Msi Am4 Mag B550 Tomahawk MAG B550 TOMAHAWK

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Msi Am4 Mag B550 Tomahawk

MAG B550 Tomahawk

Conquer the Battlefield
The MAG series was born through rigorous quality testing and designed to be a symbol of sturdiness and durability. Focused on providing the best user experience, the MAG series has a simple installation process coupled with a friendly user interface making it the best choice for entry level gamers.

PREMIUM HARDWARE DESIGN
With years of experience, MSI is no stranger to building high-performance motherboards. Our R&D and engineering teams have reviewed countless designs, evaluated a wide selection of high quality components, and developed products for reliability even under extreme conditions.

THERMAL SOLUTION FOR MORE CORES AND HIGHER PERFORMANCE
With more cores processors, thermal and power design is more important to make sure the temperature keeps lower. MSI extended PWM heatsink and enhanced circuit design ensures even high-end CPU to run in full speed with MSI motherboards.

M.2 SHIELD FROZR
Worlds fastest SSDs can start to lower performance when getting hot. Part of the motherboards heatsink design, M.2 Shield Frozr is the next generation M.2 thermal solution to avoid this by offering the best thermal protection to make sure that SSD maintains maximum performance.

FULLY CONTROLLABLE IN BIOS AND SOFTWARE
MSI motherboards let you manage speeds and temperatures for all your system and CPU fans. Total Fan Control allows you check your primary system characteristics in a simplified graphical interface. You can also set up to 4 temperature targets for CPU and motherboard, which will adjust the fan speeds automatically.

OPTIMIZED FOR WATER COOLING
Designed to support the most popular All-In-One & customized water cooling solutions on the market. A dedicated water pump PIN header supports up to 3 amp, giving you full control of the water pump speed. A clearly marked keep-out-zone allows for easy and safe installation and a perfect fit.

10 + 2 + 1 DUET RAIL POWER SYSTEM
Unleash and sustain maximum performance with an aggressive VRM design built with a total of 10 digital CPU power phases. Combining exclusive Core Boost technology, MAG series motherboard is ready to sustain heavy gaming loadings.

CORE BOOST
Core Boost technology combines MSIs premium layout and digital power design which allows for faster and undistorted current delivery to the CPU at pin-point precision. This creates the perfect conditions for multi-core CPU while high-loading operation.

1-SECOND OVERCLOCKING!
MSI Game Boost enables one-second overclocking, giving you the performance boost you need to get more FPS.

LOAD-LINE CALIBRATION
What you set, is what you get. LLC makes sure your CPU voltage remains 100% stable under any load. This greatly improves stability when demanding more CPU performance.

OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION
Prevents potential short-circuit damage to the CPU and other critical components.

DIGITALL POWER DESIGN
A fully digital power design allows for faster and undistorted current delivery to the CPU at pin-point precision. Creating the perfect conditions for CPU overclocking.

PRE-INSTALLED IO SHIELDING
Featuring the pre-installed IO shielding, makes your installation process easier and safer. The patent-pending design protect your IO ports and also prevent electrostatic discharge damage, makes your motherboard a strong gaming foundation.

EASY BIOS RECOVERY WITH FLASH BIOS BUTTON
Run into trouble when updating your BIOS? Simply flash the old BIOS version back and continue gaming within minutes with Flash BIOS Button. Flash BIOS Button even works without a CPU, memory or graphics card installed!

XL CLIP
The enlarged PCI-E clip helps you swap or remove your devices easier. Keep the PCI-E slot stronger and safer.

EZ DEBUG LED
Run into trouble? Onboard LEDs for key components will indicate the source of the problem so you know exactly where to look to get up and running again.

EZ LED CONTROL
A built-in LED button on the motherboard to control your light effect. Turn on/off your light in a second!

PCB WITH 2OZ THICKENED COPPER
An enhanced PCB design with 2oz thickened copper increases conductivity, improving heat dissipation and performance reliability especially during overclocking.

FORTIFY YOUR SYSTEM WITH PCI-E STEEL ARMOR
MSI PCI Express Steel Armor slots are secured to the motherboard with extra solder points and support the weight of heavy graphics cards. When every advantage in games counts, Steel Armor shields the point of contact from electromagnetic interference.

ULTIMATE MOTHERBOARD PROTECTION
Double ESD protection doubles up the grounding layer around the mounting holes, preventing static discharge surges from damaging the motherboard.

CERTIFIED FOR GAMING
MSI motherboards has been built and tweaked for hardcore gaming. Feedback from the worlds best esports players and rigorous testing sessions with demanding PC games has resulted in a motherboard thats both powerful and reliable.

ENHANCED PERFORMANCE
High performance MSI motherboards are loaded with advanced features and the latest technology to overwhelm any challenge at hand no matter whether youre a gamer, prosumer, or PC enthusiast.

LIGHTNING GEN 4 M.2
Utilizing 3rd Gen Ryzen processors, MSI B550 motherboards feature latest Lightning Gen 4 M.2 which is the fastest onboard storage solution on the market with up to 64 Gb/s transfer speed.

FAST AND FUTURE-READY STORAGE
MSI B550 motherboards support all the latest storage standards, which allows users to connect any ultra-fast storage device. Higher efficiency makes your work easier.

EXTREME STABILITY & COMPATIBILITY TESTING
MSI conducts thorough memory testing with the most popular memory brands under extreme conditions to ensure your system runs stable no matter what. Our memory partners include brands like Corsair, Crucial, Kingston, G.Skill and many more to optimize memory modules, configurations and even improve overclocking.

A HUGE STEP OF DDR PERFORMANCE
MSI OC LAB does not merely work hard on extreme overclocking. Compared to B450 motherboard memory A-XMP profile, MSI does have great improvement on performance and efficiency for B550 motherboards. Easy to enable A-XMP profile with auto power settings to get the best memory speed and stability.

EASY OVERCLOCKING WITH A-XMP PROFILE
The A-XMP in MSI BIOS are tested and certified by MSI OC LAB. It is easy to enable with auto power settings to get the best memory speed and stability.

DRAGON CENTER
MSI brand new Dragon Center unifies a suite of MSI software utilities into a single centralized application. Take control of advanced motherboards features and unleash endless possibilities.

CLICK BIOS 5
Get more from a loaded BIOS designed for ease of use. Fine-tune the motherboard for gaming performance, efficiency, or overclocking world records!

GAME BOOST
Quickly overclock your CPU with a single button for more performance.

A-XMP
Choose from a preset A-XMP profile and automatically overclock compatible DDR memory.

M-FLASH
Conveniently flash or upgrade the BIOS in a few minutes from the CMOS Setup Utility.

HARDWARE MONITOR
Get immediate access to your critical hardware information in real-time including temperature, memory capacity, clock speed, and voltage.

MEMORY TRY IT
Get extreme speed out of your system memory and get more performance.

SEARCH & FAVORITES
A permanent search & favorite option in the top right corner moves you through the BIOS menus quickly.

MSI APP PLAYER
Developed under an exclusive partnership with BlueStacks, the MSI APP Player brings seamless gaming experience between mobile games and PC platform, and leverages customized features as specific keyboard lighting and better graphics with multi-task works.

CONNECTIVITY
MSI motherboards are built with a variety of connectors to satisfy gamers. Enhanced audio, advanced LAN networking capabilities, USB and Mystic Light turn any gaming experience into an immerse one.

HIGH-BANDWIDTH AND LOW-LATENCY NETWORK
MAG B550 TOMAHAWK features high-bandwidth and low-latency 2.5G plus Gigabit LAN for power users. Onboard 2.5Gbps connectivity provides incredible data transfer speed faster than ever before. MSI LAN Manager automatically classifies and prioritizes the latency-sensitive for your applications, giving you the best online experience with low latency.

OPTIMIZE ONLINE GAMING TRAFFIC FOR LOWER LATENCY!
MSI LAN Manager automatically classifies and prioritizes the latency-sensitive applications for online games, giving you the best online gaming experience with low latency.

DEDICATED HIGH DEFINITION AUDIO PROCESSOR
Make sure you enjoy the purest sound quality in both stereo and surround sound.

HIGH QUALITY AUDIO CAPACITORS
A high fidelity sound experience with exceptional acoustics and realism for studio level headphones is ensured.

HIGH QUALITY AUDIO JACKS WITH S/PDIF
Keep your sound perfect by transmit your audio with pure digital signal.

ISOLATED AUDIO DESIGN
Like a dedicated sound card, audio components and circuits have been laid on a reserved motherboard section and electrically isolated.

SEPARATED AUDIO LAYERS FOR CLEAN LEFT & RIGHT CHANNELS
Using separated layers in the PCB ensures equally pristine sound quality for both left and right audio channels.

Audio Boost protects your ears by eliminating those annoying loud popping sounds when you plug/unplug devices or turn your PC on/off.

BOOST YOUR GAME EXPERIENCE WITH USB 3.2 GEN 2
Read and write your files over USB faster than ever. MSI MAG series motherboards offer a wide variety of options to connect and boost your USB devices, delivering 10Gbps transferring speed by both USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A and Type-C.

USB FRONT TYPE-C
MSI gaming motherboards support USB Front Type-C that allows gamers to connect with the latest USB devices. Built up a system with MSI PC case to have the most convenient experience.

TRUE COLOR MYSTIC LIGHT ON MOTHERBOARD
Splash on some color and vibrant RGB lighting effects using MSI Mystic Light with 16.8 million colors and 29 LED effects.

MYSTIC LIGHT EXTENSION
Still not satisfied with the decoration on the ecosystem? The Mystic Light Extension will help you to have more attractive way to decorate you gaming rig by the LED Strips and still under controlled by the Mystic Light application. MAG B550 Tomahawk

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AMD B550, AM4, 4x DDR4, HDMI, DP, SATA III, M.2, USB 3.2, 1/2.5G LAN, PS/2, S/PDIF, ATX, 305x244 mm

MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk. Processor manufacturer: AMD, Processor socket: Socket AM4, Compatible processor series: AMD Ryzen 3000 Series. Supported memory types: DDR4-SDRAM, Maximum internal memory: 128 GB, Memory slots type: DIMM. Supported storage drive interfaces: SATA III, Supported storage drive types: HDD & SSD, RAID levels: 0, 1, 10. Parallel processing technology support: 2-Way CrossFireX, Maximum graphics card memory: 16000 MB, Maximum resolution: 4096 x 2160 pixels. Ethernet interface type

Initial Release Date: 07/06/2020

Msi Am4 Mag B550 Tomahawk MAG B550 TOMAHAWK Specifications

Product Type Motherboards Brand MSI Collection Model MSI TOMAHAWK Collection Model MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK Manufacturer Product Type MSI Motherboards Product colour Black Product colour Multicoloured Form Factor ATX Motherboards Form Factor AMD B550 Motherboards Product Family MAG B550 Tomahawk Processor manufacturer AMD Processor socket Socket AM4 Maximum Resolution 4096 x 2160 Pixels Motherboard chipset AMD B550 Maximum number of SMP processors 1 Parallel processing technology support 2-Way CrossFireX Supported memory types DDR4-SDRAM Number of memory slots 4 Memory slots type DIMM ECC ompatibility ECC & Non-ECC Non-ECC Yes Supported memory clock speeds 4866 MHz Maximum internal memory 128 GB Unbuffered memory Yes ECC Yes Supported storage drive interfaces Serial ATA RAID support Yes Supported storage drive types HDD & SSD Supported storage drive interfaces Serial ATA III Supported storage drive interfaces SATA III RAID levels 0,1,10 RAID levels 0, 1, 10 Maximum graphics card memory 16000 MB Ethernet LAN Yes Ethernet interface type Gigabit Ethernet Ethernet interface type 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet Ethernet interface type 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet,Gigabit Ethernet LAN controller Realtek RTL8111H,Realtek RTL8125B LAN controller Realtek RTL8111H, Realtek RTL8125B Wi-Fi No HDMI ports quantity 1 USB 2.0 ports quantity 2 USB 2.0 ports quantity 1 DisplayPorts quantity 1 DVI-D ports quantity 0 USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-C ports quantity 1 Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports 0 eSATA ports quantity 0 Number of SATA III connectors 6 Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports 2 PS/2 ports quantity 1 USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity 2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-C ports quantity 0 S/PDIF out port Yes Digital audio optical out 1 USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-A ports quantity 1 VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity 0 PCI Express x1 (Gen 3.x) slots 2 PCI Express x16 (Gen 3.x) slots 1 PCI Express x16 (Gen 4.x) slots 1 Number of M.2 (M) slots 2 Windows operating systems supported Windows 10 x64 Width 305 mm Weight 1 kg Depth 244 mm Height 86 mm USB 2.0 connectors 2 USB 2.0 connectors 4 USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) connectors 1 USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) connectors 0 Number of SATA II connectors 0 Number of Parallel ATA connectors 0 Front panel audio connector Yes USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) connectors 3 ATX Power connector (24-pin) Yes CPU fan connector Yes Number of chassis fan connectors 6 Chassis intrusion connector Yes 12V power connector Yes TPM connector Yes RGB LED pin header Yes Compatible processor series AMD Ryzen Compatible processor series AMD Ryzen 3000 Series Supported processor sockets Socket AM4 Audio chip Realtek ALC1200 Audio output channels 7.1 channels BIOS type UEFI AMI Year 2020 Clear CMOS jumper Yes Component for PC Motherboard chipset family AMD Memory channels Dual-channel Harmonized System (HS) code 84733020 Number of mounting holes 9 Maximum graphics adapter memory 16000 MB Features RGB Lighting Cables included SATA Drivers included Yes Motherboard form factor ATX Number of SATA connectors 0 MPN MAG B550 TOMAHAWK Video Inputs DisplayPort

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Msi Am4 Mag B550 Tomahawk MAG B550 TOMAHAWK Reviews

+Capable 13-Phase 60A Power Delivery, Dual Ethernet (1/2.5 GbE), High-power fan/pump headers,
-Only six USB ports on Rear IO, Other boards have better audio codec, No integrated Wi-Fi

The MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk again delivers a well-balanced feature set at a competitive price. Performance is up there with the more expensive boards, and the VRMs held their own even when overclocked. At $180, you'll have to live without Wi-Fi and just six...

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+Strong power delivery solution, Good VRM cooling and MOSFET temperature sensor, 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet plus 1 Gigabit Ethernet, USB Type-C front panel header, Dual cooled M.2 slots, Eight 4-pin fan headers with good speed control, Easy-to-use UEFI with
-PCIe and M.2 lane allocation is not as good as competitors, HDMI port does not do 4K60, Onboard 2-digit debug LED and Clear CMOS button would have been welcomed

The MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk does well to offer a solid balance of features, good cooling capability, and strong overall performance. This blend of positives is likely to appeal to many prospective buyers, particularly as the notable shortcomings are of mino...

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+Understated military-style appearance, Performs well, USB 3.2 Gen. 2 connectivity, 2.5G and 1G LAN connectivity, USB 3.2 Gen. 1 front panel connectivity
-No WiFi connectivity, No SLI, Gets awfully close to some of the X570 options out there

MSI are a mammoth within the PC gaming industry, particularly well known for their GPUs and motherboards. Their MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk is a cracking first look at the B550 range of motherboards but it could do with shaving a few pounds, and we don't mean w...

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If you want a well equipped ATX motherboard without the big price tags, this is certainly one of the best options. The design is an aquired taste, but there's no complaints about their choice of hardware.

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