MSI B460M Mortar - The Best Kept Secret for Budget Intel Motherboards? - Unboxing & Overview

[@BeB02090]

Great choice of products Tech! Job well done sir! Love these unboxings with an added bonus. The bonus being your wonderful narration, explanation, thoughts, and comments. Thank for always going the EXTRA mile for us. Much appreciated!

[@BeB02090]

@@emazzikanbodo3014 What can I say? I like both BLUE and RED lightsabers !🤗

[@maestrohun]

The brand NEW B460 Torpedo also seems a very good deal if you guys need ATX size. (In my country has the same price.) I had B460M Mortar for 2 months till my MSI MAG B460 Tomahawk arrived. These 3 boards are very good for the 4 simple reason: 1. PL2 255W power support with good VRM heatsinks, that runs CPU high clock speed on all-core turbo. (Cheaper/simple boards can allow only 125W.) So we can upgrade to i7-10700 easily to get 4.6GHz all-core turbo on 8C/16T. 2. ALC1200 sound schip (much better than any other lower) 3. Good LAN chips (Realtek 2.5G or Intel 1G) 4. 4 RAM slot. Using 4 RAM module gives performance boost at many games.

[@Timothy5769]

Unboxing Tech Deals is back?!! It has been so long....Remember the power supply/component reviews from several years ago? That's a thumbs up from me.

[@XmartiHUNx]

I have the older B250M Mortar with an i5-7400 and works good.

[@ShringoMingo]

I just received it today. This is an amazing combo with the i5

[@CoronaHoax-nd2rr]

Wish i needed a computer i want this motherboard!!! Enjoy it!

[@bullyakker]

and it's fantastic with a 10700f! Unlocked power= ZOOM ZOOM!!

[@zameerpashablr]

Best explanation ever heard and pinch of details about the MB. Loved it and became a fan of your channel.

[@za-wz6fh]

0:22 Steve might say otherwise

[@abhisekmukherjee]

Which Steve? HUB recommended it now - though tech jesus doesn't - but the price difference here is unreal

[@za-wz6fh]

@@abhisekmukherjee Steve from GamersNexus

[@wolfshanze5980]

Steve has switched his hatred from MSI to Asrock... get with the times!

[@za-wz6fh]

@@wolfshanze5980 My bad, MSI is great

[@majorhavok9423]

I actually got one. I paired a 3070 and a I7 10 gen. With it. I hope it works well with 1080p for three years at least. It was hard to put this build together in the past two weeks, but I got it accomplished. ✌️😊

[@DoorStealer]

That is exactly the build i'm going for, how is the build so far?

[@majorhavok9423]

@@DoorStealer Works well!

[@itstheweirdguy]

I have this same motherboard in my test bench at work. It's a sexy motherboard. I love the built in I/O shield and i took that m2 frozr plate and threw it back in the box.

[@FinMacShark]

Love these type of videos you do, great job Tech

[@spacechannelfiver]

I have the sister board, the B550M Mortar; the layout is extremely similar & overall am fairly happy with it - notwithstanding the slightly awkward BIOS. The biggest design flaw which might not be a problem with a K series CPU is the BIOS reset jumper is under the GPU, so if you fail an overclock you have to take the GPU out to reset it.

[@Pierre-lg3ry]

I built a gaming pc for a friend of mine who had a budget of 650 euros, I came accross this Motherboard and was really impressed by the spec for a low budget Motherboard, especially the wireless connectivity (bluetooth 5.1 especially)

[@CharlieAligaen]

Thanks for the upload! Nice board at an affordable price. Nice to put a 10400 or 10500 non K cpus. Love the mug coaster LOL and msi keyboard/mouse review would be awesome! And Happy Birthday Tech!

[@The1commenterguy]

Love the setting/background and lighting

[@adamhafiddin9564]

Love the new studio layout. It works perfectly with the lighting.

[@bigbossproduction447]

I just brought the same mob /wifi version and 10400f today they were both the same price , 10400f the value cpu of 2021!

[@GT2991-z5k]

Hellow Tech. Thanks for the overview. I want to ask you if you can help me to decide what combo CPU + MOBO should I buy: - B460M Mortar wifi + Core i5 10400f + Cooler Master i71c (USD$ 481,5) - B550M PRO-VDH wifi + Ryzen 5 3600 (USD$ 503,7) I already got a GTX 1660 super. This PC it´s going to be used for gaming in 1080p, with a 75Hz monitor, (not interested in overclocking) working and studying, maybe casual editing. Tell me if you have any suggestion or recomendation.

[@techbasics4481]

The msi mag b460 torpedo is now available for $99 on Newegg which is just an atx version of this mortar board..

[@bullyakker]

Runs a 10700f @ 4.65 on all cores with a 240 AIO. Motherboard was $115 when I bought it a year ago. It was the best deal for any non-K cpu at the time and it WILL run a 10850/10900 @ 4.4-4.5Ghz with proper air flow and cooling.

[@bellshooter]

Great video as usual, I have the B450 and B550 wifi versions of this board. Both are great value to feature boards, and I am an audiophile with a SPDIF headphone amp.

[@johng.4959]

Love this build. Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

[@MrMalchore]

Your commentary to check the manual and carefully read what becomes unavailable when installing 2 M.2 sticks is a good warning. I'm in that situation now. I'm planning on building a B550 board (for AMD) and I want to go with the MSI MAG B550 Mortoar WiFi. Like your mobo in this video, it also supports 2 M.2 slots. Nice. But here's my delimma - The primary M.2 PCIe lanes are tied directly to the CPU. It can support PCIe v4 x4 lanes. I bought a Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB when it was on sale. That's NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 M.2 Stick. Obviously that's going in the primary (MSI calls it the FROZR shield) slot. HOWEVER, i also have a M.2 SATA SSD. Just like your B460M MORTAR the second M.2 slot doesn't support SATA SSDs. It'll work with NVMe SSDs, but it'll disable the other PCIe 3.0 x16 slot if I make use of it.

[@BobK58]

I did your Ryzen 5 2600 Gigabyte build a couple of years ago. I would love it if you could address how to approach upgrading that system.

[@ShaiyaSin1]

WOW! Its about time some one make a review on it as I got one in Dec with a 10th gen 10400 , and the heat dissipation is amazing!

[@madarasoun3018]

I bought this bought last month along with 10700f because of this video.

[@goodvibesonly6161]

Whats the difference between the morta and the bazooka ?

[@ProximaSun]

This review literally answered every questions in my head LOL

[@jaswaggon]

Loving your videos man

[@unclej3910]

I have an i7-7700 on a Z270M mortar. It is a rock solid mb. I recently ordered the Z490 Tomahawk and i9-10850k , but may wait until next week when intel will likely announce Rocket Lake before i open the boxes.

[@ceejaydeesoozaa]

really like that spdif optical audio jack, 4 ram slots and 2 m2 slots and mATX ffactor

[@myke1380]

very nice review tech! i might consider this for my secondary machine

[@izamanaick]

Got a b550m wifi version of this and finished my build with it the other day. Solid mobo, even with an r9 5900x.

[@macofallico]

the i3 10th F series its a great budget chip, and i`m actually an AMD guy, but it just works it`s super stable. Really is a nice budget buy today.

[@mikclarke64]

Yes I agree

[@macofallico]

@@mikclarke64 only if Intel sold the i3 9100 with 4/8 config, would be great too. Thanks to AMD we have this budget chips no doubt, !viva la competencia!

[@gameison4813]

I have msi b550m mortar and it is very similar. I bough it with coupons and i got free 250gb ssd from msi for buying it and i don't regret buying it. I was effectively cheaper than good b450 boards and had way more to offer.

[@andymaxwell23]

I concur with all the other positive reviews @Tech. First, lovely backdrop, the colour is great and works well with the orange piping of the chair and the white table. (possibly more light needed from above, looks a little dark). The breadth of information and the little details other KZbinrs don't add you put into your videos continues to educate and inspire me. They're such that i go back again and again to your videos as i learn something everytime. For example, you say "don't do this" but unlike others you then go into detail as to *why* we shouldn't..in detail, with examples and with authority. Love it. Keep doing the do! And, thank you for looking at an MSI board, they seem to be very good value right now, especially the black friday and latest winter offers. Although I bought a z490i and the board was bent! (MSI have said this is ok though).

[@marv9519]

buying it, thanks to your review.

[@andrewkim2k47]

Bought the wifi version of this board for $125 gives you wifi 6 and paired with the 10400. Love it. Watched this video to feel awesome about my purchase lmao and learn a little more about the board. Feel like I know the board inside out now - thanks!

[@aryantiwari1945]

Tech for President

[@my-yt-inputs2580]

Just a minor nit.......the Amazon link is for the Wifi version while the Newegg link is not. $10.00 difference in cost.

[@abhisekmukherjee]

Yup and its an AX200 so its a deal!

[@rayan9140]

Is it Compatible with bluetooth

[@bluemojos]

This is a very well made unboxing video of a motherboard. Please maintain this level of quality. 👍 However, the lighting is a bit harsh in my opinion.

[@TechDeals]

Thanks, will do!

[@karlreading3201]

I run an overclocked 3900x on a b450 Mortar Max. What’s your tomahawk a MAX board? As my 3900X is solid as a rock on b450, as such I’m surprised u have such issue with your b450 and Zen2.

[@FatalCharade]

I remember when this chipset first came out I bought an asus prime board with an I5 10400.

[@papankunci]

How Different is the MSi B460M MORTAR with the B460 TOMAHAWK? just bought the Tomahawk yesterday and pair it with i9 10900 for music production PC and i wonder if my decision is good enough since i was late to this video.. Thank you Tech! you ROCKS!

[@ish2323]

Went with a B460M Mortar WiFi with a i5-10400

[@Bigboy_1978]

Anyone had problems with all the usb`s on this motherboard? After 5 months they stopped working, i turn it on but they dont work so i can use keyboard or mouse

[@MrMeanh]

The only thing that would stop me from buying this board for a low to mid budget Intel build (where the B460 chipset isn´t a big issue) is the Realtek LAN. Don´t know how many times I had strange issues with LAN and Wifi when Realtek hardware was involved over the past 25 years, almost never happened with Intel.

[@HaydenLau.]

Where I live I can get it brand new for $88

[@ark66]

Any idea how to enable resizable bar in MSI bios?? i own exact same MB ,the most premium underbudget mb ever! Thanks for your review! 🙌

[@FireJamUSA]

Going to be dropping an i9-10850k into mine when it arrives tomorrow. Thanks for doing the video so I can get a preview.. Next sentence he said in the video after I wrote that sentence was - don't drop a K chip in here.. LOL - I'm pretty sure the board with OC a K CPU just fine because the bios does support it. It just won't overclock the RAM past 2933. I'll find out in a few days I suppose..

[@alexthesniper1952]

Why though why don't just get a Hero at the bare minimum or go Formula for resale value.

[@aboutech3901]

What's result?

[@nortim4592]

Blue background for Intel? Will there be red for AMD and green for nVidia?

[@macofallico]

2 months update i`m actually buying this combo for a build!!

[@macofallico]

hey tech i sold all my hardware stock, went to the importer and saw that combo in stock looked it on internet for a review and tech deals got me covered!!!! Thnks! Greetings from Argentina.

[@rcald-gz5jd]

*Tech Deals* Follow-up question: You stated that you previously placed an i7-7700K on a B150 chipset motherboard and it achieved 4.2 Ghz (base frequency). Would that non-Z board allow that 7700K to achieve 4.5 GHz (max turbo frequency)? I'm just trying to get an idea about how far a non-Z board can push a 'K' chip. Thanks.

[@DejoBleyo]

Hello, i want to put i3 10105f proccesor on b460m ds3h v2 motherboard, processor does support intel turbo boost 2.0 but does motherboard need to support it too or just cpu?

[@buddyb4343]

If one really wasn't expecting to do over clocking, but was still aiming to get the best out of the box performance from upper end, but not bleeding edge components, is there any reason to go to an intel Z board? (Frankly, 99% of the time that my PC is running, it's faced to the wall and I keep it as far out of the way as possible! I'd rather spend the money on a better monitor than RGB for inside the case. It makes me money so it needs to be extremely stable.)

[@chirusmita]

Installing dragon center leads to blue screen error. For controlling rgb components

[@wolfshanze5980]

I sorta understand his explanation of the i3 chip, but after months of "don't cheap out, buy better if you can afford it, yes, you only need 'X' today, but buy better anyways"... I found the choice of putting an i3 in such a nice MB perplexing... at least spend the extra $50 for an i5-10400 6-core chip? I mean the guy over at Byte Sized Tech always says don't cheap out, build for the future... $50 more buys you 2 more cores of future proof and a better resale value in the future.

[@satamototo]

Very close hit indeed. If it was fitted with ALC1220, I will be tempted to buy it...

[@abhisekmukherjee]

It has ALC1220

[@satamototo]

@@abhisekmukherjee Nope. It's ALC1200...

[@malcomflibbleghast8140]

am confused about the 1155 pic on the sheet, this motherboard can take older i5 cpu ?

[@thedandyp]

No, it means you can mount a cooler designed for any 115X platform on this motherboard.

[@homerthompson416]

Are there any kind of budget boards that have decent built-in bluetooth support? Not looking for anything too high end since most of what I play are JRPG and they're usually not too hard to run, but I have had hell trying to get USB Bluetooth adapters to work worth a crap. I usually game a few feet away from my PC as I like to use my TV instead of my monitor most of the time for gaming. I don't understand how bluetooth can be so effortless and have such great range on consoles but every time I try to use it on PC the controllers run like crap if I'm even three feet away from the receiver. If I'm playing Persona 5 on PS4 and there is a long section of dialogue I can plug headphones and listen to and press X to scroll through text from the toilet on my DualShock 4, but any bluetooth controller I have just sucks if I'm not right next to the adapter on PC.

[@fuzesk2040]

would this be good for my pc im gonna get? 3060 ti i5-10400f MSI B460 mortar wifi dark rock 4 cpu cooler corsair rm750 gold psu corsair ram 16gb 3200mhz

[@scalt7]

How’s your setup ?

[@fuzesk2040]

@@scalt7 so i currently have 1660 super i5-11400f MSI B560 mortar Dark rock 4 cpu cooler corsair rm750 gold psu GSkill trident Z 16gb 3200mhz works very well just tryna get my hands on a 3060 ti

[@guille92h]

Awesome unboxing, like rogue and you. On another point i had a different situtation upgrading to zen 2 on a x470, i was having a lot of crashes with the zen+ and now with zen 2 i don't have any crash, but is another proof that ryzen is hit and miss.

[@keronaz95]

Will this support mystic light?

[@FudoCesar]

Any M-ATX that allow overclocking for an i9-10850k?

[@kaushikghosh4415]

I am confused between this B460 Tomahawk and B460M Mortar Wifi. Which one to get. I found some very good reviews about the B460M Mortar Wifi, although it is an MATX Board. It has Wifi 6 and Bluetooth 5.1 built in. Can anyone suggest me which one to get? Price is very similar

[@CaptainScorpio24]

Tomahawk

[@quizitis-1550]

Can this board handle a i7 10700f with no problems

[@cj_zak1681]

Nice job Tech

[@mjdelgado8]

Does this motherboard had a 3pin rgb header??

[@2drealms196]

Only problem is their windows mobo dragoncenter software is fairly buggy and has numerous issues.

[@eosmo3505]

Where is the cpu fan 2 on the motherboard?

[@ivomicisin844]

Wait.. so I can´t connect second graphic card?

[@cracklingice]

Fine board for an i3 or i5. If you're spending i7 or i9 money just get the Z board so you can run better memory speeds and have enough bandwidth to feed all the cores.

[@treasurehunter80]

i got mine today better than cheepo z470/90 boards !!!

[@poorsap1598]

I wanted a b450m mortar titanium bit couldn't get one here in the USA without paying too much

[@dragonld123]

Can you change Tau to be unlimited like Z series?

[@PDYALL]

Would something like this work good for a computer for my theater room projector

[@TechDeals]

Yes, perfect for that!

[@FKAS8410]

Hell yeah Tech!

[@Sanatielify]

Nott sure whats up with MSI but they are the only ones getting front USB C on their motherboards in most ranges.

[@azimy9388]

Why not recommend the i9 10900 non K model? That doesn’t need oc support

[@Rothval]

how to remove the inner m.2 standoff? its so hard i've tried using srew and it still didn't work

[@dominicburton8224]

Have you ever considered doing any hand modelling? X

[@jeffho1727]

Wondering where it will go with the Gen 11 . Have the Torpedo / i3 10100 and the i5/ i7 Gen 11 is looking good. Time will tell.

[@ShringoMingo]

My case has 3 front panel fans and 1 one rear fan. Do I need a fan splitter with this motherboard?

[@maestrohun]

There are 6 fan connector on the board as I remember. But check were there placed on the board for the fan cable length. (You can download the manual from MSI website.)

[@ShringoMingo]

I'm looking through the manual, and it says it has 2 system fan connectors. I'm not sure if I'm looking at the wrong thing though

[@smallfry1463]

Well I mean wouldn't having a K chip be better then an F? Cuz even if you can't OC the K on a B board it will still boost up and give you better performance without the extra heat you get from OC. so in theory the K would be better on a non OC board for base performance vs buying an F chip. And then if you want to upgrade boards in the future for OC you have that option

[@TechDeals]

The difference is 100MHz, big deal... 4.6 vs 4.7 is meaningless...

[@smallfry1463]

@@TechDeals ah, I see . Thank you for educating me. I'm relatively new to the world of p.c. and trying to absorb all knowledge that is given. So I appreciate the response. And the content!

[@CHA0SBLEEDS]

This motherboard is almost impossible to find now, and if you do find it it's 2x the price. Is there an alternative? Everytime I look for a great b460 motheroboard this is the only one everyone is talking about.

[@hungtu6765]

110$ in Vietnam

[@the_crazy_chris]

I was just thinkink about upgrading from i5 6500 to i6 10700 and was looking for a board

[@dire_straiter]

Does it include WiFI?

[@aboutech3901]

Yes.

[@romaboo9772]

Damn, that's a nice intro

[@AA-db9cb]

Tech, do you sell your builds? I wouldn't mind a Tech curated machine.

[@TwinTurboToyota]

I’m thinking of this or the asus tuf wifi for a extra pc build

[@Sideritis]

I burn out the onboard sound on my z370 msi gaming pro carbon and mpg x570 gaming plus. This is a very common problem with MSI motherboards.

[@ItsRV_]

can you use a i990k on this

[@ShringoMingo]

Can anyone help me out with this mobo? This is my first ever build and it went quite well until I tried turning on my pc. I'm getting a led light on boot. I checked the Ez debug manual but it was very informative on what to do. I've tried many solutions, but I cant get any signal to my monitor.

[@babyrne78]

Did you manage to fix this? I'm getting the same issue...VGA white light showing and no display to my monitor. Have tried everything but no solution found yet.

[@jmugurr994]

18:50 why is the AMD logo on the board? Are AMD chipsets used for Intel boards as well?

[@jmugurr994]

@@twbi9190 I haven't seen an included graphics chipset on a motherboard for a long time. It isn't very common anymore since on chip integrated graphics are a thing.

[@jmugurr994]

@@twbi9190 ah that makes sense thanks!

[@mgghost735]

Does it have WiFi

[@robertsmith2199]

They are out of stock when I ordered and bought the torpedo, instead.

[@timothyodell5245]

Grüße danke für das Video! Wir lieben es hier

[@m1xt4pez11]

Thanks Tech, I'm selling my 7700K and was wondering what board I should get to pair with a 10400.

[@zdrawex]

just use cheap h410 with 10400 it works fine

[@ahmedsadabnafis962]

wccftech.com/intel-comet-lake-non-k-cpus-power-limit-overclocking-asus-asrock-msi-h470-b460-h410-motherboards-detailed/amp/ give it a read

[@Chetan_Deora]

The motherboard featured in this video probably

[@Chetan_Deora]

@@zdrawex why

[@gibant1]

5 seconds until the first spelling mistake, impressive.

[@guanedits6349]

*cries in motherboard faulty* B550m mortar... PC boots but bo display... Bought an a320 pro-vh-plus for a r7 3700x because it's what they had left. tomorrow is my birthday...😔I hope this works

[@dipanpathak]

Happy birthday 👍

[@guanedits6349]

@@dipanpathak 😔thanks thought I'd get my pc up for my birthday, I'll update on the a320 with r7 3700x

[@dipanpathak]

@@guanedits6349 how did it went ? ur 3700x with A320

[@guanedits6349]

@@dipanpathak Oh yeah it works in the sense that my case powers down when I press the power button so yeah. But because the board was on shelf for couple years it didnt have the bios update like those on newegg and amazon and in order for it to update I need an APU like the 3 2600 or something. So I'm still happy I found the true issue so I'll be order a new mobo soon. Still enjoying my birthday despite my pc down😁😁