.s. I realize that it is a pretty big step up in price but you do get a significantly higher quality motherboard that'll handle any rise in CPU thright up with ease the extra investment will also open you up to multiple options and the best include the as rocker be 450 gaming K for the MSI B 450 gaming plus and my personal favorite the MSI B 450 tomahawk are the options from a soos and gigabyte not really good enough to consider in my opinion which is why I'm only mentioning boards from asrock and msi for me though the msi be 450 tomahawk is the standout here at PAX an impressive feature set and at 110 dollars us you just can't be beat at least in my opinion it's also a nice neutral looking board in terms of its design whereas the previous tomahawk had some red highlights and whatever MSI is just gone for a black gray theme this time and with a dash of RGB lighting it will suit all occasions that said if you can afford it our no compromise option which is just $20 more and now it's another bump up in price but frankly it is worth every penny but we'll get to that one in a moment still if you're stretching the budget as it is the tomahawk is a reasonable compromise and really a great board for the mid-range you essentially get everything you'd need or typically want from a desktop motherboard with the addition of a higher quality veeram that operates at safe temperatures even with an overclocked rising 7 processor it's great to see that MSI didn't skimp on the verum components and they certainly didn't skimp on the cooling either providing nice being heat sinks on both the vcore and SOC verum and the best bit is the heat sinks haven't been covered in some tacky looking plastic shroud so if you can stretch your budget to about $100 u.s. then I highly recommend checking out the MSI B 450 tomahawk it really is hands down the best and value all-rounder I don't think there'll be many that can hug you with that something you still can't find is a micro ATX X 470 motherboard so those after a 400 series chipset board but in the micro ATX form factor will be B 450 shopping there are quite a few to choose from an MSI alone has half a dozen options and I really like the look of the B 450m mortar which will be available in black or white there are certainly some nice-looking micro ATX p450 boards from em aside but I think as Rock has outdone them here the arse rocker B 450m pro 4 comes in at just $80 us and while it might only pack a three plus three phase varium both the V Corps and SOC portions of the very few passive cooling something no other micro ATX be 450 board offers cooling on the SOC VRM is important particularly if you plan on overclocking the Raven Ridge apu and more crucially if you plan overclocking integrated Vega GPU for the Rison 5 and Rison 7 series this is less important but even so the asrock board is still better in terms of features it does pack 2 m 2 slots a full length PCIe x 16 slot though of course it is only wide for 4 x bandwidth and you also get four dimm slots for Siler ports and even a USB type-c ports so for well under $100 USD as rocker be 450m pro 4 is a cracking good motherboard and hands-down the best value micro ATX option in fact in many respects is the best micro ATX p450 board okay the best to be 450 mini lights board there are just three options here the as rocker be 450 gaming ITX AC the MSI be 450 I gaming plus AC and the isuzu ROG Strix be 450 I gaming has to be said there soos model is quite a nice looking board but it will ultimately end up being too expensive for what it is I am anticipating an asking price of around $150 u.s. and it's really not that much better than what the competitors are offering for much less in fact you could argue that for $120 u.s. MSI is offering a better board MSI has gone with a more powerful three phase of eco avaran featuring a double or four six actual phasers that said the SOC veeram is quite weak so not an ideal board for an APU seuss is probably better in that regards though if you're planning on running an APU the suit boards probably too expensive and what makes sense anyway the Ezreal p450 gaming ITX AC packs a three plus two phase variant which for some reason as ROC calls an eight phase-- VRM don't know what the deal with that is but hopefully we get this sort of stuff sorted out and the not-too-distant future anyway what as rocks offering isn't a bad board but for $10 less the MSI model is world's better in my opinion so for me the MSI beefed up if the I gaming + AC is the obvious choice here and for the price it simply can't be beat okay so the best of the best the no-compromise motherboard who makes the ultimate be 450 motherboard well this one is actually the easiest category to work out because it's quite simply MSI with their be 450 gaming Pro carbon dammit guys can we just agree to drop gaming from the name of every product yeah seriously though this really is the ultimate be 450 motherboard and for just a hundred and thirty dollars us it's a steal in fact it might very well be the best aim for motherboard price below $200 us certainly below 170 dollars us anyway as a consequence MSI has managed to outdo themselves in this one it's a better board and a better buy than almost all of their X 470 models as such as the X 470 gaming plus X 470 Pro and even the $180 us X 470 gaming Pro carbon power delivery for the X 470 Pro carbon is slightly better it's a 5 plus 2 phase varium while the be 450 Pro carbon packs a 4 plus 2 phase varium both have double the components though but no proper a doubling mechanism I'd argue that the cooling of the be 450 board is better though it sports a bigger heat sink and isn't intruded upon by a plastic shroud in my opinion the be 450 version is a better Buy not just because it's almost 30% cheaper but because you get Intel dual band wireless AC and Bluetooth 5.0 and the only thing missing are 2 SATA ports our third PCIe x 16 slot but I think it's very unlikely that many of you are going to miss those features oh and for those of you wondering the be 450 Pro carbon uses the RT 88-90 for a control the same as the tomahawk and packs a total of 8 on semiconductor high side for c02 nine fetes and eight low side for c0 24 fits for the vcore veeram again this is a four phase vehicle with no double ax the only problem with MSI's b4 15 X 470 motherboards at this point in time is their complete lack of voltage offset options in the BIOS this means for now it's not possible to make full use of precision boost overdrive other than that though MSI has developed the ultimate be 450 motherboard with there be 450 gaming Pro carbon well they have it top five B 450 motherboards sadly this time around there just aren't as many good budget AMD motherboards as I would have liked certainly not as many as there could have been anyway gigabyte and a sous really do disappoint this time around as rocks done a decent job but it's msi who's really turned things around anyway I hope these pics really help you narrow down the search for the perfect be 450 motherboard for your next build as always if you happen to agree or disagree jump down the comment section below let me know why or let me know anything really just put whatever you want down in the comment section below and that is gonna do it for this one I'm yo Steve see you next time