Avoid purchasing this motherboard! GIGABYTE B450M H is not recommended.
Avoid purchasing this motherboard! GIGABYTE B450M H is not recommended.
Hi, today I fixed the PC and found something unusual. It would crash when starting to Windows, eventually showing a blue screen. Customers from three repair shops mentioned the motherboard or CPU was faulty. I contacted you because the machine ran on a Gigabyte B45PM H and an Intel R5 3600. I replaced the motherboard (some Asus B550, unknown model) and it worked fine. I adjusted the settings: CPU to 3GHz, 1.4V Vcore, system to 1.1 (down from 1.05), RAM to 1.4V. It started up successfully. After testing, the CPU performance dropped significantly—only running at 4.05GHz with voltages around 1.375V and 1.1V. The important rail was at 1.05V. The system passed the 95 test. I brought it home to Gigabit Internet and saw it pulling 1.44V under load! During testing, the CPU reached R7-3700. The original R5 3600 never got overclocked before. This is quite strange, anyone else noticed similar issues with cheap AM4 boards?
It's completely typical. Additionally, tracking software for current and power (V&W) hasn't always performed well.