MSI AMD Ryzen B450M BAZOOKA AM4 Micro ATX
- Supports AMD® Ryzen 1st and 2nd Generation/ Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics/ Athlon™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics Processors for Socket AM4
- Supports DDR4 Memory, up to 3466+(OC) MHz
- Lightning Fast Game experience: 1x TURBO M.2, Store MI technology
- Core Boost: With premium layout optimized 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.
- Audio Boost: Reward your ears with studio grade sound quality for the most immersive audio experience
Description
Gear-Up For Battle with the MSI mATX B450M BAZOOKA
Micro ATX MSI Motherboard built to fit any gaming PC
Featuring heavy plated heat sinks and fierce looks, MSI ARSENAL GAMING motherboards are packed
with gaming features for a refined gaming experience. The B450M BAZOOKA is equipped to take on
even the most capable of competition. Ryzen powered, this board features certain aspect to make your
gaming experience easier and more enjoyable from an IO section for gaming device ports to gaming
optimized audio. Advanced technology delivers pure data signals for the best gaming
performance and stability.
AMD B450
Chipset
AM4
CPU Socket
Micro ATX
Form Factor
Personalize Your Gaming Rig with Mystic Light
MILLIONS OF MARVELOUS COLORS, GREAT SELECTION OF EFFECTS
Customize and set up your own color scheme with MSI Mystic Light utility. Select the available colors
from the palette to match your system style. Bored of the same colors? Simply change the complete
look of your system in 1 second! You are the artist to create your own unique gaming rig. Done selecting
colors? Choose between several LED effects to really make your system come alive and enjoy your
personalized design! With the convenience of Mystic Light Sync, you can control RGB LED solutions
from other brands, such as CPU coolers, keyboards and mice or RGB system fans.

EXTEND YOUR RGB EXPERIENCE
MSI’s Mystic Light Extension pinheader provides an intuitive way to control additional RGB strips and
other RGB peripherals added to a system, without needing a separate RGB controller. By simply
connecting any 12V RGB LED strip to the 4-pin Mystic Light Extension RGB-strip header gamers can
sync colors to any style they choose.
Stay Cool While Gaming
THERMAL SOLUTION FOR MORE CORES
AND HIGHER PERFORMANCE
Cooling your PC is essential for reliable performance. We’ve made sure to include enough fan headers
with full control to allow you to cool your system any way you want. MSI motherboards let you manage
speeds and temperatures for all your system and CPU fans, giving you full control to set up a cool &
silent system. The fan headers are conveniently placed with the most popular CPU coolers in mind.
Your MSI PC Gaming Advantage
TOTAL FREEDOM, MAXIMUM EASE
Simply assign functions to any key whether to launch your favorite games, load profiles or do real-time
overclocking with the push of a single button. The possibilities are endless! User-friendly, easy-to-use
application. Launch your favorite game with a single button. Easily program your most-used commands
and execute them with a single keystroke. You’re free to choose any key you want, so choose wisely.
IN-GAME FEEDBACK, ON-SCREEN DISPLAY
Keep track of your system performance with the OSD function in Gaming App. This feature allows you
to fully customize which statistics are shown on-screen while you play your games.
DEDICATED PORT FOR GAMING PERIPHERALS
The GAMING Device Port is optimized to deliver the best connectivity for high-end gaming peripherals
to fully utilize their features and responsiveness. Customize your mouse DPI to enhance accuracy or
program macro combinations using the easy-to-use Mouse Master software to perform
multiple commands with just one click.
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!
Best PC Boot-Up Speeds with Turbo M2
XBOOST YOUR STORAGE PERFORMANCE
Enjoy a blazing fast system boot up and insanely quick loading of applications and games with MSI
motherboards. Delivering speeds up to 32Gb/s per device using Gen3 x4, Turbo M.2 is over 5 times
faster than a regular SATA III connection! XBOOST optimizes your SSDs to keep your system fast and
maximize storage performance, making sure you reach the battlefield even quicker or saving
you a lot of time when transferring data.
AMD StoreMI Technology
Affordable acceleration for any hard drive
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.
Be Overwhelmed by the Realms of VR
Complete your Immersion
From the start of Virtual Reality, MSI has been deeply involved in making VR Ready hardware in each of
its product lines. Whether it’s a feature-rich motherboard, a framerate boosting graphics card or a
blazing fast complete gaming system, a huge set of VR-supporting features awaits you. Both hardware
and software need to be in tune for a smooth VR experience. One Click to VR makes it very fast and
easy to get primed for VR. A single click sets all your key components to their highest performance and
makes sure other software applications won’t impact your virtual adventure.
Stable, Secure and Fast Networking
LAN PROTECT TO SHIELD YOUR SYSTEM
AGAINST POWER SURGES
Get ready to crush your enemies on the battlefield with MSI GAMING LAN. Featuring 15KV anti-surge
protection to shield your network from lightning strikes and static electricity, the LAN Protect connector is
designed to give you a reliable networking experience.
Sound That Pulls You into the Game
COMBINED FEATURES DELIVER ELEVATED AUDIO
Get the most immersive sound experience when gaming. MSI Audio Boost delivers the highest sound
quality through the use of premium quality audio components. This lets you enjoy breathtaking, game-
changing sound to create the most exciting gameplay. Audio Boost has developed into a high quality
audio unit, offering a clear advantage over your opponents when gaming. Locate your enemies with
your eyes closed using Audio Boost 4.

Chemi-Con Audio capacitors
By dedicating golden audio capacitors to the front output, a high fidelity sound experience with
exceptional acoustics and realism for studio level headphones is ensured. The Chemi-Con audio
capacitors are widely considered to be one of the great choices for the best sound output.
Memory Speed Impacts Performance
EASY A-XMP
The technical enhancements of DDR4 Boost allow for more stability at higher memory speeds
compared to other brands. Enjoy the additional boost in gaming performance or when working with large
video and photography files. Optimized traces and a fully isolated memory circuitry ensures perfect
stability and performance, so you never have to worry about your system crashing during games.
Enable A-XMP with ease using a single option in the BIOS to gain performance and
create a perfectly stable system.
Designed for Limitless Tuning
Core Boost Technology
Founded on experience and with a long history of creating the best performing motherboards packed
with smart features, you can count on this motherboard to deliver the best performance under the most
extreme conditions. Countless system tuning and troubleshooting tools are at your disposal to push your
system to new heights and satisfy even the most demanding tweaker. Core Boost technology combines
MSI’s premium layout and full digital power design which allows for faster and undistorted
current delivery to the CPU at pin-point precision.
Apps to Greatly Improve Efficiency

X-BOOST YOUR STORAGE
This unique and exclusive software allows you to boost the performance of any storage or USB device
connected to your system. Simply use X-BOOST’s Easy or Advanced mode to tune your system for up
to 20% increased speeds, higher system responsiveness and faster loading of in-game levels.
Fortify Your System With PCI-e Steel Armor
PREVENT ANY DAMAGE
MSI PCI Express Steel Armor slots are armed with more solder points on the motherboard for a stronger
hold, preventing any damage due to heavy-weight graphics cards. Steel Armor also protects PCI
Express signals against electromagnetic interference for a pure gaming experience and even higher
overclocking. MSI uses components with the latest evolution of the industries’ highest quality standard.
MSI quality approved components are shielded with the best protection and make sure your system run
smoothly under the most extreme gaming conditions.
Instantly Optimize and Boost your Performance
EASY MODE FOR QUICK GAMING TWEAKS
We made sure our BIOS contains all the latest options and is easy to use for everyone. An award-
winning, high-resolution, scalable font is used to make CLICK BIOS 5 easy to read, no matter what type
of screen you use. EZ-mode presents you with basic BIOS settings and functions for some quick
adjustments. If you feel like spending more time fine-tuning options to boost your system’s performance,
the Advanced mode is the way to go. Can’t find a specific BIOS setting? Don’t worry, a permanent
search option in the top right corner can be used to find what you need. CLICK BIOS 5 provides easy
access to memory profiles to optimize your internal memory timings and speeds for maximum stability
and performance in-game. Safely overclock your CPU with a single button for more
performance using MSI Game Boost.
Easy BIOS Recovery with BIOS Flashback+
FLASHBACK YOUR BIOS EVEN WITHOUT A CPU
Run into trouble when updating your BIOS? Simply flash the old BIOS version back and continue
gaming within minutes with BIOS Flashback+. BIOS Flashback+ even works without a CPU,
memory or graphics card installed!
Processor
Supports AMD® Ryzen 1st and 2nd Generation/ Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics/ Athlon™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics Processors for Socket AM4
Chipset
AMD® B450 Chipset
Memory
- 4 x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 64GB1
- Supports 1866/ 2133/ 2400/ 2667Mhz (by JEDEC)
- Supports 2667/ 2800/ 2933/ 3000/ 3066/ 3200/ 3466 MHz (by A-XMP OC MODE)
- Dual channel memory architecture
- Supports non-ECC UDIMM memory
- Supports ECC UDIMM memory (non-ECC mode)
- Please refer to www.msi.com for more information on compatible memory
Slots
- 1x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot (PCI_E1)
- Supports x16 speed with AMD® Ryzen™ 1st and 2nd Generation processors
- Supports x8 speed with AMD® Ryzen™ with Radeon Vega Graphics processors
- Supports x4 speed with AMD® Athlon™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics Processors
- 2 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots
Onboard Graphics
- 1x DVI-D port, support a maximum resolution of 1920×1200 @60Hz1,3
- 1x HDMI™ 1.4 port, supports a maximum resolution of 4096×[email protected], 2560×[email protected]1,2,3
- Only support when using AMD® Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics/ Athlon™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics Processors
- Due to CPU spec limitation, when using AMD Athlon™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics Processors, it could only support HDMI display output.
- Maximum shared memory of 2048 MB
Storage
AMD® B450 Chipset
- 1 x M.2 slots (Key M)
- Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 (AMD® Ryzen 1st and 2nd Generation/ Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics) or PCIe 3.0 x2 (AMD® Athlon™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics) and SATA 6Gb/s 2242/ 2260 /2280 storage devices
- 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
RAID
- Supports RAID 0, RAID1 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices
USB
AMD® B450 Chipset
- 2x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) Type-A ports available through the internal USB 3.1 Gen1 connector)
- 8x USB 2.0 (High-speed USB) ports (4 Type-A ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB 2.0 connectors)
AMD®Chipset
- 4x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) Type-A ports on the back panel
Audio
Realtek® ALC892 Codec
- 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
LAN
- 1x Realtek® 8111H Gigabit LAN controller
Internal connectors
- 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
- 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
- 4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
- 2 x USB 2.0 connectors (support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 connectors (support additional 2 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports)
- 1 x 4-pin CPU fan connector
- 2 x 4-pin system fan connectors
- 1 x TPM module connector
- 1 x Front panel audio connector
- 2 x System panel connectors
- 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector
- 1 x Serial Port connector
- 1 x parallel port connector
- 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
- 1 x 5050 RGB LED strip 12V connector
Dimensions
- 9.6 in. x 9.6 in. (24.4 cm x 24.4 cm)
- M-ATX Form Factor
Mounting
8 mounting holes
Operating System
- Support for Windows® 10 64-bit
- Support for Windows® 7 64-bit
- * To support Windows® 7 64-bit, you must install an AMD Pinnacle Ridge & Summit Ridge CPU.
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