ASUS PRIME B450-PLUS AMD Ryzen 2 AM4 DDR4 HDMI DVI M.2 USB 3.1 Gen2 ATX Motherboard - Black

Great motherboard with plenty of features, £4£ great value, I picked this up for £65. Having not built a pc in over 13 years, and my last Asus board still working fine now I went with this mb. It is easy to setup and use along with the BIOS control. It's compatible with a lot of ryzen processors and RAM. Fantastic performance all round, ticked all the boxes for me including a m.2 slot. Fast boot time. I'm yet to try out the Aura sync rgb header so can't comment on that, I'm on the hunt for a set of argb fans. Overall a very nice board with excellent features for the price point. Highly recommended for starters to mid range builders.

I chose this board for a PC build for my brother at Christmas and I'm impressed at how much bang for your buck performance there is. We're going to build the PC together so I haven't been able to put it in to a case yet, but when doing a bench test to confirm that all the parts worked as expected I was really impressed by it. The AMD 3600XT is doing great with PBO overclocking and it had absolutely no trouble running 3200Mhz RAM which can't be said of the B450 board I chose for my own build! I updated the BIOS to the latest version and liked that it was still UEFI - my own board had the mouse input/graphics side taken away during a BIOS update to support the 3000 series CPUs. It's doing great on a long running Prime 95 stress test, the only minor thing is the VRMs seemed to get hot quite quickly given it was an open air test bench. It also took me jumping to Google to find out how to enable XMP, but other than that it's been impressive. The board layout seems good and the "Aurora" lighting gives quite a nice subtle effect (which is easy to disable if it annoys you). I wish the IO shield had some printing on it rather than indenting labels for the ports, but that's a minor point given it's at the back of the PC. Overall it feels like a great motherboard for a mid level build and I have no doubts about it performing well for my brothers first gaming pc!

I bought this as part of an upgrade to using a Ryzen 5 3600 allowing my PC to better run Folding-at-Home computations. I had no real issues with the hardware installation nor any problems with hardware compatibility other than the fact that I'd overlooked the absence of an IDE port for my legacy DVD drive to connect to - I overcame this with a cheap PCI expansion card. The rig now spends most of it's running at 95%+ cpu load and 50% GPU load and has been doing that for over a month with no issues - typical mobo temperature is under 30 degC as, with the Ryzen 5, you need a lot of air flow through the case if you're not using a liquid cooler. I've given only 4 Stars solely because the BIOS is confusing and brim-full of terms that are not explained either in the bios interface or in the manual. One of my pet hates is the way that what is supposed to be help text for an item essentially just repeats the BIOS parameter title or manual paragraph heading with no additional information. The paper manual supplied takes this to the extreme with only the most basic info provided. You can get more info from the ASUS such as detailed pin-outs but little more.

Clean looking board with plenty of features, including an m.2 slot. Has an orange light which doesn't fit the my white build but can easily be turned off in the bios. Memory originally at 2133Mhz, but easily reached 3000Mhz through activation in the BIOS. BIOS was easy to use and control, even for a first time builder such as myself. Minor issue was it is slightly smaller (width ways) than a regular ATX motherboard and so only requires 6 motherboard stand offs. Makes the right side feel a little unsupported,but just make sure to support the board from the back when installing cables (e.g. the 24 pin motherboard cable.) Overall a very solid board with excellent features for the money. Highly recommended for mid range builds.

Bought this to pair with a Ryzen 3100 and an RX580 GPU, installation was easy with plenty of fan headers and accessible sata ports etc. M.2 ports and RGB lighting at a budget price are always a massive bonus which is one of the main reasons I chose this motherboard. Setup was easy and drivers installed without issue via windows updates, Internet worked first time which I have had issues with on other motherboards of similar pricing. The bios is easy to work around and setting ram to the specified 3000mhz was easy enough with multiple speed profiles available to select from. Carried out a Prime95 stress test which passed with flying colours. CPU temps were low and voltage delivery was smooth. Ram was also stable after 2 hours of stressing. I would recommend this product for anyone on a budget.

Good, straightforward install. A little touchy with the import plate but overall it runs well and can handle the setup I've chosen to run TD with transport fever 2. It even stood up to installing 3 different graphics cards after one of them died, and my brand new build had to use an old gtx 670 until the replacement could come. Either way after a week it is still going like a champ. We shall see on the long run how it holds up, but my previous one was an asus board and that lasted for 6 and a half years without over clocking until I decided to fry it. I expect at least the same with this. I like the LED affect.

First off, it's not flashy and full of RGB lights - which is exactly what I wanted. I love the dark and simple aesthetic of the board and it fits in with the rest of my build. There are ample expansion slots and enough ports for my needs too. The board feels nice and sturdy, the heatsinks are well-attached, and it's a good layout too. A great board at a reasonable price, perfect for me to get into Ryzen as an upgrade from my 5 year old PC.

Good, straightforward install. It runs well and can handle the setup and was easy to do a BIOS update. LED effect is good would be good to be able to change colour. Runs well a couple of months later and no problems, great product for a great price.