GIGABYTE B450M DS3H V2 (AMD Ryzen AM4/Micro ATX/M.2/HMDI/DVI/USB 3.1/DDR4/Motherboard)

Good product would recommend and fast shipping would order again thank you

Rebuild my son's computer after he had a hard crash. Could not afford the high-end motherboard that he had in the computer. Purchase this motherboard as a temporary until we could get the right one, and now I'm thinking this motherboard going to stay. It's been working flawlessly running cool and has rebuilt my son's computer after he had a hard crash. Could not afford the high-end motherboard that he had in the computer. Purchase this motherboard as a temporary until we can get the right one, and now I'm thinking this motherboard's going to stay. It's been working flawlessly, running cool, and has seamlessly run every game he wants to play.

I looked everywhere on the used market to find something cheaper. This is the best budget AM4 board on the market, no question. I used it for a friends build and he was really happy with it. If you want the best bang for your buck, you better bang this buck.

Overall, it's a good motherboard for the price however it's lacking some features. First off, there are only 2 places to plug in fans so you will need to buy an extension if you want more than 2 fans. The Start/Stop/Reset pins are not labeled on the manual or the motherboard so you will need to look online to find those and there are no buttons for those either. There are separate headphone and mic inputs so you will need an adaptor if you have a single combined headphone/mic cable or you will have to use front panel audio. Most graphics cards will slightly cover both PCI-E slots. There is no led designated for the POST so first bootup you sort of have to go with your gut. There is no Bluetooth or wifi of course and no place to add a wifi card, I'm not yet sure about adding Bluetooth, so I would buy the WIFI version because of that. Aesthetically, it's fine, of course, it's an mATX so it won't fill out your case, and it also has a reddish-orange led strip running down the side which you can't change the color of even with gigabyte's RGB fusion software. (you can turn it off if you want). On the plus side, it has worked great and I haven't had any problems with it so far. There was no needed BIOS update for my ryzen5 3600 which I am very happy about. Personally, I think you will be able to find slightly better B450 motherboards for about the same price but this one is just fine and pretty cheap.

Didnt work out of the box. Had to update bios works great

Replaced a used one bought online for $55 that had broken audio. There's an audio trace light on the board that indicates it's working (used one was not lit). Run the audio troubleshooter to force Windows to install the correct audio driver. Flashed the F1 bios to the latest May 2022 version (F63 I think). Before that it worked with a 2nd gen Ryzen. I was able to reactivate Windows 11 using activation troubleshooting because the board was the same model. Do not expect to use any PCIe slots other than the x16 for a GPU (unless you're GPU exhausts air out the slot bracket). Not worth the cost at ≥$75. Pay a little more and get an ATX board like the Tomahawk Max B450.

I bought this board to build my dad a new system to replace his aging Dell Optiplex from 210. I ended up pairing it with a Ryzen 5 3400G, 16GB 3200MHz Corsair Vengeance RAM, a 512GB Silicon Power NVME, and an EVGA 430W PSU. There has not been a single issue with this board in the month or so that he has had the new system. It pairs nicely with the APU, and does some modern gaming at playable framerates, which is really all he needs since he plays Bloon's Tower Defense or Solitaire. I wish I could have reviewed it with a proper GPU, but at the time of writing this the GPU market is an absolute mess, and even 1650 Supers go for over $400. As a system builder, I highly recommend this board to anyone on a busget, looking for a good quality motherboard.

4 years using it and still strong, nice product