A well-equipped full-size ATX form factor gaming motherboard for AMD Ryzen processors based on the 2020 mid-range AMD B550 chipset. It is a balanced model from the MSI Performance Gaming overclocker family. Positioned as a product of the middle price category, designed to create overclocking and gaming configurations at a reasonable cost. Equipped with a powerful 12-phase Digital PWM processor power supply system, the power elements of which are cooled by impressive radiators.

It differs from previous generation boards based on B450 chipsets by supporting the high-speed PCI-E Gen 4.0 system interface, which makes it possible to double the speed of data exchange with high-speed NVMe SSDs and significantly speed up the loading of highly detailed textures in new graphics card models. MSI MPG B550 GAMING PLUS motherboard is fully compatible with Ryzen 3000 family CPUs (Matisse and Matisse Refresh cores, 7nm), Ryzen 4000 hybrid APUs (Renoir core, 7nm) and Ryzen 5000 processors (Vermeer core, 7nm). Supports work with high-speed DDR4 memory up to 128 GB (4x64 GB), which is enough for any current and future games. Equipped with two M.2 connectors for high-speed NVMe SSDs.

All specifications

Specifications MPG B550 GAMING PLUS

Main
Features	gaming for overclocking
Socket	AMD AM4
Form factor	ATX
Power phases	12
VRM heatsink
LED lighting
Lighting sync	MSI Mystic Light Sync
Size (HxW)	305x244 mm


Chipset
Chipset	AMD B550
BIOS	Ami
UEFI BIOS


RAM
DDR4	4 slot(s)
Memory module	DIMM
Operation mode	2 channel
Max. clock frequency	4400 MHz
Max. memory	128 GB
XMP


Drive interface
SATA 3 (6Gbps)	6
M.2 connector	2
M.2	1xSATA/PCI-E 4x, 1xPCI-E 4x
M.2 SSD cooling
Integrated RAID controller	/ RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10 /


Expansion slots
1x PCI-E slots	2
PCI-E 16x slots	2
PCI Modes	16x/4x
PCI Express	4.0
CrossFire (AMD)
Steel PCI-E connectors

Internal connections
TPM connector
USB 2.0	2
USB 3.2 gen1	1
USB C 3.2 gen1	1


Video outputs
HDMI output
HDMI version	v.2.1
DisplayPort


Integrated audio
Audiochip	Realtek ALC892 / ALC897 /
Sound (channels)	7.1
Optical S/P-DIF


Network interfaces
LAN (RJ-45)	1 Gbps
LAN ports	1
LAN controller	Realtek 8111H


External connections
USB 2.0	4
USB 3.2 gen1	2
USB 3.2 gen2	1
USB C 3.2 gen2	1
PS/2	1
BIOS FlashBack


Power connectors
Main power socket	24 pin
CPU power	8 pin
Fan power connectors	8


Official Website	msi.com
Added to E-Catalog	october 2020

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