MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi Review

1. Introducing the MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi2. Performance and Testing: CPU3. Performance and Testing: Games4. Closing Thoughts5. View All Pages

The MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi motherboard has a huge amount in common with the more expensive MAG X870 Tomahawk WiFi that we reviewed in recent times. The combination of high quality, decent features and low price grab our attention and make this a compelling buy.

Timestamps
00:00 Start
01:18 Chipset Tech details
02:42 MSI Product lineup
03:44 Tomahawk Differences
04:28 Hardware setup
07:24 BIOS
07:40 Thermal Camera
08:00 Cinebench 2024 Multicore
08:32 Cinebench 2024 Singlecore
08:44 Geekbench 6 Multi Core
09:01 CPU Power Consumption
09:25 Far Cry 6 (1080p)
09:54 Far Cry 6 (1440p)
10:16 Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora (1080p)
10:36 Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora (1440p)
10:54 Assassins Creed Mirage (1080p)
11:12 Assassins Creed Mirage (1440p)
11:41 Cyberpunk 2077 (1080p)
12:02 Cyberpunk 2077 (1440p)
12:18 Total War Pharaoh (1080p)
12:35 Total War Pharaoh (1440p)
13:10 Leo’s Closing Thoughts

Key features

• Flagship VRM Design
  • 14+2+1 Duet Rail Power System with 80A Smart Power Stages.
  • Controller is MPS2412 and VRMs are MPS2433 rather than MPS2402 and MPS2429 on X870 Tomahawk
• EZ PCIe Release
  • An easy to access physical button release mechanism that can help remove any PCIe card with a single tap.
• EZ M.2 Shield Frozr II
  • MSI’s exclusive EZ M.2 Shield Frozr II makes M.2 installation seamless.
• Fast and Future-ready Storage
  • Quadruple M.2 connectors – 2x Gen 5 M.2 and 2x Gen 4 M.2
• Networking
  • High Bandwidth and Low Latency Network with 5G Land Wi-Fi 7

Specification:

• Chipset: AMD B850
• CPU Support: AMD Ryzen 9000/8000/7000 desktop processors.
• VRMs: 14+2+1 x 80A Smart Power Stages
• Memory support:
  • 4 DIMMs, Dual Channel DDR5, Maximum Memory Capacity 256GB
  • Max. overclocking frequency:
  • 1DPC 1R Max speed up to 8400+ MT/s
  • 1DPC 2R Max speed up to 6400+ MT/s
  • 2DPC 1R Max speed up to 6400+ MT/s
  • 2DPC 2R Max speed up to 4800+ MT/s
• Expansion slots:
  • 1x PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 slot (from CPU)
  • 1x PCIe Gen 3.0 x1 slot (from chipset)
  • 1x PCIe Gen 4.0 x4 slot (from chipset, shared with one M.2 slot)
• Storage:
  • 2x M.2 Gen 5.0 x4
  • 1x M.2 Gen 4.0 x4
  • 1x M.2 Gen 4.0 x2 (shared with PCIe Gen 4.0 slot)
  • 4x SATA 6Gbps
• USB support:
  • 1x USB 20Gbps Type-C (Front)
  • 3x USB 10Gbps Type-C (Rear)
  • 2x USB 10Gbps Type-A (Rear)
  • 1x USB 5Gbps Type-A (Rear)
  • 4x USB 5Gbps Type-A (Front)
  • 4x USB 2.0 (Rear)
  • 4x USB 2.0 (Front)
• Ethernet: Realtek 8126 5Gbps LAN
• Wireless: Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4
• Audio: Realtek ALC4080 7.1-Channel Audio
• Form Factor: ATX 244mm x 305mm

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