MSI B450 Tomahawk Max Motherboard

MSI B450 Tomahawk Max Motherboard

Overview

Military style with extended heatsink design for better thermal solution, plus DDR4 Boost, Core Boost, Turbo M.2 and USB 3.2 Gen2 connector.

• Supports 1st, 2nd and 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen / Ryzen with Radeon Vega Graphics and 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen with Radeon Graphics / Athlon with Radeon Vega Graphics Desktop Processors for Socket AM4
• Supports DDR4 Memory, up to 4133(OC) MHz
• Extended Heatsink Design: MSI extended PWM heatsink and enhanced circuit design ensures even high-end processors to run in full speed.
• Lightning Fast Game experience: 1x TURBO M.2, AMD Turbo USB 3.2 GEN2, Store MI technology
• Core Boost: With premium layout and fully digital power design to support more cores and provide better performance.
• DDR4 Boost:Advanced technology to deliver pure data signals for the best gaming performance and stability.
• MULTI-GPU: With STEEL ARMOR PCI-E slots. Supports 2-Way AMD Crossfire
• Audio Boost: Reward your ears with studio grade sound quality for the most immersive audio experience.
• Flash BIOS Button: Simply use a USB key to flash any BIOS within seconds, without installing a CPU, memory or graphics card.

1. Flash BIOS Button
2. PS/2 Combo Port
3. DVI-D Port
4. USB 3.2 Gen2 (Type A+C)
5. HD Audio Connectors
6. Heavy Plated Gaming Heatsinks - Military Style designed for maximum cooling
7. DDR4 Boost - Optimized traces and isolated memory circuitry
8. PCI-E Steel Armor - Protecting VGA cards against bending and EMI
9. Turbo M.2 - Delivering speeds up to 32 Gb/s using Gen3 x4
10. Audio Boost - Optimized gaming audio using best components
11. Extended Heatsink Design - Leading heatsink design, extended for maximum cooling and performance
12. Arsenal Sticker Area - Free for customization with personal style

DIY FRIENDLY

MSI motherboards feature tons of convenient and smart design, such as convenient pin-header keep out zone, friendly SATA & USB location and so on, so DIY users can pick and choose any gaming rigthey want.

COOLING

STAY COOL FOR ULTIMATE GAMING PERFORMANCE

Cooling your PC is essential for reliable performance. MSI motherboards feature excellent power design with solid and heavy heatsink. We've made sure to include enough fan headers with full control to allow you to cool your system any way you want.

THERMAL SOLUTION FOR MORE CORES AND HIGHER PERFORMANCE

With more cores processors, thermal and power design is more important to make sure the temperature keeps lower. MSI extended PWM heatsink and enhanced circuit design ensures even high-end CPU to run in full speed with MSI motherboards.

FULLY CONTROLLABLE IN BIOS AND SOFTWARE

MSI motherboards let you manage speeds and temperatures for all your system and CPU fans. Total Fan Control allows you check your primary system characteristics in a simplified graphical interface. You can also set up to 4 temperature targets for CPU and motherboard, which will adjust the fan speeds automatically.

AUTODETECT DC OR PWM MODE WITH HYSTERESIS

MSI fan headers automatically detect fans running in DC or PWM mode for optimal tuning of fan speeds and silence. Hysteresis also makes your fans spin up fluently to make sure your system stays silent, no matter what.

MSI:

• Smooth fan speeds
• Smooth sound levels

OTHERS

• Spiking fan speeds
• Annoying sound levels

HARDWARE

USER FRIENDLY DESIGN

MSI motherboards feature tons of convenient and smart design for DIY users, countless system tuning and troubleshooting tools are at your disposal to push your system to new heights and satisfy even the most demanding tweaker. Makes it so easy to install your own motherboard and gaming rig without any issue.

XL CLIP

• The enlarged PCI-E clip helps you swap or remove your devices easier. Keep the PCI-E slot stronger and safer.

EZ DEBUG LED

• Run into trouble? Onboard LEDs for key components will indicate the source of the problem so you know exactly where to look to get up and running again.

COMPATIBILITY

MAXIMUM COMPATIBILITY

Every MSI motherboards are certified by strict mechanic that feature convenient pin-header keep out zone, friendly SATA & USB location for compatibility with the widest range of components and devices, so DIY user can pick and choose the components they want. More than that, we offer a dedicated Qualified Vendor List (QVL) for the most critical part - memory. Combining with MSI DDR4 Boost technology, we provide the maximum compatibility, so you confirm and choose any gaming rig as you want.

RYZEN PROCESSORS SUPPORT

MSI AM4 motherboards perfectly support AMD Ryzen processors. Combining MSI Core Boost, you can release maximum performance no matter what CPU you use.

EXTREME STABILITY & COMPATIBILITY TESTING

MSI conducts thorough memory testing with the most popular memory brands under extreme conditions to ensure your system runs stable no matter what. Our memory partners include brands like Corsair, Crucial, Kingston, G.Skill and many more to optimize memory modules and configurations.

BIOS AND SOFTWARE

PERFORMANCE ENHANCING APPS

Complete your high performance experience with an array of performance enhancing software from MSI. From a loaded yet easy to use BIOS to potent live system tools, get the most out of your motherboard at any moment.

DRAGON CENTER

The exclusive and brand-new UI merges all the MSI software functions into one specific application MSI Dragon Center. Not only integrates all the MSI software functions, but also sync all the MSI desktop products to work together, providing the best user experience. No more messy programs or ICONs, just one click and you can enjoy all the functions in Dragon Center.

Gaming Mode

MSI Gaming Mode provides the most suitable setting for your whole gaming system, bring you the best gaming experience with one click!

Game Boost

Need more power from your CPU and memory to get more FPS? MSI Game Boost enables one-second overclocking, giving you the performance boost you need.

Gaming Hotkey

Easily program your most-used commands and execute them with a single keystroke. Youre free to choose any key you want, so choose wisely.

USB Speed Up

When enabled, it optimizes your devices for even better transfer speeds and can provide up to 20% increase in USB performance, saving a lot of time when transferring data.

OC Setting

With an intuitive interface, OC Setting allows you to tune settings to increase system stability, maximize performance and optimize your systems cooling features.

Total Fan Control

Total Fan Control allows you to take control of your fans. You can also set up to 4 temperature targets for CPU and motherboard, which will adjust the fan speeds automatically.

Mystic Light

Create your own colorful masterpiece with ease. Make your PC look and feel brand new with any color you want with just a few clicks!

Live Update

Never miss out on important updates. MSI Live Update automatically downloads and installs the latest drivers, BIOS and software so you can focus on your game.

MSI APP PLAYER

Developed under an exclusive partnership with BlueStacks, the MSI APP Player brings seamless mobile gaming experiences to PCs. Leverage the advantages of mouse and keyboard controls, better graphics, and multi-tasking for mobile gaming supremacy.

CLICK BIOS 5

Get more from a loaded BIOS designed for ease of use. Fine-tune the motherboard for gaming performance, efficiency, or overclocking world records!

GAME BOOST

• Quickly overclock your CPU with a single button for more performance.

A-XMP

• Choose from a preset A-XMP profile and automatically overclock compatible DDR memory.

M-FLASH

• Conveniently flash or upgrade the BIOS in a few minutes from the CMOS Setup Utility.

HARDWARE MONITOR

• Get immediate access to your critical hardware information in real-time including temperature, memory capacity, clock speed, and voltage.

TOTAL FAN CONTROL

• Monitor and manage fan speeds for system and CPU fans.

SECURE ERASE+

• Wipe an SSD with an optimized formatting algorithm and enjoy an SSD with maxed free space!

MEMORY TRY IT

• Get extreme speed out of your system memory and get more performance.

M.2 Genie

• Quickly and easily set up a RAID 0 array for M.2 and U.2 SSDs with this automated utility.

SEARCH & FAVORITES

• A permanent search & favorite option in the top right corner moves you through the BIOS menus quickly.

ENHANCED PERFORMANCE

MSI motherboards feature all the latest solution for enthusiast gamers and prosumers. CPU and memory enhancement and fast storage and USB transfer speed are ready to be on the battlefield.

CPU

TAILORED FOR E-SPORTS ENTHUSIASTS

High-quality materials and intelligent fan optimization help to cool all necessary components, which is critical to ensuring that the system is stable and always delivering the best performance.

CORE BOOST

Core Boost is the latest development in the MSI motherboard CPU power transmission system. The high-quality power delivery component area retained on the optimized circuit design produces an efficient power system that delivers accurate current to the CPU.

1-SECOND OVERCLOCKING!

Need more power from your CPU and memory to get more FPS? MSI Game Boost enables one-second overclocking, giving you the performance boost you need. Simply turn the dial or use the Gaming App and your PC gets another adrenalin shot!

LOAD-LINE CALIBRATION

• What you set, is what you get. LLC makes sure your CPU voltage remains 100% stable under any load. This greatly improves stability when demanding more CPU performance.

OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION

• Prevents potential short-circuit damage to the CPU and other critical components.

DIGITALL POWER DESIGN

• A fully digital power design allows for faster and undistorted current delivery to the CPU at pin-point precision. Creating the perfect conditions for CPU overclocking.

MEMORY

UNMATCHED MEMORY PERFORMANCE

Optimized layout design and a fully isolated memory circuitry ensures perfect stability and performance. you never have to worry about your system crashing during games with MSI DDR4 BOOST.

FOR HIGHER MEMORY SPEED: DDR4 BOOST 2

Besides optimized PCB design, MSI OC lab has also co-worked with world-known memory brands, pushing memory speed to a peak. MSI AM4 motherboards are going to free the these selected memories performance with stability.

A-DATA

• AX4U360038G17-DRZ
• AX4U360038G17-SRZ

A HUGE STEP OF DDR PERFORMANCE

MSI OC LAB does not merely work hard on extreme overclocking. With AMD 3rd Gen Ryzen processors, X470 and B450 motherboards have great improvement on performance and memory support.

LOWER LANTENCY AND MORE EFFICIENCY

RELEASE HIGHER MEMORY FREQUENCY

• X470 with 3rd Gen Ryzen Processors
• X470 with 2nd Gen Ryzen Processors

STORAGE

FAST AND FUTURE-READY STORAGE

MSI motherboards support all the latest storage standards, which allows users to connect any ultra-fast storage device. Start games faster, load levels faster and have a real advantage over your enemies.

PCMARK10 STORAGE SCORE

AMD STOREMI

All MSI X470 & B450 motherboards are shipped with StoreMI, the new AMD SSD technology to improve storage performance. This tool helps create a virtual SSD by blending capacity storage, treats flash as primary storage and optimizes data access with monitoring continuously. All these functions can enhance read/write speed for active data and provide fast boot times and application startup.

• Lower Cost
• More Performance
• More Usable Capacity
• Use any SSD you want

STORAGE BOOST YOUR STORAGE PERFORMANCE

This great little tool is very simple to use and automatically detects your storage devices connected to the system. When enabled, Storage Boost optimizes your SSDs to keep your system fast and maximize storage performance, saving you a lot of time when loading or transferring data.

EASY RAID SETUP WITH M.2 GENIE

Looking to go all out in terms of raw data speed and put multiple SSDs in RAID 0? Setting this up can prove to be quite the challenge. That's why we created M.2 Genie, a brilliant feature to make setting up RAID 0 for M.2 and U.2 much easier and less time consuming.

FLEXIBLE

USB

MAXIMIZE YOUR USB DEVICE PERFORMANCE

Read and write your files over USB faster than ever. MSI offers a wide variety of options to connect and boost your USB devices, delivering lightning-fast transfer speeds up to 10Gb/s.

IN-GAME ADVANTAGE

MSI motherboards are built with enhanced audio and advanced LAN networking capabilities that turn any gaming experience into an immerse one.

AUDIO

SOUND THAT PULLS YOU INTO THE GAME

Deliver the highest sound quality through the use of premium quality audio components and get the most immersive sound experience when gaming. MSI motherboards let you enjoy breathtaking, gaming-changing sound.

AUDIO BOOST 4

ISOLATED AUDIO DESIGN

Like a dedicated sound card, audio components and circuits have been laid on a reserved motherboard section and electrically isolated.

SEPARATED AUDIO LAYERS FOR CLEAN LEFT & RIGHT CHANNELS

Audio circuits laid on separate layers in the PCB ensure equally pristine sounding audio for both left and right audio channels.

DE-POP PROTECTION

A de-pop filter eliminates loud popping noises that occur when devices are plugged/unplugged or when the PC is turned on/off.

EXHILARATING AND INSPIRING

Each MSI motherboard is built based on the specific topic in order to match different tastes and favors. Furthermore, MSI also adopts the modern style to design the heatsink through huge surface and sleek but simple cuts in order to make the heatsink and appearance looks ripped and powerful. Combined with neutral color, such as black, grey and silver, as the main background, MSI motherboard can perfect fit different RGB LED effects and strongly shows the gamers tunes.

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

CONQUER THE BATTLEFIELD

MAG series motherboards are focused on functionality and durability. Descended from MSI Arsenal GAMING, these motherboards take their likeliness from rugged military equipment and are ready for battle.

MYSTIC LIGHT

Illuminate with MSI Mystic Light and bring the motherboard RGB lighting to life. Choose from millions of colors and sync across compatible devices.

MYSTIC LIGHT ON MOTHERBOARD

MSI Motherboard offers multiple colors and variety effects for you to set up the whole rig by your own way.

MYSTIC LIGHT EXTENSION

Still not satisfied with the decoration on the ecosystem? The Mystic Light Extension will help you to have more attractive way to decorate you gaming rig by the LED Strips and still under controlled by the Mystic Light application.

JRGB

The JRGB pin header provides the max 3A(12V) power supply for the up to 3 meters 5050 RGB LED strips showing single color.

MYSTIC LIGHT SYNC

Control compatible RGB peripherals with the Mystic Light application. An open source SDK is available for developers to integrate Mystic Light with RGB devices.

LOYAL COMRADE

With years of experience, MSI is no stranger to building high-performance motherboards. Our R&D and engineering teams have reviewed countless designs, evaluated a wide selection of high quality components, and developed products for reliability even under extreme conditions.

COMPONENTS

BUILT ON EVERLASTING QUALITY

Using only the finest quality components and integrating the latest technological innovations delivers the best possible professional experience. Rigorous quality testing under the most extreme conditions ensures a super reliable, long-lasting and high performance motherboard.

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