MSI B560M-A Pro& B560M Pro

The MSI B560M-A Pro and B560M Pro represent its more professional series of motherboards, designed for a basic and no-frills approach. Typically designed for more professional systems such as small office PCs, the Pro series curtails on the gaming-focused features and goes with a basic set of controllers. The design of bothboards is the same, with a black chipset and M.2 heatsink pairing, as well as a black and grey patterned PCB.

with only the following subtle differences in the specifications.The MSI B560M Pro includes a DisplayPort 1.4 output, while the B560M-A Pro omits this; this is the only difference between both models.

Both models include one full-length PCIe 4.0 x16 slot, with two PCIe 3.0 x1 slots. For storage, there'sone PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 slot, with six SATA ports including two with straight-angled connectors, and feature support for RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 arrays. In the top-right hand corner are two memory slots that can accommodate up to 64 GB of DDR4-5200 memory. The power delivery doesn't include a heatsink, and there is a single 8-pin 12 V ATX CPU power input.


The MSI B560M Pro includes a DisplayPort 1.4, the B560M-A Pro does not

The only difference between both models is the MSI B560M Pro includes a DisplayPort 1.4, as well as one HDMI and one D-sub video output. The B560M-A Pro includes both the D-sub and HDMI, but not the DisplayPort. Both models include four USB 3.2 G1 Type-A and two USB 2.0 ports, with a PS/2 combo port and three 3.5 mm audio jacks powered by a Realtek ALC897 HD audio codec. Finishing off the rear panels is a single Realtek RTl8125B 2.5 GbE controller.

MSI B560M Pro-VDH Wi-Fi & B560M Pro-VDH MSI B560M Pro-E
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  • Flunk - Monday, March 29, 2021 - link

    Still limiting overclocking on mid-range boards even though the competition doesn't? Shame Intel, shame.
  • shabby - Monday, March 29, 2021 - link

    Do you really need to overclock though? Don't these cpus overclock themselves to 200w+ anyway?
  • Linustechtips12#6900xt - Thursday, April 8, 2021 - link

    just adjust the turbo limit time or enable MCE if you can, at least i think you can on b560 not sure and 2933/3000 mhz memory isnt the biggest deal either
  • Great_Scott - Monday, March 29, 2021 - link

    The most recent crop of Intel CPUs 1) overclock on their own, and 2) don't have any thermal headroom.

    Really, getting a Non-K with a B-series motherboard and saving the money for (any) GPU is the better idea...
  • Martin84a - Monday, March 29, 2021 - link

    Not that the work isn't appreciated, but I think you should just hire raisonjohn and call it a day. His work on a massive comparison spreadsheet for the AMD A, B and X motherboard is amazing, and light years ahead of anything I've seen.
    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wmsTYK9Z3-...
  • Tomatotech - Monday, March 29, 2021 - link

    Decent stack range, but the vast majority have too many SATA and not enough m.2 and not enough USB type C ports. In the next few years there will be more and more type C equipment to plug in.

    Apart from that, most of them are good for final DDR4 boards as a final home for DDR4 RAM as DDR 5 starts coming in next year (or the year after).

    With AMD’s reduction in CPU power the way seems open for some low power desktops to run entirely off USB-C with its power supply of up to 100w (delivered via DC so equal to a wall supply of maybe 130w AC as the transformer losses are in the wall wart not in the desktop PSU). That could mean smaller and cheaper desktops, powered straight from the monitor (if it has a USBC power supply) through the USBC video cable. Apple already has this setup though a few hoops need to be jumped through.
  • DanNeely - Monday, March 29, 2021 - link

    Limited m.2 is mostly down to being mATX and budget. The smaller board size combined with m.2 being attached to the board itself doesn't leave much room for a 2nd slot unless you go with some sort of riser setup. And using a riser crashes into being budget products.

    USB-C rollout has been strangled by the decision to implement reversibility by adding an extra chip between the physical port and controller whose job is to swap the IO around instead of offloading that to the controller. Adding an extra dollar or two to the BOM per port has resulted in all the board makers deciding that not having multiple C ports is a good way to cut costs.

    Lastly, mATX is going to be the last place we see SATA numbers shrink as long as Intel keep offering them on their chipsets. The plugs are dirt cheap, and unless you're building a maxed out full ATX board the chipset has more IO lanes than you can use. If numbers ever start dropping below what's offered in the chipset it'll either be on mITX boards that are badly space constrained or full ATX ones where the designers decide a few more PCIe lanes or USB3 ports would be more valuable.
  • TheinsanegamerN - Monday, March 29, 2021 - link

    Plenty of AMD micro ATX boards have 2 slots, you just need some intelligent board design. Hell they can fit 2 on mini ITX without riser boards.
  • Tomatotech - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link

    Thanks Dan for the reply. I didn’t know that info about the USB-C extra chip causing issues. USB-IF strikes again!
  • vailr - Monday, March 29, 2021 - link

    Gigabyte also has the (full size ATX board) B460 HD3:
    https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B460-HD3-rev-...

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