MSI B450I Gaming Plus AC

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up868390

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What is everyone's opinion on this board?

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B450I-GAMING-PLUS-AC/Overview

I'm thinking of getting it for my ITX build. Vrams are supposed to be good, what is the quality of the audio/bluetooth/wi-fi? Also, apparently you can't manually adjust the vcore in the bios? Is this a problem for overclocking? I want my ram running at 2933mhz and my ryzen 1700 running at 3.8ghz max on stock cooler. Will this be achievable?
Any other info on the quality of this board would be much appreciated.
 
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drea.drechsler

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It gets great reviews: https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/msi-b450i-gaming-plus-ac-review,1.html

I'd buy it with confidence if I were looking to downsize to mITX. Choose a case carefully because that greatly influences cooling, and ultimate performance, much more than anything else it seems.

That rumor about not being able to adjust VCore may be just confusion: MSI commonly doesn't allow off-set adjustment so maybe that's what it refers to. People use offset when tweaking PBO settings for 2600X and 2700X CPU's. But you shouldn't need to worry about that at all since you're going to run a 1700 anyway.
 
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Thanks for your reply! I'm planning on the NZXT H200i ITX case. Will I be able to achieve 2933mhz on my ram and a mild overclock on my cpu with stock cooler? How is the audio/bluetooth/wi-fi if you know?
 
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All I know is the 'reputation' :) It uses an Intel Wi-Fi/Bluetooth solution so it SHOULD be adequate to good even though it's not one of their 'top-of-line' solutions. And Audio is the RT ALC887 codec: kind of low-mid range but it's 7.1 and 90+db noise. Certainly OK for gaming and casual headphone listening but audiophiles and sound engineers won't be happy with the spec's. With a little tweaking Guru3D got theirs to hold a 2700X at 4.3G so it should hold a 1700 at 3.8g just fine...the H200i has a good reputation for cooling too.

It's a low-end mITX so you aren't getting top-end features but they are certainly serviceable and you're not paying that huge top-end price premium either. And in mITX, that can be pretty big.

 
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