MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WiFi Gaming Motherboard (AMD Ryzen 9000/8000/7000 Series Processors, AM5, DDR5, PCIe 4.0, M.2, SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.2 Gen 2, HDMI/DP, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, 2.5Gbps LAN, ATX)

I recently built my new gaming and content creation rig using the MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk motherboard, and I couldn't be happier with my choice. The motherboard offers excellent build quality with a robust power delivery system, ensuring stable performance even during demanding tasks. Installation was straightforward, thanks to well-organized headers and clear documentation.The MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk features comprehensive I/O options, including multiple USB ports, M.2 slots, and PCIe slots, which provide plenty of expandability. The BIOS interface is user-friendly and packed with features, making tweaking and optimizing my system a breeze. Additionally, the motherboard's thermal design keeps temperatures in check, contributing to overall stability and longevity.Networking options like 2.5G LAN and Wi-Fi 6E ensure fast, reliable connectivity, perfect for gaming and streaming. Design-wise, it has a sleek, modern look that complements any build aesthetic.Overall, the MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk offers exceptional value with its durability, features, and performance. It's an excellent choice for gamers, enthusiasts, and content creators looking to get the most out of their Ryzen processors and high-speed components. Highly recommended!

Working beautifully, first boot took around 1 minute due to memory training, paired with a ryzen 7 7800x3D, everything's working well so far, I came from another MSI Board with Intel, the B660M Mortar D4 Wifi, that board also was great, didn't have any issues and I liked the BIOS layout. Decided to go with this B650 over a newer B850 because this board had the maturity and reliability I needed and heard it paired well with the 7800x3D due to the strong VRM power design, I trust MSI Motherboard products, enabled AMD Expo and RAM is running at 6000mhz CL30 no issues. I also used Curve optimizer and it's working like a charm! The only thing I noticed was that while I was in BIOS I was on my phone for like 30-40 seconds and once I tried moving my mouse or use the keyboard in the BIOS I had noticed it froze/hanged, I had to power off the PC via power button and after that I went back into the BIOS again and booted into Windows normally, ChatGPT states that it's a very rare glitch that sometimes happen in MSI Motherboard BIOS but nothing to really worry about, I just don't suggest you sitting in BIOS idle, get to it, change what you have to and save and reboot to apply changes.All in all, great, sleek looking Motherboard and so far everything's working great!I bought it July of 2025, the BIOS it came with was from December of 2024. any Bios from 2024 and on should support the 7800x3D out of the box. And if not, it has bios flash button you can use without the CPU or even RAM to update BIOS with a USB thumbdrive.

Update July 2025: MSI responded to my 2nd RMA and they sent me a brand new, better MoBo, and it is working great since.This is the motherboard to get; it is relatively affordable, easy to install, good quality overall, and it fits several sizes of cases.Old review: I bought this in December 2024, and it was working okay, but it didn't recognize the 4 TB M.2 SSD in its second M.2 bay. I contacted MSI, and after several tests and emails, they asked me to ship the MoBo to them. I disassembled the PC, sent it to them ($50 UPS!), and it came back. Guess what, it is worse than it was!!! Now, not only does the M.2 not work, but the MoBo chipset is overheating, USB connections keep dropping off, and many, many issues!This is a horrible experience that I didn't anticipate or expect from a respectable seller/manufacturer like MSI; what a waste.

The board is fine (I think, maybe not. Still trying to figure it out). Their customer support is incompetent.I ran into trouble with my computer about 10 months after building it. It worked fine the whole time with no hardware issues until about a week ago. One night it worked fine, the next night, no boot. I tested my PSU with a multimeter and everything looked right so I email led MSI since motherboard would be the next thing to test.They were very unhelpful. I very directly asked if the debug lights would turn on if the board was good if all other components were removed—I was trying to narrow down the hardware issues to be the motherboard. They ignored my question for several messages in which I repeatedly asked before finally responding to it: the debug lights won’t turn on if no RAM is plugged in. It will act like there’s now power. That is a terrible design decision that makes it really hard to debug your problems without having duplicate hardware to swap in and out.They were also unable to follow links I sent them. They asked me what hardware I was using and so I listed everything out and included links to Amazon and then they asked, what RAM were you using? I responded with the same link as before and they say that my RAM is incompatible with our board. Try with one from the list we linked.I asked why it would work for 10 months without issue with incompatible RAM and they never attempted to answer that question.I went ahead and bought new RAM to test what they were saying since I wanted to upgrade my RAM anyway and it still does not work!Perhaps this is me seeking recourse for a terrible customer experience, but I don’t think I’ll spend money with MSI if this is how they take care of their customers after purchase.Right now, my best guess is the board is broken and I’ll need to buy a new and MSI will be of no help.UPDATE: I bought a different board and it worked just fine. MSIs warranty service requires you to pay for shipping the board to them, so I guess I'll go and do that now to see if they'll fix it for me.