A couple of months back, MSI announced its new line of B550 motherboards. This product tier offers many of the premium features of the X570 motherboards, but at a substantially lower price. Those thinking about upgrading an older AM4 system may want to consider the new MPG B550 GAMING CARBON WIFI as an option. At roughly $219.99, it has quite a few things going for it.
Specifications
- Model Name: MPG B550 GAMING CARBON WIFI
- CPU Support: 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen™ processors and future AMD Ryzen™ processors with BIOS update
- CPU Socket: AMD Socket AM4
- Chipset: AMD B550 Chipset
- Power Phases: 12 + 2 + 1
- Graphics Interface: 1 x PCI-E 4.0/3.0 x16 slot + 1 x PCI-E 3.0 x16 slot Support 2-way AMD CrossFire™ Technology
- Display Interface: DisplayPort, HDMI – Requires Processor Graphics
- Memory Support: DDR4 1866/ 2133/ 2400/ 2667/ 2800/ 2933/ 3000/ 3066/ 3200 MHz by JEDEC, Supports DDR4 2667/ 2800/ 2933/ 3000/ 3066/ 3200/ 3466/ 3600/ 3733/ 3866/ 4000/ 4133/ 4266/ 4400/ 4466/ 4533/ 4600/ 4866/ 5000/ 5100 MHz by A-XMP OC MODE
- Max Memory: 128 GB
- Expansion Slots: 3 x PCI-E 3.0 x1 slots
- Storage: 1 x M.2 Gen4 x4 + 1 x M.2 Gen3 x4 slot
- SATA: 6 x SATA 6 Gb ports
- RAID: 0/1/10
- USB Ports: 2 x USB 3.2 (Gen 2) 10 Gbps (1 Type-A + 1 Type-C), 5 x USB 3.2 Gen 15 Gbps (4 Type-A + 1 Type-C), 8 x USB 2.0
- LAN: Realtek® RTL8125B 2.5G LAN
- Wireless / BT: Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX200, Bluetooth 5.1
- Audio: 8-Channel(7.1) HD Audio with Audio Boost
- Audio Ports(rear): 5+ Optical S/PDIF (Realtek® ALC1200 Codec)
- Form Factor: ATX
