I Tried the CHEAPEST B450 Motherboard on Aliexpress - What could possibly go wrong?

Chipset doesn't have E on it. That means it's not expensive because the E stands for expensive.

nice i was looking for a motherbored

I used some noname mainboard in the past around 2000 and one vítal feature failed after heavy daily usage in maybe 2 years.
But to be fair there were also 2 brand mainboards later which failed similar way (one with dead onboard audio and other one with dead onboard Ethernet, both some way able to overcome with external HW, but still similar quality to noname).

I believe all PC components quality no matter whether brand or noname has improved significantly over time. 👍

👉 Disabling CSM on my brand B460M mainboard also makes chaos in my nvnme boot drives sequence, going for next to cpu socket nvme slot 1st.
But I have practically no issues having CSM enabled and boot on my bigger newer nvme3.0 from 2nd nvme slot. 👈

Nice on TechYes, you test these things so we don't have to

I tried some of these boards, they all have a hodgepodge bios and many of the hardware drivers are hacked and show up as unknown by windows, though they do work and are cheap as chips.

Aliexpress also has B550 motherboards for as cheap as usd $70. So an extra $20 for pcie gen 4 isn't too bad as well. Especially if you wanna run some gen 4 nvme ssds and gen 4 gpus.

What I really like is aliexpress' 7500f cpus ($135) and b650m motherboards ($100). Both combined for less than $250.

Compared with the 5700x3d ($165), the 7500f delivers roughly the same performance. Yes although the motherboards and RAM is slightly more expensive, its has the benefit of longevity in terms of future cpu upgrades.

Did someone found the drivers for this mb? I was not able to find it at Machinist web site...

One can buy small heat sinks and put them on those VRMs cheaply.

When enable the XMP profile, the system with Ryzen 5 5600P does not start at all... XMP simply does not turn on, you can only manually set 3600 MHz and higher... How did you enable the XMP profile on this board? What's the secret? I also have G.Skill 3600 MHz memory - not working XMP...

You should Wireshark it to see if the board has spyware installed on it.

Given that I recently got a DOA Machinist X99 MB, it is a good idea to order from sellers based in your own country on eBay or Amazon. Getting your money back from AliExpress is a PITA.
Since I have a 5500 that isn't doing anything, I was thinking about buying one of these boards for a future budget build to sell.
The VRM setup looks very similar to that found on my Jginyue X79 which should be fine for a 5500. Probably not OK with a 5950X.
I'd still be putting some mini heatsinks on the MOSFETS.
The reason these are so cheap (and don't have crap audio) is because they use recycled chips. They likely buy bad MBs that have been RMA'd from major board makers and pull and test the chipset, audio chip, LAN controller, and reuse them if they are good. Similar to how Soyo pulls GPU dies from worn out mining GPUs and puts them on new boards.

does this board have IOMMU? this would actually be nice for a budget hypervisor i think

Where I live, You can get good brands B450 for 50, without waiting for delivery, just go to a store and get it. No point in Ali for that (use one only for something that is not avalible, like DDR2 memory or something like that)

Hi Bryan, can you check out Machinist K9 X99 motherboard. Are they any good? I'm looking into pairing it with an E5 2680 v4

id honestly glue some heatsinks to the vrms i did it to my i think soyo b450 board

I’m not sure if you’re aware of who you’re sponsoring but I bought a windows cdkey and it didn’t work…

The woke crowd is losing their minds on your video with MLID. 🤣

I got one of these on ebay real cheap, but I only put a ryzen 5 3600 on it and it was fine.

Sold 4 budget pcs with this board and I'm rocking one too with a 2700x. Absolute bargain!

Not sure what you can get or not from Australia,but there's Asus Prime B450M-K II for €52.90 on amazon,so i really don't see the point in buying some unknown mobo for almost the same amount.
For comparison this unknown am4 mobo would cost me 49,39 vs Asus Prime B450M-K II for €52.90,yeah it makes no sense.

Another basic tier level motherboard that has no extra juice for over-clocking and the CPUs for it is only 65-watt thermal design power. Only notice in the manufacture description said it is only good for the Ryzen 5 5500, 5600. and 5600G and lower CPUS. I can use this motherboard for Office clerical and retro gaming needs also with warframe on the GTX 1660 Super 1080p 60-100hz gaming monitor. This board will works for basic level gaming because of the PCIE 3.0 GPU socket.

Complaining about the limitations of a cheap board is ridiculous, you get what you pay for... I don't see this board as being designed for use with the higher tiered CPU's but with the G processors. Just because you can run all AM4 CPU in it doesn't mean you should, I'd like to see how this performs with a 5600G.

@Tech YES CIty - you can run CO via Ryzen master.

bought one of those a while back, No complaints, it's getting the job done with the Ryzen 5 4600G I paired it with, original motherboard and cpu died in the machine I used it in, power supply and ram were OK, CPU wouldn't work on this board, and the 4600G wouldn't work on the original motherboard. I looked the board over and it didn't have any detectable damage, avoid asrock B550 motherboards, this was a powerspec pc we bought several of from microcenter about 3 years ago, only have one left, the others all experienced motherboard / cpu issues.

Gee, after the video was released it Spiked to USD 71!

they also do a very cheap mini itx am4 board that looks quite good b550 i think

ctrl+X+I during restart - direct email to Xi Jinping? 🤣🤣🤣

I wonder if sticking some small heatsinks on the mostefts would help...

Have this board, and for some reason gpu benchmark crashing.
Not sure why.

Please do a similar video but with AM5 motherboards, I wanna see how low budget can we go with a ryzen 8600G/8700G with also 2x8gb DDR5 6000mhz cheapo ram brands and 512gb/1tb cheapo nvme gen4 ssd drive. Thanks and more power to your channel Mr. Yes Man!

There is no argb connector on this board and it is over $100.00 in Canadian funds. Not complaining, just saying there are much better b450 and 550 boards for not much more. ie; New MSI B550 Tomahawk for $130 Canadian

Can you tell me if 1st generation Summit ridge CPUs will work with this board?

Awesome to see! I just used this in my most recent all white build. I saw another review with someone who used a 5800x3d right out of the box. No bios update required. Extremely great value for an all white system. You could build a super low budget 1080p gaming system with this and be more than happy with plenty of upgrades in the future and like you said pcie 3.0 vs 4.0 is not a significant difference so no need to worry too much about losing too much performance. You could stay on this system for a good long while and not be sad about it

I wanna ask is it normal on b450 and Ryzen 7 5700x idle CPU Package to be 30W?

Chinese noname mobos are a disaster. I had experience with two b650 boards and they were awful while costing the same or almost the same as Asrock or other decent brands. And those motherboards are impossible to sell to somebody who understands a thing or two about building computers.
The disaster is not because they don't work at all, they do, but when it comes to voltage regulation, expo/xmp support, and general stability they are awful. Jginguye board, or whatever that crаp was called, was overvolting 8600G so much that I was afraid to use it at all. The board had random reboots when there were NVME SSDs in chipset slots, hybrid graphics (that's when monitor is connected to the mobo not the GPU) was not working at all. Idle power consumption was through the roof. A horrible experience.
Maybe it makes sense in Australia because your're close to China and prices are good for you and you get some warranty, but for everyone else that is a waste of money.


I would not buy this board for 50$ and would not buy a computer with it inside.

Well, people use this with cheaper CPUs like 3600, 5600 etc ... and cheaper GPUs, so VRM overheating is not such a big problem. Overall, when you manage your expectations they work well enough.

I looked it up it's about the same price if not a few cents more than a Asrock B450m-HDV R4.0 which I can pick up from a online retailer which conveniently has it's main warehouse+store on my way to work. These two boards seem of similar quality and then I'd rather take the one I can get right now without having to wait but for everyone else this is probably a good alternative.

where can I buy the cheapest rtx 4090 for $50?

I grabbed a Machinist x99 mr9a pro board a few months back with a xeon E2640 and 16GB ram for around $150. Aside from a few usb port issues, the boards been pretty solid. Yet to up to a beefer cpu, and theres a custom bios out for it which opens up more options. Still, would look to grab another.

A few hours after posting at list on this side off the planet is 73 plus vat and tax.... lol

Can't decide yet, CCP spyware or NSA spyware.

cheap lol.
in the end youll be expending more. those aliexpress mobos wont last 2yrs
mine died in a year

Might work fine out of the box, but drivers and bios updates are nowhere to be found. (according to the website you have to ask the seller!?).
At least bios updates should be hosted on the website. I can't even find the motherboard on their website.
Better spend a few dollars more.

Is there any real point pushing infinity fabric and memory clocks with 3D cache chips on AM4?

Can you activate windows 11 with a windows 10 key currently at this moment?
The windows 11 key costs 10 bucks more.

You can get asrock or msi b450m at 50$

What do you use to test audio?

DISASTER?!
But srsly i gotta replace my $50 Asrock B450m Pro4, maybe this is it

Used this exact motherboard for a budget banger Ryzen 2600 + GTX 1660 build and was very pleasantly surprised. Also the white PCB is pretty awesome