PRO B860M-A WiFi Motherboard, mATX - Supports Intel Core Ultra Processors (Series 2), LGA 1851-12 DRPS, DDR5 Memory Boost (8600+ MT/s OC), PCIe 5.0 x16 & 4.0 x16, M.2 Gen5, Wi-Fi 7, 5G LAN

Solid performer, 2 weeks into my 265KF build. Still find it fascinating you can update the BIOS without a CPU or graphics card installed. Updated to latest BIOS, installed components, plugged in my Windows 11 USB stick and in under a minute after firing her up, she was installing Windows. After all the updates, installed their software and let it update and install the rest of the needed files and utilities, and I was back up and running, within hours I was able to install everything I had on my previous i5-9600k build, and then I pulled my 2nd M.2 drive and installed with its heatsink into this unit. Like that there is even a space on the back for a 3rd M.2 I chose that Samsung 9100 Pro 2T unit with the fastest speeds I have ever seen on a drive, some G.Skill Flare X5 2x32G @ 6000 and a Thermaltake GF1 850w PSU, then tossed in my old RTX6650XT X2 Mech card, she runs cool and quiet, like intended, great MOBO.

Works as intended I have it paired with an ultra 5 245k cpu and it looks like a great motherboard. Only complaint is that the power switch headers aren’t properly labeled but that may be because of it being a matx motherboard. Also BIOS looks very nice aswell.

Built my server with this board, absolutely rock solid. I put in CORSAIR Vengeance DDR5 CUDIMM 48GB (2 x 24GB) DDR5 8000MHz and an Intel Core Ultra 7 Desktop Processor 265K. It's running 24/7, no hiccups, came back from sleep and hibernate without issue (although I don't use it anymore), and just runs great. Ran Windows as a desktop for a few weeks, then turned it into an LTS Ubuntu server. This thing does everything most people need for a low price. It's an incredible value. After having so many frustrations with my AMD builds not wanting to come back from standby/hibernate correctly, a build that just works is such a breath of fresh air. And no matter what people say about Intel, this thing just screams at single-threaded tasks, like running Solid Works, etc... Not everybody is trying to eek out the last 20 FPS for their video games.

This MATX MSI board has many of the features included in high end boards but at a reasonable price. PCIe 5, Thunderbolt port, etc. If the feature you want isn't on this board you will have to pay more but is it really needed? MSI has been a very reliable brand for me.

Bought this board for a NAS system I was building. Worked out well with an Intel Ultra 5 processor and 64 gigs of ram. Had some issues with Unraid detecting the onboard fan controllers, but was able to get around it with a community app in their environment.

Board seems okay. But damn, the GUI in the BIOS is clunky and undone. Not very intuitive either. For example, the "Save Changes and Reboot" prompt shown my picture, I actually pressed the arrow on my keyboard to the Cancel option. All it did was put a square box around the Cancel option while leaving the "Ok" option still highlighted as blue! Really? The other picture is my keyboard highlight going to "Advanced" while I'm still on the "Save & Exit" tab. IDK, it just seem weird to make menus like this. Check out my photo of the main BIOS page. Bland, boring, everything blends into everything else. I included a MemTest pic too, so far so good. I like Gigabyte BIOS menus way better. Oh well, you only have to suffer though this garbage during initial setup.

Has been working great so far.

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