Absolute Simplicity
B650M PROJECT ZERO moves the power connectors; fan connectors; and other pin headers to the back of the motherboard. This provides a cleaner and neater front view; allowing the motherboard; liquid cooler; and graphics card's aesthetic design to be fully displayed.
Hardware
Cooling - Cooling Overview - Extended Heatsink: Extended Heatsink enlarges the surface of heat dissipation; ensuring even high- end processors to run in full speed.
Cooling - Cooling Overview - Heavy Plated VRM Heatsink: The VRM heatsink covers the upper MOS and helps dissipate the heat.
Cooling - Cooling Overview - M.2 Shield Frozr: Keeps M.2 SSDs safe while preventing throttling; making them run faster.
Cooling - Cooling Overview - 7W/mK Thermal Pad & Additional Choke Pad: High quality 7W/mK MOSFET thermal pads and extra choke thermal pads ensure all cores running in high performcance.
Cooling - Fully Fan Control - Control In One Click: MSI motherboards let you manage speeds and temperatures for all your system and CPU fans in BIOS and software with a simplified graphical interface. You can also set up to 4 temperature targets; which will adjust the fan speeds automatically.
Cooling - Fully Fan Control - Frozr AI Cooling: Detecting CPU & GPU temperatures and automatically adjusting fan duty of system fans to a proper value by adopting MSI AI ENGINE.
Cooling - Fully Fan Control - Auto Detect Your Fan: MSI fan headers automatically detect fans running in DC or PWM mode for optimal tuning of fan speeds and silence. Hysteresis also makes your fans spin up fluently to make sure your system stays silent; no matter what.
Cooling - Water Cooling - Optimized For Water Cooling: Designed to support the most popular All-In-One & customized water cooling solutions on the market. A dedicated water pump PIN header supports up to 3 amp; giving you full control of the water pump speed. A clearly marked 'keep-out-zone' allows for easy and safe installation and a perfect fit.
Power Solution - Structure - Direct 10+2+1 Phases Power Design: Unleash and sustain maximum performance with an aggressive VRM design built with digital CPU power system. Combining 8 + 8-pin power connectors and exclusive Core Boost technology; B650M PROJECT ZERO is ready to sustain heavy gaming loadings.
Power Solution - Structure - Double Power Connectors: Two 8-pin connectors deliver adequate power even for an overclocked multi-core CPU.
Power Solution - Structure - Digitall Power Design: A fully digital power design allows for faster and undistorted current delivery to the CPU at pin-point precision.
Power Solution - Structure - Core Boost: Premium layout not only support the multi-core CPU; also create the perfect conditions for your CPU overclocking.
Power Solution - PCB Design - Optimized PCB Solution: The PCB design has been optimized for higher bandwidth and faster transfer speeds; which is also beneficial for reliable circuit transmission.
Power Solution - EZ OC Tuning - Performance Switch: Performance Switch combines the benefits of AMD default PBO(Precision Boost Overdrive) and MSI's own OC settings; provides higher CPU performance in both status of single-core and multi-core. This is for users who dare for the maximum performance.
Power Solution - EZ OC Tuning - PBO Thermal Oint: MSI PBO Thermal profiles are setting maximum CPU temperature at 85 degreeC; 75 degreeC and 65 degreeC levels. With the thermal profiles; the CPU operates at lower voltage and temperature but remaining the same performance.
Power Solution - EZ OC Tuning: Config TDP is designed to provide ECO Mode (65W) or different TDP (PPT/TDC/EDC) settings for advanced users. By offering several profiles for different TDP settings in Click BIOS 5; Config TDP makes setting TDP profiles easier and don't need to modify settings manually for each TDP.
DIY Friendly - Back-Connect Design: The B650M PROJECT ZERO features a back-connect design; which relocates the motherboard power; CPU power; fan pins; SATA; and other interfaces to the back of the motherboard. This allows for simpler cable management; while also providing a cleaner and more aesthetically pleasing appearance for the system.
DIY Friendly - Driver Utility Installer: Once connected to the internet; MSI Driver Utility Installer will detect and present suitable drivers and utilities automatically; you can download and install with just a few clicks.
DIY Friendly - Flash BIOS Button: Run into trouble when updating your BIOS or somehow corrupted it? Don't worry; MSI motherboards offer multiple options to successfully boot your system again.
DIY Friendly - More For DIY Friendly - Windows 11 Certified: With MSI you benefit from great compatibility and a worry-free user experience when using Microsoft Windows 11. With a true dedication to performance; our R&D team has made sure everything works as intended when using the latest version of Microsoft Windows on any MSI product.
DIY Friendly - More For DIY Friendly - Pre-Installed I/O Shield: The design protect your IO ports and makes your installation process easier and safer.
DIY Friendly - More For DIY Friendly - XL CLIP: The enlarged PCI-E clip helps you swap or remove your devices easier. Keep the PCI-E slot stronger and safer.
DIY Friendly - More For DIY Friendly - EZ Debug LED: Onboard LEDs will indicate the source of the problem so you know exactly where to look to get up and running again.
DIY Friendly - More For DIY Friendly - Keep Out Zone: MSI motherboards circuitry ensure the case standoff keep out zones are pure and clean. Moreover; the protective paint is printed around each screw hole to prevent parts from being scratched or damaged to the motherboard.
Performance
Expansion - Lightning Gen 4 PCI-e with Steel Armor: MSI lightning Gen 4 PCI-E represents the bandwidth of a x16 interface to 64GB/s that has doubled compared to its previous generation.
MSI PCI Express Steel Armor slots are secured to the motherboard with extra solder points and support the weight of heavy graphics cards. When every advantage in games counts; Steel Armor shields the point of contact from electromagnetic interference.
Expansion - Storage - Fast And Future-Ready Storage: MSI PROJECT ZERO series motherboards support all the latest storage standards; which allows users to connect any ultra-fast storage device. Start games faster; load levels faster and have a real advantage over your enemies.
Expansion - USB - Double Bandwidth With Lightning USB 3.2 Gen 2X2 20G: Using USB 3.2 devices has never been faster! The B650M PROJECT ZERO motherboards offer a wide variety of options to connect and boost your USB devices; offering never before seen USB speeds up to 20Gb/s when connecting the Rear USB Type-C.
Expansion - USB - Front USB Type-C: The B650M PROJECT ZERO motherboards support USB Front Type-C that allows gamers to connect with the latest USB devices. Built up a system with MSI PC case to have the most convenient experience.
Memory - DDR5 - Latest DDR5 Memory With SMT Slot: A huge step of DDR performance enhancement with the latest DDR5 memory. Combines with dedicated SMT welding process and MSI Memory Boost technology; B650M PROJECT ZERO is ready to deliver the world class memory performance.
The advanced SMT(Surface Mount Technology) welding process reduces the defect rate of slot solder joints; electromagnetism; and interference. Combining with exclusive Memory Boost technology allows MSI motherboards to deliver the clean and pure high-frequency DDR5 signal.
Memory - EXPO - Easy Overclocking With EXPO Profile: MSI conducts thorough memory testing with the most popular memory brands under extreme conditions to ensure your system runs stable no matter what. Easy to enable EXPO profile with auto power settings to get the best memory speed and stability.
Memory - Latency Killer: MSI BIOS has introduced the latest Latency Killer feature on all AM5 socket motherboards. Users can enable Latency Killer in the BIOS to reduce memory latency by up to 12% when running at high frequencies. Importantly; it is compatible with a wide range of memory overclocking features; including Memory Try It!!; EXPO; A-XMP; and High-Efficiency Mode; etc.
BIOS & Software - Click BIOS 5: Get more from a loaded BIOS designed for ease of use. Fine-tune the motherboard for gaming performance; efficiency; or overclocking world records!
BIOS & Software - Click BIOS 5 - EXPO(EXtended Profiles for Overclocking): Choose from a preset EXPO profile and automatically overclock compatible DDR memory.
BIOS & Software - Click BIOS 5 - Game Boost: Quickly overclock your CPU with a single button for more performance.
BIOS & Software - Click BIOS 5 - M-Flash: Conveniently flash or upgrade the BIOS in a few minutes from the CMOS Setup Utility.
BIOS & Software - Click BIOS 5 - Hardware Monitor: Get immediate access to your critical hardware information in real-time including temperature; memory capacity; clock speed; and voltage.
BIOS & Software - Click BIOS 5 - Memory Try It: Get extreme speed out of your system memory and get more performance.
BIOS & Software - Click BIOS 5 - Search & Favorites: A permanent search & favorite option in the top right corner moves you through the BIOS menus quickly.
BIOS & Software - MSI Center: MSI brand new MSI Center unifies a suite of MSI software utilities into a single centralized application. Take control of advanced motherboards features and unleash endless possibilities.
BIOS & Software - AIDA64 - Exclusive UI of AIDA64 Extreme: MSI motherboards provide 60 days free trial of AIDA64 Extreme - MSI edition. AIDA64 Extreme is an almighty application for system information; diagnostics and benchmarks. With the application; you can monitor the detailed hardware and software information on PC and save it to file in multiple formats such as CSV and HTML.
BIOS & Software - Resizable BAR: Resizable BAR (Re-Size BAR) is an advanced PCI Express feature that enables the CPU to access the entire GPU frame buffer at once and improve performance.
Connectivity
Mystic Light - Synchronize - Extend Your RGB Experience With Ease: Add more color if you want! Mystic Light Extension pin header provides an intuitive way to control additional RGB strips and other RGB peripherals added to a system; without needing a separate RGB controller.
Networking - 2.5G LAN & Wi-Fi 6E - High-Bandwidth And Low-Latency Network: MSI's premium network solution provides incredible data transfer speed for demanding users.
Product Features:
- Supports AMD Ryzen 9000 / 8000 / 7000 Series Desktop Processors
- Supports DDR5 Memory; up to 7600+(OC) MHz
- Premium Thermal Solution - Extended Heatsink Design and M.2 Shield Frozr are built for high performance system and non-stop works
- 2.5G LAN and AMD Wi-Fi 6E Solution - Upgraded network solution for professional and multimedia use. Delivers a secure; stable and fast network connection
- Lightning M.2 - Running at PCIe Gen 4 maximizes performance for NVMe based SSDs
- Lightning USB 20G - Built-in USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port; offers 20Gbps transmission speed; 4X faster than USB 3.2 Gen 1
- Audio Boost - Reward your ears with studio grade sound
Specifications:
- Chipset: AMD B650
- CPU:
- Supports AMD Ryzen 9000/ 8000/ 7000 Series Desktop Processors
- Socket AM5
- Memory:
- 4x DDR5; Maximum Memory Capacity 256GB
- Memory Support DDR5 7600+(OC)/ 7400(OC)/ 7200(OC)/ 7000(OC)/ 6800(OC)/ 6600(OC)/ 6400(OC)/ 6200(OC)/ 6000(OC)/ 5800(OC)/ 5600(OC)/ 5400(OC)/ 5200(OC)/ 5000(OC)/ 4800(JEDEC) MHzocket AM5
- Max. overclocking frequency:
- 1DPC 1R Max speed up to 7600+ MHz
- 1DPC 2R Max speed up to 6400+ MHz
- 2DPC 1R Max speed up to 6400+ MHz
- 2DPC 2R Max speed up to 5400+ MHz
- Onboard Graphics:
- 1x HDMI: Support HDMI 2.1 with HDR; maximum resolution of 4K 60Hz
- 1x DisplayPort: Support DP 1.4; maximum resolution of 4K 60Hz
- Slot:
- 1x PCI-E x16 slot:
- Supports x16 (For Ryzen 9000/ 7000 Series processors)
- Supports x8 (For Ryzen 8700/ 8600/ 8400 Series processors)
- Supports x4 (For Ryzen 8500/ 8300 Series processors)
- 1x PCI-E x1 slot
- PCI_E1 Gen PCIe 4.0 supports up to x16 (From CPU)
- PCI_E2 Gen PCIe 3.0 supports up to x1 (From Chipset)
- Audio:
- Realtek ALC897 Codec
- 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
- Supports up to 32-Bit/384 kHz playback on front panel
- Storage:
- 2x M.2:
- M.2_1 Source (From CPU) supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4 ; supports 2280/2260 devices
- M.2_2 Source (From CPU) supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4 ; supports 2280/2260 devices
- 4x SATA 6G: The M2_2 slot will be unavailable when using Ryzen 8500/ 8300 Series processor
- RAID:
- Supports RAID 0; RAID 1; and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices
- Supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 for M.2 NVMe storage devices
- USB:
- 2x USB 2.0 (Rear)
- 4x USB 2.0 (Front)
- 2x USB 5Gbps Type A (Rear)
- 2x USB 5Gbps Type A (Front)
- 3x USB 10Gbps Type A (Rear)
- 1x USB 10Gbps Type C (Rear)
- 1x USB 10Gbps Type C (Front)
- 1x USB 20Gbps Type C (Rear)
- LAN: Realtek RTL8125BG 2.5Gbps LAN
- Internal IO:
- 1x Power Connector(ATX_PWR)
- 2x Power Connector(CPU_PWR)
- 1x CPU Fan
- 1x Pump Fan
- 3x System Fan
- 2x Front Panel (JFP)
- 1x Chassis Intrusion (JCI)
- 1x Front Audio (JAUD)
- 3x Addressable V2 RGB LED connector (JARGB_V2)
- 1x TPM pin header(Support TPM 2.0)
- 4x USB 2.0 ports
- 2x USB 5Gbps Type A ports
- 1x USB 10Gbps Type C ports
- Wireless Lan & Bluetooth:
- AMD Wi-Fi 6E
- The Wireless module is pre-installed in the M.2 (Key-E) slot
- Supports MU-MIMO TX/RX
- Supports 20MHz; 40MHz; 80MHz bandwidth in 2.4GHz/ 5GHz or 6GHz bands
- Supports 802.11 a/ b/ g/ n/ ac/ ax
- Supports Bluetooth 5.3
- Led Feature: 4x EZ Debug LED
- Back Panel Ports:
- DisplayPort
- 2.5G LAN
- USB 2.0
- USB 5Gbps (Type-A)
- Wi-Fi / Bluetooth
- Audio connectors
- Flash BIOS Button
- Clear CMOS Button
- HDMI
- USB 10Gbps (Type-A)
- USB 10Gbps (Type-C)
- USB 20Gbps (Type-C)
- Operating System: Support for Windows 11 64-bit; Windows 10 64-bit
- PCB Info:
