ASRock B650M PG Lightning WiFi 6E AMD Ryzen 9000/8000/7000 Series Socket AM5 B650 DDR5 up to 7200+ (OC) MHz 256 GB SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Micro ATX Motherboard M.2 RGB LED BIOS Flashback

Awesome for the price that offers everything most users need with room to upgrade and expand in the future. Basic and nothing flashy which was honestly what I wanted. Currently run a 7600x and 7800xt outside of defaults and encounter no issues. 64GB GSkill Flare X5@CL30/6000mhz with AMDEXPO? Worked great.M.2 and USB support fits the bill and functions flawlessly.Word of advice is that if you have any issues with the board make sure you use the bios flash feature to update. Afterwards ensure that your Wifi and Bluetooth drivers are installed correctly. I’ve seen some people encounter issues and found it was easily remedied.READ THE MANUAL.Great board. Would by again.

I paired this MObO with AMD 7500F and 2X16Gb @6000 MT&s and all of its features work flawlessly, been running it for about 8 months and no problems whatsoever, even after no windows reinstall. If you want a capable b650 AM5 mobo for lower end CPU's (tho keep in mind, if you get a top of the line CPU, you will get a little less performance, though not that much) this is the best in my opinon. If you want better VRM get the B650M-H/M.2+

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 and easy to use mobo

I have used motherboards from every major manufacturer; MSI, Gigabyte, Asus, and ASRock; and I have never had issues with an ASRock mobo in the part. This one is no exception. Everything works as expected. There are no crazy special features and the part is not much to look at but all of the ports and slots work and build quality is sound. For a basic build where you want wifi built into the motherboard, you cannot go wrong with this one.The one issue I do have with the part is that the wifi antennas do feel somewhat wobbly/loose but that is not enough to lose a star, especially at the price for this thing. The I/O shield could be nicer as well but you generally have to pay $50+ more than this one for a better or built-in I/O shield.

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.

Product was dead on arrival. Tested power supply it was good and I even tried starting g the pc with a jumper wire nothing happened. Guess I got luck of the draw on faulty product.

I’m still running on this MB in Apr 2025.I can’t get the ram to run at rated speed but maybe that is due to the CPU. AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D.Have a look at the attachmentsThank you for reading another review by Abe