MSI Pro B650M-P Review: Value-minded Micro ATX

Budget-oriented Micro ATX supports AMD’s latest AM5 processors

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MSI’s BIOS for the B650M-P is the same as the other X670/B650 we’ve seen. The menus still reside on the sides, and information is up top, giving it a unique look compared to other BIOSs. It still has a black background with red highlights (MSI Gaming theme), making it easy to read. It also has an informative Easy Mode that displays various information about the system and allows for some changes (boot order and XMP enable, enable/disable RGBs, etc.). Though different than other UEFIs, it is easy to navigate; everything has a place, and many frequently used options are readily available, not buried within sub-menus.

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5 Comments Comment from the forums
  • Amdlova
    I have build one system with this motherboard.
    need to disable AMD graphics something wrong when paired with nvidia GPU
    Max cpu power draw limited to 130w

    no issues... But I think it will not last one year
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  • logainofhades
    HUB had this board in one of their VRM roundups, earlier this year. TLDR, it's junk.
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  • BillyBuerger
    The Power Consumption graph shows the MSI Pro B650M-P at 71/146/221 for idle/avg/load power but the description after says it's 66/170/273 which the graph shows as the MSI B650i Edge Wi-Fi. Which is correct?

    Also, the System Components section has a picture but nothing else. What components were used for the system as tested?

    This board "sounds" like it's up my alley. While I want performance from my PC, I much prefer a low power system. But, this seems to have come up short. It seems focused on not over building the system that can wastes a bunch of power with it. But it's the same or worse then other more powerful boards. So other then being cheap, there's nothing else going for it. The ASRock at 49 idle looks WAY better.
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  • Avro Arrow
    I once owned an MSi product, a flagship-level motherboard called the MSi K9A2 Platinum:
    It died three months after the one-year warranty expired. I reached out to MSi to see if they could do anything for me. I told them that I realised the warranty was up and I wasn't asking for a replacement but I asked if they could do anything for me, like a discount on a replacement or something. After all, this was their flagship AMD board and I hadn't done any overclocking and only had two HD 4870 1GB cards in crossfire instead of the four that the board purportedly supported. I thought that MSi would be embarrassed that one of their flagship boards failed just after the warranty expired. MSi "customer service" essentially told me to go pound sand. If they were at least polite about it, I would've understood, but they weren't.

    I worked at Tiger Direct at the time and not only did I never buy another MSi product, I never recommended one to any of my customers. I cost MSi tens of thousands of dollars in business because instead of MSi motherboards, I sold ASRock, ASUS, Gigabyte, EVGA or XFX. I also stopped selling their cards with BFG, Diamond, EVGA, HIS, Powercolor, Sparkle and XFX being the brands I sold the most (for some reason, Tiger Direct never had Sapphire).

    I will never buy another MSi product and they only make it easier by producing crap like the Pro B650M-P.
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  • Hotrod2go
    Great for 65w TDP chips with a little OC if needed, but that's all. But the gist of the article is about budget builds so there's that.
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