Maximum PC - USA (2022-03)

MOTHERBOARD

MSI MAG B560M

Mortar WIFI Micro

ATC $

These budget-friendly B560M

boards have been hard to come

by recently. In fact, it was easier

to get our hands on multiple

Z690 boards than this MSI mobo.

Anyway, this budget-orientated

motherboard has plenty of

connectivity options that suits

our build. The board has WiFi

6E and a 2.5G LAN port to offer

decent internet connectivity. It

also has an available PCIe 4.

x16 slot ready for a GPU at a later

date, but for now, we’ll be using

the integrated graphics with

our Comet Lake chip. The MAG

B560M MORTAR is a decent-

looking board, with a crisp silver

and black design, and looks good

in our build. msi.com

MEMORY

16GB (2x 8GB) Corsair Vengeance

LPX DDR4-3200 CL16 $

With our board supporting memory capable
of 5,066 MT/s, we are undercooking it
with this Corsair Vengeance LPX RAM.
However, if you had RAM fast enough and
were pushing it to its max, it’s fair to say
you probably wouldn’t be pairing it with
this mobo anyway. Regardless, the 16GB

of 3200MHz should be more than speedy

enough for this sub-$600 build, so it’s a

good fit with the rest of the components.

These might not be the best-looking

sticks, but they are discrete enough to add

to the board and not distract from the silver

sharp lines of that B560M mobo. corsair.com

MAR 2022 MAXIMU MPC 19

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