ASRock B650M PG Lightning WiFi 6E AMD Ryzen Socket AM5 B650 DDR5 7200 MHz 256 GB SATA3 6.0 Gb/s ATX Motherboard M.2 RGB LED

Best featureset for the price
What you get for the price here really can’t be beat outside of the b650m pro rs. The VRM will accommodate almost every CPU in the current line up, the rear IO is loaded for most people. The board offers dbug leds which are a must in my opinion. The pcie slots are well spaced apart and you get 3 m.2 spots with varying speeds. This board will satisfy most average users and even some high end users who don’t need all the extra expansion a full ATX board provides. I currently use this board for all my pre-builds that I sell because for the price it really does check almost every box.

All in all, this motherboard is quite impressive for the price.
Bought as a gift so this is their review, not mine. The ASRock B650M is quite a unique Micro ATX motherboard that is AM5 compatible. While the slots are PCIe 4.0, one M.2 slot is indeed PCIe 5.0 compatible. While for SSD’s this isn’t entirely important right now, it would have been nice if ASRock put that trace routing to use for the x16 GPU slot. (Though since I am using a 1080 Ti paired with a Ryzen 5 8600G, I’m only getting x8 out of that slot anyway, which somehow is still not a bottleneck on the 1080 Ti).The motherboards RGB functions are quite good, and it can be enabled even when the computer is off, however I use my fans on an LED controller, so the only visible RGB when powered down is the PCB lighting. About that, the PCB RGB lighting is just the upper right corner of the board, 4 LED’s, that’s it. So if you want the PCB to illuminate, just understand it’s one corner where the RAM and PSU connector is, but nowhere else along the back edge like I would have expected. That’s fine though, it has more than enough ARGB headers (and one 12v RGB header, good for a Wraith Prism) to work with (and if like me using an LED controller, you can extend one to handle multiple fans at once).RAM support is quite good and extends a bit past their QVL. I’m using Corsair Vengeance 2x 16GB DDR5-5200 XMP on my system, and it trained itself perfectly on first POST (remember, this board will not visually output anything on first POST for a bit as it trains itself on your RAM). PBO is working amazingly even with my Ryzen 5’s stock Wraith Stealth, finding a healthy constant boost on all cores at around 4.7GHz (when the CPU’s base is 4.3GHz). With a better cooler this can go quite well.While the board supports some hefty Ryzen 9’s, I’d be careful, the VRM’s while more powerful than most budget boards, will start to struggle. Basically you have headroom with a 65w TDP CPU, but a 170w TDP CPU no headroom exists. Also keep in mind, that because this is a 4-slot RAM board, some CPU’s outright will slow the memory down if 4 DIMM’s are present. This is not a fault of the motherboard or the CPU, it’s simply how some CPU’s IMC’s work including my own, which is why I’m only using 2x DIMM’s currently.M.2 slot placement is quite good, though one does sit under the GPU and may get toasty, including the Wifi card. About that Wifi card, mine did not ship with the plastic cover but it’s not entirely needed, it’s only useful for accidental disconnection of the antenna wire, but as long as you secure it correctly, that shouldn’t be an issue. The wifi card is also your Bluetooth, via USB over the same M.2 link by the way.All in all, this motherboard is quite impressive for the price, and even though it’s only a B650 chipset, don’t let it fool you. It runs amazingly well!

Great Motherboard for my needs
I bought this motherboard to help build a new AM5 PC before tariffs hit soon. Great deal at a bit over $100. Product came and was perfect. I will say that putting the connectors for the wifi antenna was a major pain. They are very small, and do not like to be snapped on easily. Also, would have loved to know where to put the wires from the wifi antenna once installed. They are kinda…there. Also had an issue getting the board to recognize a flash drive for updating the BIOS. Took 5 different attempts to get it recognized. BIOS interface was pretty intuitive, so that was nice too. Had ASRock boards in the past, so I was pretty comfortable knowing what I was getting into. Great buy!

Fantastic little motherboard
If you’re trying to get into the next AM5 format then this is the best board to get you started. It’s surprising what this MB is rated for considering it’s offered as a low end budget board, but I’ve absolutely loved it with zero issues. Also, it comes with multiple M.2 slots, one of which is a PCIe gen 5 slot, making it a good board for future storage upgradability!

La placa tiene tres conectores ARGB que ayudan bastante si quieres controlar os ventiladores, incluso la placa tiene unas pequeñas luces en la parte superior derecha que se pueden controlar también, el wi-fi funciona correctamente al igual que todas sus conexiones, MOBO bastante decente para su precio incluso teniendo puertos USB-C

The type C header just doesn’t work, but other than that it’s fine