ASRock B450 Steel Legend Socket AM4/ AMD Promontory B450/ DDR4/ Quad CrossFireX/ SATA3&USB3.1/ M.2/ A&GbE/ATX Motherboard

This Mobo worked right out of the box on Unbuntu 22.04 I cant say enough about it.I love the asthetic raindow lights. It was a breeze to setup. A+ I would highly recommend this one. Great Job ASRock!

Using it for my plex server, this is my fifth asrock motherboard and they're always great quality at a great price.

At the time of purchase there were few reviews on the B450 Steel Legend, I decided to take a chance and I'm glad I did. After a minor issue with the system not posting (see below), it's been a great board to work with since.The look of this board is awesome, it's minimal and clean with a nice use of digital camo print, steel accents, and RGB. It's a fresh take compared to other gaming MOBOs on the market. (See photo for example of RGB.)The BIOS is easy to navigate and comes with some great out of the box tools. Of note, the fan control and built in RGB tools means no need for extra background tasks in your OS.My only problem was the system not posting after finishing my build. It was an easy fix that required clearing the CMOS, and it's been stable since.This board has been a joy to work with and I have had no other issues. If you're on the fence, I recommend the Tech Yes City video review for a more in depth look at what this board has to offer.

Since the new CPU was not compatible with my old motherboard. It was reasonably priced and works great but just make sure to download the software if you want to use the rgb lights on the fans and might need get a fan controller. Since it has only one 3 pin header to control the fans. And no led connector for the led button. Idk about the wifi but has the option but I use Ethernet cable to connect mine never had issue. But overall evurbing works great and haven't had any issues.

Motherboard is really nice looking and has some rgb in certain areas which makes the motherboard standout. It fit my case perfectly and comes with some extras in the box like a dvd to install drivers etc. 10/10

Works great

AMD Ryzen 3000 Ready sticker on box, which means if you place a 3rd gen chip on this board, it should work just fine without any bios update, if you buy it new that is...If you buy used, you might have an older board which isn't compatible with 3rd gen and will need a bios update. Fortunately, mine came with this 3rd gen ready sticker on box. Unfortunately, all of my pc parts haven't come in yet, so I'll have to wait a bit longer to see if all works well. Its a beautiful motherboard at a fairly decent price point. You can't get a better deal on a b450 mobo unless you buy a mATX board.Edit: PC is working fine, this mother board is running a ryzen 5 3600 with no problems at all. ran HWmonitor and GPUz to look at temps, no problems there. About what I would expect from the dinky stock cooler that comes with the cpu. No bios update was necessary. Also for those complaining about the passive rgb, switch your pc off at the back after powering it down if it annoys you so much. personally, I find it cool to look at.

This is a great B450 board, but there are some important things I want to stress for potential buyers:1. I have received 2 of these boards at this point (I mistakenly RMA'd the first board - more on that below) and both boards arrived Ryzen 3000 ready, with stickers on the box advertising them as such. Both were able to post with my Ryzen 5 3600 without issue. As long as you ensure that you're buying from Amazon and not one of the 3rd party retailers, you should almost be guaranteed to receive a Ryzen 3000 ready example.2. If you're using this board with an M.2 SSD, note that there is a protective piece of plastic on the thermal pad on the underside of the M.2 heatsink. I didn't notice this when I first set up my build, and only noticed it the second time because I laid the heatsink upside down whilst installing my SSD.3. Make sure to update your BIOS immediately! The reason I RMA'd my first board is because when my RAM was clocked at any speed above 3000mhz (it's rated for 3400), my audio would crackle and cut out. I initially assumed this was due to faulty onboard audio and RMA'd. Upon setting up my second example, I went straight into Windows without overclocking my RAM (it defaults to 2133mhz) and noticed 0 audio issues. Went back into the BIOS, overclocked, boom, audio issues were back. I did a bit of digging and found that the old BIOS that these boards ship with (circa July 5th) is known for having audio issues when using XMP. After updating to the most recent BIOS from ASRock's website, I now have 0 audio issues running my RAM at 3200mhz (I wasn't able to post at 3400 on the old BIOS, and I haven't attempted it yet on the new BIOS).Besides all that, the final point I have is that if you're interested in this board for its RGB capabilities, I will warn you that the LEDs on the top of the chipset heatsink are extremely bright. There isn't any kind of diffuser on them, so if your PC is below you (mine is to my left on the bottom shelf of a bookshelf), they will constantly be noticeable in your peripheral vision. However, using ASRock's software, you can actually customize each individual LED on both the chipset heatsink and rear I/O cover, and you can disable those top LEDs whilst keeping the lower LEDs active. Personally I prefer to disable the RGB altogether, but I figured this was worth mentioning.