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BIOSTAR B650MT AM5 Motherboard Review

Motherboards/AMD AM5 by stefan @ 2023-12-19

The entry-level AM5 board proposal from BIOSTAR with the code name B650MT does offer the necessary components in order to build a cheap AM5 system but there are some drawbacks here due to cost saving: we could not run the RAM at either 5800MHz or 6000MHz error free, while the AUDIO codec implementation is not exactly great. Both issues are not that bad, considering that for an entry-level system 5600MHz RAM should be enough, while most people use anyway external DACs for better audio for analog headsets, while others choose to go with USB models, most of which are wireless.

Test Setup and Extra Info

The test system did incorporate the following:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X @ Stock

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Pure Loop 240mm AIO

Motherboard: currently tested mobo

RAM: Sabrent Rocket 2x16GB DDR5 4800MHz (no XMP)

Video: PowerColor Radeon RX 5700

Power Supply: Cooler Master 850W

SSD: Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus NVMe 4.0 2TB

Case: Cooler Master HAF 932

With the help of the AIDA64 system reporting/benchmarking utility, we have extracted some more information regarding the system:

CPU

Motherboard

IMC

Chipset

Southbridge

Network adapters

Audio CODEC

After testing the Sabrent Rocket DDR5 4800 kit at stock JEDEC timings (40-40-40-76), we went ahead and increased the frequency up to 6000MHz and the same timings, the specs we have tested as being stable on the X670E VALKYRIE. We were surprised that the system was not stable in TM5. We rolled back to 5800MHz, but in the last run of TM5 there was still an error, so we set the frequency to 5600MHz, where the system became rock solid!

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