ASRock Fatal1ty B450 Gaming K4
 | Outdated Product $109.55 Mid-range gaming motherboard with AMD AM4 socket, controllable backlighting, support for high performance NVMe SSDs (M.2 socket) and top gaming graphics cards. Refers to the products of the 2018 model year, it is positioned as a reliable basis for building universal home systems and mid-range / high-end gaming stations. The manufacturer guarantees full compatibility with any 2,4,8-core AMD Ryzen / Ryzen Pro processors of the first and second generation, including models with an integrated Radeon Vega graphics core and Athlon 200GE CPU. It is equipped with an improved nine-phase processor power subsystem, which allows realizing its overclocking capabilities. Motherboard ASRock Fatal1ty B450 Gaming K4 received two slots for high-speed DDR4 memory modules with a total capacity of up to 32 GB....In addition to two NVMe SSDs, it can work with 6 SATA3 drives. Consistently fast network access helps organize the built-in Realtek RTL8111H gigabit network controller. High-quality sound output is provided by the Realtek ALC892 7.1-channel HDA codec with an improved analogue path. DisplayPort, VGA and HDMI ports allow you to use the processor's built-in Radeon Vega graphics core. There are 12 USB connectors, including 2 super-efficient USB 3.1 Gen2 (up to 10 Gbps) of which one is USB Type-C. |
 |
Mid-range gaming motherboard with AMD AM4 socket, controllable backlighting, support for high performance NVMe SSDs (M.2 socket) and top gaming graphics cards. Refers to the products of the 2018 model year, it is positioned as a reliable basis for building universal home systems and mid-range / high-end gaming stations. The manufacturer guarantees full compatibility with any 2,4,8-core AMD Ryzen / Ryzen Pro processors of the first and second generation, including models with an integrated Radeon Vega graphics core and Athlon 200GE CPU.
It is equipped with an improved nine-phase processor power subsystem, which allows realizing its overclocking capabilities. Motherboard ASRock Fatal1ty B450 Gaming K4 received two slots for high-speed DDR4 memory modules with a total capacity of up to 32 GB. In addition to two NVMe SSDs, it can work with 6 SATA3 drives. Consistently fast network access helps organize the built-in Realtek RTL8111H gigabit network controller. High-quality sound output is provided by the Realtek ALC892 7.1-channel HDA codec with an improved analogue path. DisplayPort, VGA and HDMI ports allow you to use the processor's built-in Radeon Vega graphics core. There are 12 USB connectors, including 2 super-efficient USB 3.1 Gen2 (up to 10 Gbps) of which one is USB Type-C.
High price-performance ratio
The AM4 platform attracts potential buyers not only with affordable and powerful Ryzen processors, but also with the ability to decently overclock these "stones" on a relatively inexpensive motherboard. One of these boards is the ASRock Fatal1ty B450 Gaming K4, which costs just over $100 but still falls into the category of overclockers.
Fatal1ty!
Both the name Fatal1ty and the equipment of the card speak of belonging to the class of gaming boards. Here you have 9 power phases, a VRM heatsink for more stable overclocking, and a couple of reinforced PCI-E 16x slots for installing two video cards at once. As well as 4 slots for DDR4 with the ability to install up to 64 GB of RAM, backlighting with ASRock Polychrome Sync. Of the more mundane things, it is worth highlighting 2 M.2 slots with support for high-speed NVMe SSDs, full-fledged USB-C and USB 3.1 gen2. Given the affordable price of the ASRock Fatal1ty B450, it should be compared with mid-range motherboards, and not expensive gaming motherboards. So for the middle class, this is very good equipment.
For moderate acceleration
Now for a couple of drawbacks. Firstly, ASRock, as always, is a little cunning about the power phases: according to the passport, there are 9 phases (6 for CPU), but in fact the ISL95712 chip is capable of operating in the maximum 4+3 configuration. That is, the overclocking capabilities of this board are somewhat limited, and it will not work here to drive a conditional eight-core with water cooling to the limit. However, here the B450 chipset itself was not created for this. The second nuance concerns the convenience of work. In addition to the illumination of the chipset heatsink, the board does not have any operation indicators, which is why it is not always clear whether the computer is on, off, or in sleep mode.
