Is this 40$ Chinese AM4 Motherboard Worth it? - Machinist B450 AM4-A Review

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  • @JGINYUE
    @JGINYUE 16 днів тому +52

    In fact, this motherboard is a copy of our JGINYUE B450M, and we really can't afford to remove the VRM in order to deliberately reduce the cost of the motherboard, which would be very inconvenient for the user. At the price of USD 40 free shipping, it's hard to imagine what quality replacement materials Machinist would use for motherboard materials which invisible in the production process such as B450 chipsets and MOS tubes (since they're only can get second hand B450 chipset).

    • @ImWateringPSUs
      @ImWateringPSUs  16 днів тому +9

      I can’t thank you enough for commenting! Yeah, selling the motherboard without VRM heatsink is just a terrible idea, as I mention in the video. It can handle a low powered CPU but nothing more. Also very interesting to hear about the chipset licence. I’ll pin your comment, keep making great motherboards!

    • @myyoutubename152
      @myyoutubename152 15 днів тому +2

      VRM cooling would not be a big issue with a box fan that moves air over the VRMs.

    • @JGINYUE
      @JGINYUE 15 днів тому +2

      @@ImWateringPSUs Thank you. We'll be releasing motherboards intensively in February, so stay tuned!😁

    • @JGINYUE
      @JGINYUE 15 днів тому +3

      @@myyoutubename152 Actually, what I mean is that with relatively fixed prices (under USD47 most of the time) and inflation, in order to maintain sales, they must be making cuts to the material budget of the motherboards which is invisible in the production process, it will increase the probability of damage to the motherboards.

    • @AZ007
      @AZ007 14 днів тому

      Do you have a official shopee shop?​@@JGINYUE

  • @youtubasoarus
    @youtubasoarus 16 днів тому +9

    Pretty good for the price. I think this would be good for people who want to tinker. Knowing how hot the VRM's are running i'd pick up some thermal pads and a heatsink as well.

    • @ImWateringPSUs
      @ImWateringPSUs  16 днів тому +1

      Yup, I would DEFINITELY cool those VRMs somehow😂

    • @Kevin-vh6nn
      @Kevin-vh6nn 15 днів тому

      search- UPSIREN PCM-1 Thermal Grease Replacement PCM Pad
      and dont forget UPSIREN thermal puddy u6

  • @Negiku
    @Negiku 13 днів тому +4

    Asrock B450M HDV is also often on sale at $40. I think it's more worth it as it can bought locally plus warranty can also be claimed without much hassle.

  • @Scott-gx4rc
    @Scott-gx4rc 15 днів тому +9

    Them $7 snowman coolers work pretty well.

    • @Kevin-vh6nn
      @Kevin-vh6nn 15 днів тому

      just added to my AE cart. ty

    • @Kevin-vh6nn
      @Kevin-vh6nn 15 днів тому

      SNOWMAN 90mm 4 Pin PWM Fan

    • @ImWateringPSUs
      @ImWateringPSUs  15 днів тому

      I was surprised but they really do!

    • @Kevin-vh6nn
      @Kevin-vh6nn 15 днів тому

      @@ImWateringPSUs
      i added the 3 pack to save some cash... we need all the fans we can fit in a tower with these mobos

    • @Kevin-vh6nn
      @Kevin-vh6nn 15 днів тому

      @@ImWateringPSUs
      are most of these AE mobo's 4 or 3 pin headers?

  • @Buddy-D
    @Buddy-D 15 днів тому +5

    Walk us through updating the bios on this board please?

  • @rogerblack4603
    @rogerblack4603 2 дні тому

    Good review, straight to the facts

  • @DarthNationalist
    @DarthNationalist 3 дні тому +1

    Link the bios, it's not on the Machinist site.

  • @dareczek2974
    @dareczek2974 16 днів тому +4

    Can you give a link to the BIOS?

  • @jollyamvxgifts379
    @jollyamvxgifts379 6 днів тому +1

    Hey where did you get the bios update?

  • @impact1456
    @impact1456 13 днів тому +1

    How did you update the bios? When i asked Ali expees customer service they told me they didn't have it.

  • @wydreyo
    @wydreyo 14 днів тому +1

    Where did you get the bios from?

  • @danielgoodrum1991
    @danielgoodrum1991 15 днів тому +1

    Were did you get the bios from

  • @ThePrincemgomez
    @ThePrincemgomez 2 дні тому

    Thermalright S100, install it to overhang onto the VRMs. Saw Scattervolt do it, it'll help

  • @andywool2592
    @andywool2592 9 днів тому +1

    Great video, but we really need a link to that bios file please?

  • @justinbrown691
    @justinbrown691 12 днів тому

    I bought one of these a few moths ago to troubleshoot my old MSI b350. It proved the Tomahawk was the problem. So far it has worked great with a 1700 and a 5500. XMP works with my 3000 memory on both CPUs. My biggest problem is that it only has one pwm besides the CPU.

    • @Lurch-Bot
      @Lurch-Bot 12 днів тому

      Buy thermalright fans that daisy chain. Problem solved.

  • @bulldogboy100
    @bulldogboy100 16 днів тому +3

    I bought the same one to use with a Ryzen 5 3600 and an RX580 2048 to build as a flipping PC, sounds like I made a pretty good choice. We'll find out in a few weeks time. I paid AUD62.00 delivered to my door

    • @ImWateringPSUs
      @ImWateringPSUs  16 днів тому

      Extremely solid for a budget flip :)

    • @HarjasSinghQS
      @HarjasSinghQS 16 днів тому

      How'd you get 62 AUD? I'm in Australia and the cheapest I've seen this go is 74.
      Any advice?

    • @bulldogboy100
      @bulldogboy100 16 днів тому +1

      @@HarjasSinghQS I got it when they had their last big sale in November.

    • @Kevin-vh6nn
      @Kevin-vh6nn 15 днів тому +1

      what games do u play on the rx580 ?

    • @bulldogboy100
      @bulldogboy100 10 днів тому

      I just found one on AliExpress for $45

  • @NizarElZarif
    @NizarElZarif 15 днів тому +1

    I have a biostar b450mh which looks identical but with black color. I got it with a prebuilt i bought at the end of 2020 with the RTX 3060 ti (it was cheaper to buy prebuilt that build it myself because of the GPU shortage). my prebuilt came with ryzen 3600 and recently I upgraded to 5700x3d. it supports Rebar but no PCIe 4.0 which is a bummer.
    The original bios wasn't stable at DDR-3200 i had to clock down my RAM to 2933 MHZ for stability, but if you updated the bios it got more stable.
    I think this board (and other cheap AM4 b450) follows the AMD reference design, and the difference between different motherboard vendor is their suppliers and maybe the tuning of the firmware

    • @darthwiizius
      @darthwiizius 15 днів тому +1

      I found an issue with RAM speeds on my MSi B450 Thawk Max PCB when I replaced the Zen part for a Zen3 chip. My OG RAM couldn't run XMP without crashing. I found the issue came down to the base speed of the RAM, the OG was 2133MHz, when I replaced it with 2407MHz RAM the issue went away and XMP has worked ever since. I even added 2 extra sticks of a different brand of 2407 with no issues, not a single crash since with mixed brand RAM.

  • @RoRoKid1999
    @RoRoKid1999 9 днів тому

    XMP worked fine for me out of the Box!

  • @sebcox5365
    @sebcox5365 2 дні тому

    On cheap boards like this with exposed VRM''s, it's always better to use top-down coolers, so you get additional airflow over the motherboard. There should be a big difference in temperatures compared to a tower style cooler. The CPU temps might suffer a bit, because obviously top-down coolers are generally worse, but the difference in vrm temps more than makes up for it in my opinion.

  • @RakenDoomhammer
    @RakenDoomhammer 23 години тому

    Any chance for the bios update tip? Mine doesnt work for xmp. Please help.😢

  • @BartekHDD
    @BartekHDD 13 днів тому

    is it possible to install a 2nd fan on that cooler

  • @realonepx9885
    @realonepx9885 12 днів тому +1

    Can someone confirm that pcie 4.0 works? I have rtx3050 8gb and ryzen 3100 laying around so I would like to buy this mobo.
    Thank you

  • @denzi2jz
    @denzi2jz 2 дні тому

    bro l ho presa anche io per una flip, ma ho visto che per la cpu ha solo 4 pin? va bene lo stesso tutto cio?

  • @zzzzzzzzz865
    @zzzzzzzzz865 9 днів тому

    Hi, can you link the bios please?

  • @damasterpiece08
    @damasterpiece08 13 днів тому

    you should try with the amd rgb cooler (wraith prism or max i think) because it's top-down flow so it cools the vrm too

  • @ButanstheChekc99
    @ButanstheChekc99 7 днів тому

    The motherboard don't have any screws ?

  • @frankenstein3163
    @frankenstein3163 14 днів тому

    Any idea if you can run VMware player on it ?

  • @sayo9812
    @sayo9812 6 днів тому

    just got this board, was fine untill i tested in Doom Eternal, where the coilwhine was terrible. They accepted a refund luckily, and i'll get it returned. I'm going to give the board another shot, hope it works this time

  • @johnjpmiller3098
    @johnjpmiller3098 13 днів тому +1

    Dude, unless I'm mistaken, THATS a FAKE 2Tb NVME!
    I bought several of those a year ago when they went on sale cheap, and had a few customers complaining of BSOD's and data loss, Come to find out they are either 120Gb or 256Gb drives flashed to read as 2 Tb and overwrite everytime they fill up... I'm Trying to find a way to at LEAST flash the correct firmware or whatever, so they can at least be used as proper drives... but that sticker is EXACTLY what's on mine...

  • @marcramey9529
    @marcramey9529 16 днів тому +1

    Will this board boot without a GPU?

  • @toby2288
    @toby2288 7 днів тому

    i got mine for 49$ didnt come with backplate but came with cmos battery

  • @BadBoy11m
    @BadBoy11m 14 днів тому

    Please try hunanzhi and killrse lga1700 motherboard

  • @SvenHeidemann-uo2yl
    @SvenHeidemann-uo2yl 15 днів тому

    I got a x99 pr9 from maschinist and it's working fine. The only downside is that it's dual channel memory, not good for a cpu with quad channel memory support.
    Considering that i got the board with an e5 2667v3 and 32gigs of ecc ram for 70€ it performs well. Bios is pretty complete aswell, which apparently is rare on Chinese mbs.

    • @ImWateringPSUs
      @ImWateringPSUs  15 днів тому

      Yup, can’t complain about the bios! The Dual Channel thing is very annoying on X99 tho, it’s one of the features that actually give you an advantage so it’s a shame it’s missing. But I know why: they do not use a genuine X99 chipset. Still, for the price it’s pretty good :)

    • @Kevin-vh6nn
      @Kevin-vh6nn 15 днів тому

      questions for 2667v3
      1. what is your stable OC ghz?
      2. how many cores run that stable OC?
      3. windows 11 support?
      we only have 10 more months of windows 10 support
      i was leaning 2667v4 or 2680/90 v4

    • @SvenHeidemann-uo2yl
      @SvenHeidemann-uo2yl 14 днів тому

      @Kevin-vh6nn
      No OC on xeons e5 26xx v3 CPus.
      But the v3 xeons (v4 xeons don't work) can run a bios mod to unlock the turbo boost from 2 Cores to all Cores.
      With turbo boost unlocked my 2667v3 clocks 3,6 GHz on all 8 Cores.
      No official windows 11 support, but Microsoft now stated themselves that tpm2. 0 will no longer be required and and update to 11 is possible, just not official.

  • @GorillaGrodd420
    @GorillaGrodd420 10 днів тому

    What this video needs is subtitles

  • @sheldonkupa9120
    @sheldonkupa9120 14 днів тому

    Machinist has a good reputation. B450 is dirt cheap nowadays, i saw the Asus prime b450 mkii for 50 bucks on Amazon some months ago (right now 56). And you have better warranties etc. I would not look at the naked price, but rather the whole package. A520 got also cheap. I assume all cheap mobos are intended to run a 65W tdp cpu and not more. VRMs not perfect for higher end cpus.

  • @johnstock2547
    @johnstock2547 2 дні тому

    They don't supply manual and when I asked the question about RGB and ARGB got told that the board supports it would be grateful if someone has a manual for this board they could let me have or link to it cheers 🙏

  • @Loppy2u
    @Loppy2u 16 днів тому

    How long does delivery usually take, do they keep you updated on shipping whereabouts?

    • @ImWateringPSUs
      @ImWateringPSUs  16 днів тому +2

      It took around 10 days for me, there is the tracking yess

    • @Kevin-vh6nn
      @Kevin-vh6nn 15 днів тому +1

      10 days
      BUT customs sometimes are anal and it might take up to 30
      my last pc order came to indiana in 8 days

  • @sphericalcow5258
    @sphericalcow5258 15 днів тому

    Can you verify the listing says pcie 3.0 not 4.0 as stated in the video?

    • @ImWateringPSUs
      @ImWateringPSUs  15 днів тому +1

      Yes it does, they do not officially support Gen4 but if you put a 5000 series CPU for some reasons it works in gen4

    • @darthwiizius
      @darthwiizius 15 днів тому +2

      @@ImWateringPSUs
      A lot of B450 PCB chipsets were PCIe 4.0 capable but AMD locked them out, they did it when they locked out all the X470 boards.

    • @Kevin-vh6nn
      @Kevin-vh6nn 15 днів тому

      @@ImWateringPSUs
      can we verify 5600g will run gen 4 nvme on this board, or do you recommend 5600 and higher?

    • @realonepx9885
      @realonepx9885 12 днів тому

      ​@@ImWateringPSUs hi mate, do you think it will work with ryzen 3100 ? That cpu officialy has pcie 4.0 support

  • @QUANZALA
    @QUANZALA 16 днів тому +1

    also mine came with a battery hidden wrapped up

  • @EinSwitzer
    @EinSwitzer 13 днів тому

    No under volt clock lock

  • @davidcurfman3609
    @davidcurfman3609 15 днів тому

    Were you able to install Windows 11?

    • @ImWateringPSUs
      @ImWateringPSUs  15 днів тому +1

      Yessir, with no issues

    • @Kevin-vh6nn
      @Kevin-vh6nn 15 днів тому

      @@ImWateringPSUs
      fuggin awesome! im buying this board and combo soon... and when intel has preorder for b770 im not waiting 1 extra minute... we cant find any b580 at its original price. there are several GPU at 350 that are better value or the same as b580

  • @Adams_727
    @Adams_727 12 днів тому

    Is it a itx or m-atx

  • @saysbadman
    @saysbadman 14 днів тому

    It doesn't seem to have the 19 pin front panel usb 3.0 :(

  • @bamboobelly4052
    @bamboobelly4052 14 днів тому

    Not sure if I'm correct but these motherboards support a max of 2933mhz

  • @impact1456
    @impact1456 13 днів тому

    I have that motherboard. Its advertised to have a 1 gigabyte Lan but it doesnt. Its 100MPbs Lan.

  • @animecutscenes3414
    @animecutscenes3414 15 днів тому

    Can you make a video on this AliExpress special mutated motherboard?
    10729 DIY 12th Gaming MB with Onboard 12C16T DDR4 Desktops QXZT i7-1260P(es) Cost-effective motherboard
    Like is this viable for a super low case gaming pc? Under 170$?

    • @ImWateringPSUs
      @ImWateringPSUs  15 днів тому +2

      Ah, I’ve been wanting to give that a look for a while. I’ll do it! :)

  • @odanefishley987
    @odanefishley987 15 днів тому

    does it have tpm 2.0

  • @EinSwitzer
    @EinSwitzer 13 днів тому

    Looks pretty basic , but you get thermal pads and heatsink pro version

  • @phil9640
    @phil9640 15 днів тому

    Ti seguo da un po' e mi fai spaccare, posso chiederti una cosa? Ho un PC con un 5700x e 16 GB(8x2)di RAM 3600mhz, il PC me lo sono assemblato da solo ma ultimamente noto che in alcuni giochi saturo quasi tutta la RAM, se dovessi prendere altri due Stick della stessa e arrivare a 32 GB c'è qualche passaggio che devo fare oltre ad attivare il profilo xmp sul BIOS?

    • @Kevin-vh6nn
      @Kevin-vh6nn 15 днів тому

      nope thats all u need, get the exact same ram kit again and your fine for years
      you might want to re slot your old ram to diff bays, that sometimes avoids blue screens

    • @ImWateringPSUs
      @ImWateringPSUs  15 днів тому +2

      Indeed, correct answer from Kevin! Be sure to also get the same speed and latency tho :)

    • @phil9640
      @phil9640 15 днів тому +1

      @@ImWateringPSUs yes ill Just rebuy the same kit, so you suggest to unplug the old RAM and then plug all the 4 sticks togheter, thank you 🫡. I was afraid my 5700x couldnt hold 32 GB at 3600mhz on 4 slots

  • @FilippoCarrux
    @FilippoCarrux 13 днів тому

    Per 20€ in più puoi prendere la b550 di maxsun che ti regge anche a un 5900x ed hai la PCI 4.0 sulla x16

  • @Kevin-vh6nn
    @Kevin-vh6nn 15 днів тому

    please game test this board with 5600g/5600 and intel b580 or rx580. ty

    • @ImWateringPSUs
      @ImWateringPSUs  15 днів тому +1

      It would be an insanely good pairing with the Intel B580 imho. I’ll try to get one and to do a video asap

  • @animecutscenes3414
    @animecutscenes3414 15 днів тому

    Bro you literally look like joma tech in the thumbnail!

    • @ImWateringPSUs
      @ImWateringPSUs  15 днів тому +1

      Ahahaha I take it as a compliment😂😂😂

  • @aleksazunjic9672
    @aleksazunjic9672 15 днів тому

    Realistically, this is a low-end motherboard, and people would be putting Ryzen 3 and 5 CPUs in it, not 7. Even if someone uses Ryzen 7 with it, it would be most likely for gaming, so no chance for extended 100% usage.

    • @ImWateringPSUs
      @ImWateringPSUs  15 днів тому +1

      Very true! And for that usecase, it does its job :) I chose the R7 just as a stress test

  • @QUANZALA
    @QUANZALA 16 днів тому +2

    i got my cpu and motherboard of of aliexpress

    • @ImWateringPSUs
      @ImWateringPSUs  16 днів тому +2

      There are some solid combos right now :))

  • @katiepersons6575
    @katiepersons6575 8 днів тому

    Won't ship to my US address. Bummer.

  • @EinSwitzer
    @EinSwitzer 13 днів тому

    Perfect for a R5 5500

  • @dimitrimantini8011
    @dimitrimantini8011 12 днів тому

    Bro ma fai i video anche in italiano che spacchi !!!!

  • @gottahavitvt
    @gottahavitvt 13 днів тому

    FYI that's called "I/O" not "I/O Shield" the I/O shield protects/covers the I/O ;-)

  • @ares23dc
    @ares23dc 13 днів тому

    These cheap boards are more than fine for Ryzen 3 and 5 cpus. If you have money to buy Ryzen 7 & 9, simply buy a proper motherboard, such as X570

  • @EinSwitzer
    @EinSwitzer 13 днів тому

    Noice give me a sec

  • @czos9239
    @czos9239 14 днів тому

    Bare Naked Mobo

  • @osinstalls
    @osinstalls 14 днів тому

    40 is cheap still

  • @baddmeeloo
    @baddmeeloo 15 днів тому

    Talk properly.

    • @Kevin-vh6nn
      @Kevin-vh6nn 15 днів тому

      calm down sweetie muffin, he speaks 100% better than rappers and joey biden

    • @ImWateringPSUs
      @ImWateringPSUs  15 днів тому +1

      😂😂😂 Thanks Kevin! I still take the constructive criticism, my english can indeed get better

    • @Kevin-vh6nn
      @Kevin-vh6nn 15 днів тому +2

      @@ImWateringPSUs
      i live in america, you speak better english than 80% of rappers.... i can go down south and the (non- americans) speak no english, and they have lived here for years. in parts of florida you cant even order food unless you speak fluent spanish