Gigabyte B450M DS3H WiFi (AM4//AMD/B450/mATX/SATA 6GB/s/USB 3.1/HDMI/Wifi/DDR4/Motherboard)

I bought the Gigabyte b450m DS3H Wifi board for 1 reason. I wanted to see how a build with the cheapest(currently 75$) mobo would do after a little time.As of writing, I have 1 month of heavy gameplay and use out of the board. I'm currently running a Ryzen 5 5500 CPU, an RTX 3060 12 gb GPU, and 16 GB of 3600mhz cl18 ram(OC setup was hiccup free). I figured this would probably be the most realistic spec situation that most people buying this board would be in. I received a revision 1.5 board, so it was ready to go for Ryzen 3000/4000/5000 series processors right out of the box, and Bios updates were simple and straightforward, unlike how they can be with some of the older board revisions.Overall Experience ~ 92/100Price was amazing, 75$ for a decent board(that has addressable RGB, And Wifi/Bluetooth)Connections were alright for the most part. I would have been happier with one more PWM fan plug, but for the price, one was alright. I also wish the GPU was on the top 2 case slots and not the center, for airflow reasons, but the x16 isn't in a terrible location overall.Software/build support was... Something. I feel like this is where Gigabyte cut a few corners. The Mobo manual that came with was a joke, luckily the PDF online was much better. The fan curves need to be tweaked out of box as the Mobo wants to try and run them super fast in its stock setting.I had to set my wifi manually in device manager to see the fastest wifi speeds. Why the system isn't set to auto detect the best channel/config is beyond me. And there were a couple of other small software quirks that came about as I set things up as well. Not a deal breaker, but if you're not interested in tweaking a few things out of box... This may not be the board for you.Overall, the Motherboard is running exceptionally well, and for 75$ you get a b450 Mobo, decent VRM cooling, an M.2 slot, and wifi/Bluetooth built in(I will always consider built in Wifi/bluetooth systems to be the best way to go as you don't have any weird issues that you may get with wifi/Bluetooth dongles)I recommend this as a great board for beginners trying to save a buck. I think most 65 watt CPUs would work fine with this board. Not sure how toasty the VRMs would get with 105 watt CPUs though.

Really like the performance of the onboard wifi... good speeds. Also like that they included a rgb header on this card. The card is really well built, strong, and the performance is very reliable. The pricing is very competitive, and I feel like I bought the best value and quality that you can get anywhere.

Supports 5000 series out of the box. Has everything you could need for a great budget build. I have used probably 10-15 of these and will order more. Easy to set up and install. No issue with them and my customers are very happy with the systems.

The board was very good for the price, sadly it has only one connector for external fans (one for cpu one for external). The location of the SATA ports is really awkward because they sit just under the space where the GPU is located making the cable management a nightmare, with the risk of touching the GPU fans. The integrated wireless is a plus but the card is a 1x1 801.11ac with max speeds of 455mbps, just enough for basic data transfers but suboptimal for GbE networks. The board doesn’t come with antenna extensions so they end up placed near one of the chasis ventilations and right over some USB ports that get blocked and, in consequence, are quite unusable without moving the antennas away. Love to have 4 dimm slots although they are close to the CPU and makes the dimm’s management more difficult. All in all, the board serves the purpose quite well and is a very good option for an entry level gaming PC setup.

The media could not be loaded. Fully functional and works great with all of the other parts in the m-atx case. ARGB software is a bit lacking, but if the person buying the build from me wants some more functionality we might look into some other software. This motherboard helps hit all his checkmarks with Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, argb lighting capability, and more. If more come back in stock, I may buy them as a good budget board to meet those criteria for future Ryzen/AM4 builds. I know b550 would be the way to go for new CPUs than the 3600 I've got in this build, but I was also meeting a budget limit. Looks great though and compatible with newer, faster CPUs that are available on AM4 should he want to upgrade later.

What can I say? Gigabyte motherboards are never the most flashy, or the most feature-rich. They're not the most expensive, but not the cheapest either.What they are is rock-solid stable. This has been one of the best computing investments I've made in a long time. Now going on my 4th year use.

-No manual with diagram-Only one case fan header-WiFi DOES NOT work with official drivers-Driver management software crashes-For some reason, refuses to power on with certain GPU plugged in. Isolated this issue to the mobo, not PSU or GPU. It causes a chime sound from the PSU 9/10 times. Works fine on different mobo.-SATA header came out easily after being stuckThis is the worst PC product I have ever used.

This board is great, this is now my 2nd one. One in the den, one in the living room. When you want to run an apu (4600G, 5600G, etc) this is the one you want. Many MATX boards don't have HDMI 1.4 - so you won't get 4k60hz to a tv out of them without a GPU. What a waste. Get a board like this with HDMI 1.4 - run just the cpu and an m2 drive, some ram, and a psu and you have a very simple, light weight and very capable HTPC (or even light gaming rig - I use them to stream 4k60hz games from my actual gaming rig to my 4k tvs and it works fantastic).I've used countless motherboards in my life, this is one of the few that I went and got a second one of cuz they worked so well.