MSI B150M Mortar

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 4 expert reviews

Excellent:

2
Good:

2
Average:

0
Bad:

0

Pros:

Easy UEFI interface, performance, power consumption, accessories, price/performance ratio
Black and white color theme, Light overclocking capability versus older BXX chipset boards, Helpful utilities
Easy UEFI interface, performance, excellent power consumption, accessories, price/performance ratio

Cons:

Overclocking limits vs Z170

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Last revision on September 8, 2017

Reviewers Liked

Easy UEFI interface, performance, power consumption, accessories, price/performance ratio
Black and white color theme, Light overclocking capability versus older BXX chipset boards, Helpful utilities
Easy UEFI interface, performance, excellent power consumption, accessories, price/performance ratio

Expert reviews and ratings

MSI B150M Mortar Arctic is a gaming motherboard in a micro-ATX form factor. The white theme gives the board a very nice look.MSI bundled this motherboard with Military Class 4 components, DDR4 Boost and PCI-E Steel Armor, so all important features are...

By reviewstudio.net on December 07, 2016

Mini-ITX boards are the smallest (170mm x 170mm), but often have to make some sacrifices, such as only a single PCIe x16 port. micro-ATX (mATX) boards are significantly bigger (244mm x 244mm), and can often be found for very affordable prices....

By APC Magazine on April 13, 2016

So we guess one of the key questions about the B150M is, what don't you get when compared to a Z170 board? Really there are not that many changes. DDR4 is limited to 2133Mhz. There is no RAID option on this board and we have limited PCIe lanes, so those...

By HardwareHeaven on December 01, 2015

The MSI B150M Mortar does offer a set of good features ideal for average gaming. Let us first talk about the thing that some are very particular with but doesn't really add anything to performance and overall function, the aesthetics. In general,...

By proclockers.com on April 18, 2016

With having my first Skylake motherboard fail on me recently, a sub-$60 Gigabyte H110 motherboard , for its replacement I decided to spend a few bucks more and ended up going for a nicer MSI Skylake motherboard. For those curious, here are a few words I...

By Phoronix on April 10, 2016

MSI B150M Mortar is a gaming motherboard in a micro-ATX form factor for those who don't want to spend more money for a board, especially if they don't want to overclock. Even if it is small, it offers a good and stable performance, so it is a great...

By reviewstudio.net on April 03, 2016

As part of MSI's Arsenal Gaming series, the B150M Mortar is a solid piece of hardware. It does what it should without any concerns. It's the kind of thing you expect when the B150M Mortar is an Intel SBA supported motherboard. Starting at the hardware...

By Overclockers Club on December 01, 2015

Below you can find the most important specifications of the motherboards: Motherboard PCIe 16x M.2 DDR4- slots USB 3 ext./int. USB 2 ext./int. Audio LAN Phases Fans (PWM) Avg. price ASRock B150M Pro4 2 - 4 4 / 2 0 / 2 ALC892...

By uk.hardware.info on June 07, 2016

The MSI B150M Mortar retails at RM 440, an excellent price point for an MATX board that has good build and with features like USB 3.1, PCI-E slot protection and even M.2 Key for WiFi device...

By GoldFries on April 27, 2016

Skylake is still relatively new and there's also AMD's upcoming Zen to consider. But if need a more affordable system in the meantime, the MSI B150M Mortar is a great option.(previously published in issue...

By chip.com.my on March 04, 2016

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