MSI MPG B550 GAMING EDGE WIFI Gaming Motherboard (AMD AM4, DDR4, PCIe 4.0, SATA 6Gb/s, M.2, USB 3.2 Gen 2, AX Wi-Fi 6, HDMI/DP, ATX, AMD Ryzen 5000 Series processors)

Considering this asks about warmth, thickness, sheerness ill rate a 1 for warnth as its NOT WARM AT ALL! thickness is a 6 layer PCB which is EXACLTY what you want or more for ram overclocking PERIOD to have less interference that way, sheerness well, its a nice looking board so i give 5 stars thereas for the board itself, easy to work with, has clear cmos jumper in the HARDEST PLACE ive ever had to get to (besides the b450I gaming plus ac which was in between the wifi module at the rear i.o.) to solve this issue i took out a reset button from an old case ill never use again and installed that onto the cmos jumper so i can clear the bios if i need to as i DONT want or wish to remove my vertical mounted gpu if that time comes! also has EZ debug leds which will easy help you figure out what the issue is rather its ram, cpu, video etc, (notes to consider when overclocking ram sometimes youll push Fclk to far and itll say its the cpu which is correct as your ram can do what your asking but the CPU cant keep up). has wifi 6, 2 m.2 slots 1 gen 4 1 gen3, (if your not using a gen 4 ssd you WILL NOT notice any differences whatsoever!Has more than enough fan headers to which i would have rather had 5 HYBRID headers (pwn,pump,dc headers) rather than 8 headers all together (1 cpu 4pin 1 pump 4pin, 6 system header) for some aio/water pumps it wont matter what header you use but for some it does as some are PWM only OR DC ONLY, so this will sometimes matter but its not to big of a deal.the VRM on this board for what this board is shooting towards (audience) is EXTREMELY WELL DONE! has more than enough to run even a 16 core chip (if overclocking this chip id run a fan on the vrm as i would ANY board for that matter) but for most getting this board a 3600, 5600x even OVERCLOCKING these chips wont be a problem for this board its VERY WELL BUILT!ram support on this thing is by far better than its bigger brother or should i say WIMPY SISTER? the x570 gaming edge wifi (vrm GARBAGE, ram overclocking (i got the same results on this board as i did with my others but was easier done on the b550 and less prone to overheating issues on the VRM) on the x570 version running the EXACT same EVERYTHING i am now i hit 80c on the VRM alone to where as this board hasnt seen over 38c. need i say more on that matter?if your looking for a used board from amazon to which your unsure because it states used-good in my experiences if it has the original box included (most the time not always) its going to have all the extra goodies that comes with it and ive never had scratche on anything ive bought used good condition as well as ive been able to register for a warranty on the manufactures website.conclusion as you can see in the pics this board is running fine with no thermal issues, no hiccups, even the bios it shipped with works for a 5600x out the box, i will say that i would only update to PATCH C bios and not use the beta version on MSI website as its not stable at all and locks out FCLK 2000 all together! LOOKING for a great board? THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT!!!!

The motherboard came with a, book! A real book to thumb thru. Very detailed instructions. The MB was easy to install. Very gorgeous board. The LED's are perfect luminosity. I does lack on USB ports but for the price point it worked well. I installed my Ryzen 7 5800X3D and it recognized it without having to upgrade my bios. It gave me extra room for my evga Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 ftw3 than my last motherboard. It has enough inputs for all my 6 fans. I am extremely happy with this motherboard.

My Specs:CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600CPU Cooler: AMD Wraith MaxThermal Compound: ARCTIC MX-4 2019 EditionMotherboard: MSI MPG B550 GAMING EDGE WIFIMemory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18Storage: Crucial P5 1 TB M.2-2280 NVMEVideo Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT NITRO+Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Dark TGPros:I had originally planned on getting a Gigabyte B550 AORUS PRO AC for $170 +TAX but this MB went on sale for $160 +TAX with nice Steam Promo's from MSI, so I got this instead as the Gigabyte MB has a lot of reports of USB 2.0 slots not working with the company having no plans of fixing the problem in sight. MSI seems to have better customer support and also has better RGB Software and wireless/BT hardware built into this MB with Bluetooth 5.1 & Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200, so the decision was a no brainer.The board is heavy over all and the 6 layer PCB/Heat sinks are THICC just the way I like it. Let me know right away that my purchase was something of high quality.My PC build went together fast and easy with no problems, no need to update the bios out the gate to get my Ryzen 5 3600 working and Windows 10 running. The 4.0 PCIE Slot speed is something I'm not sure of with my Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT NITRO+ but it works well together and I hope with future GPU releases and upgrades I will see the full potential of this slot.Cons:Low count of USB ports. Needs 2-4 more 2.0/3.2 gen 1 ports, the Gigabyte B550 AORUS PRO AC has 12 USB ports even if they don't all work.The 2nd M.2 Slot is only NVME and shares bandwidth with the PCIE 3.0 Slots, I wished it shared and disabled 2 of 6 the onboard Sata ports instead. You'll need to choose your M.2 SSD and add-on card wisely.Only one M.2 Shield Frozr, really MSI? Gigabyte B550 AORUS PRO AC has 2, so should you.

Motherboard was easy to install and worked out of the box easily. One thing to note is that despite the fact that I have been told that the motherboard would not post with a 5000 series Ryzen CPU without a bios update, it did in fact successfully boot into Windows without a bios update although the RAM light on the board was lit up the entire time and the bios GUI was really sluggish. Once I updated the bios through the bios interface (not the bios flash button), both issues were resolved and my system runs perfectly.The built in Bluetooth works great, and I get about a 25 foot range with my earbuds before the signal starts cutting out. This is much better than the Bluetooth on the PCIe Wi-Fi card that I had before, which had a much less reliable signal. The Wi-Fi also works without any issues.The sound card on the board is also good quality, and using the Realtek Audio Console, you can make further adjustments with the equalizer to fine tune the sound depending on your headphones/earbuds.Also, the built in IO shield made installing the board much easier than my prior board which came with a stencil IO shield that was a bit frustrating to get lined up properly.Overall, this is probably best value B550 board you can get from MSI, especially if you can snag it during a sale or with a promotion from MSI.