MSI MPG B650I Edge 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, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, 2.5Gbps LAN, Mini-ITX)

I bought this motherboard as part of a new computer build to replace an older computer with an existing MSI motherboard that ran great for over seven years. I am happy to say that so far, things are looking great for how easy the board was to build in and having the M-Flash feature was great as the BIOS that shipped on my motherboard was not compatible with my CPU - not a problem when I was able to update the BIOS without needing the CPU to be compatible. The only issue I have had so far is some intermittent problems with the BIOS not remembering the time, and I have not fully diagnosed that issue. I am not deducting any stars, however, as MSI support has been very helpful so far. If this changes, I will update my review accordingly in the future.

Excellent MB. I was reluctant to order this at first because of the Amazon warning that it is a frequently returned item. It turns out I did have to return the first one, as it was obviously a used and damaged board that was sold as new. Amazon replaced it quickly, and the second one had all the signs of a new item. Tape on the bag, CPU socket cover in place, plastic on the back side of the MB and also on the M.2 socket cover. Easy build after that. No BIOS flash required ahead of time. I'd like better drive symbols in the BIOS, but it was easy to change the boot order and load the OS from USB.

This is absolutely the worst f***ing motherboard I have ever laid my fingers, eyes, and breath on. It's almost served me 3 years down the line because I never turn it off and if I do I have to play Russian roulette on what I guess is memory training. They must've rushed this thing out to jump on the DDR5 RAM train because this thing boots 20% of the time. I wish I could return it or just buy a totally different motherboard but I'm broke so I'm stuck with no PC, luckily I have a SteamDeck.

it was a nice price back then

The B650I Edge Wi-Fi is a great motherboard, but it has a huge manufacturing flaw that needs to be addressed. The Clear CMOS button on the back of the motherboard sticks out too far and is pushed down in the motherboard packaging in transit. This results in the CMOS battery being dead when the board arrives to the customer. This means anytime you disconnect the motherboard from power, it resets ALL your BIOS settings including any CPU or Ram overclocking you applied or anything else you applied in the BIOS. This can be resolved by swapping out the CMOS battery yourself, but this requires above average skill on the end user to do this. I personally chose this route over returning or RMA'ing the board since it is a quick and cheap fix if you know what you are doing. The CMOS battery is just a CR2032 battery which is easy to buy just about anywhere, but since this is an ITX board, the battery is not socketed in like most ATX boards. Instead you have to disconnect a lead from from the battery and then swap the battery out using heat shrink or electrical tape in my case to hold the + and - leads on the new battery. Once this fix is applied, the board is great and the only other issue is the extremely slow boot times when XMP Ram OC'ing is enabled. If I stay at the default 4800mhz, the boot is quick, but at 6000mhz it is painfully long for a modern system. I don't think this is unique to this motherboard or brand, but rather all Ryzen 7000 series motherboards.

There are not that many choices for mini-itx AM5 motherboards yet, so I got this one knowing its flaws from reviews. Having used it in my main computer for a couple months now I can confirm what all the online reviews have said. Installation and layout are about as good as a mini-itx board can be. There will always be issues in this regard when a board is just this compact, so MSI did a good job. I appreciate having the forced air NVME cooler included. One complaint about the layout is the externally mounted BIOS resetting button. It is convenient that it exists and I have used it a couple times so far. But it is so prominent on the outside of the case that I've accidentally pressed it every single time I've picked my computer up so far. BE SURE TO CREATE A PROFILE IN THE BIOS AFTER YOU CHANGE ALL YOUR SETTINGS SO YOU CAN REVERT TO IT. This button is nice, but it should have been on an internal surface. But startup is soo much slower then I've gotten used to for my last couple of computer builds. It varies a lot, but is often in the range of 40+ seconds before I get to my login screen. There is an option to enable memory context persistence in the bios so the RAM doesnt need to retrain every bootup which seems to be the main culprit here. With that option enabled boot times drop to the realm of 20 seconds but I've only used it intermittently as having it on makes the system very sensitive and at times I was getting chronic BSOD's after I got to windows until i turned it back off. Right now it seems to be booting reliably with it on, but I may have to turn it off again. I am running RAM that is on this board's certified compatibility tables and I am running them at their built in EXPO profile speeds.

I’m not the most technically minded person, but I can tell you that this motherboard is a very good motherboard and I had little to no issues setting up the Bios or PC with this motherboard. The only issues I came across while building my new PC is the cooler size and purchasing the correct cooler for the project. Please make sure you purchase the correct cooler for your Motherboard or you will run into issues like I did. the best cooler for this motherboard, in my opinion, would be the ID Cooling IS-55. Just remember that you will have to flip the cooler upside down while installing it or it won’t fit correctly.

Update: turns out the Ryzen 7600 CPU I bought was the issue. Using a known good 7800x3d helped determine that. Getting a 7600x with the hopes it'll work I tried to use a rx7600 video card. The motherboard will not detect it. I tried subbing in an rx680 with no luck. MSI is telling me to try to swap out the CPU. I'll try that and update this review if that did it

Works great! While still expensive (which seems to unfortunately be the norm with itx boards) this one works amazingly! I find no big delay boot times when I turn it on as well

Everything is fine to be put in a itx build with powerful CPU and GPU, works great.

muy buen producto, hasta ahora ha estado trabajando bien

Working great ever since

Decent board, does not support 1.4v manual overclocking on DRAM, I prefer MSI bios over asus bc they have some settings that make a board less stock. Now my issue the wifi antenna. I’ve had this board for a week and this sort of quality is honestly kind of unacceptable, shown in video. I’m most likely gonna look to RMA or look at something else. Board does what it needs to do but at this price, maybe look at other offerings. Hopefully MSI creates their b850i, with improvement to VRMs, quality and better circuit layout.