ASRock B450M HDV R4.0 BEST Budget AM4 3000 Ready MATX

ASRock's B450M HDV R4.0 is possibly the BEST Budget AM4 3000 ready MATX motherboard for 2000 and 3000 series compatibility STRAIGHT OUT OF THE BOX!

Let's take a look and see why you shouldn't buy it, and some reasons why you SHOULD.

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CPU SUPPORT LIST https://www.asrock.com/MB/AMD/B450M-HDV%20R4.0/index.asp#CPU Your BIOS revision will be on the BIOS chip sticker :-)

This board doesn't have the best overclocking abilities, which is reflected in the price, but what it does have is excellent BIOS support for pretty much every AM4 cpu and APU straight out of the box, no flashing or old cpu's needed, just plug and play with all the current AM4 processors on the market right now (Nov 2019) except the R9 3950x which to be frank you shouldn't really be considering a board like this with such a high end CPU.

Having said that this board has support for up to 105w AM4 processors so it's out of the question and I am sure that some OEM's and system builders will be using this board to keep costs down.

I would ideally say that this board is at its comfort zone with Ryzen 5 2600 or Ryzen 5 3600 and anything below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm-hvsrOPyg

What do you think? There isn't much else on the market to compare at only £53. If you have the extra budget then maybe look at the PRO4 version or even the Steel Legend for a little more OC headroom.

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