MSI B450M Mortar and B450M Mortar Titanium
by Gavin Bonshoron July 31, 2018 8:00 AM EST
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Like the MSI B450M Bazooka boards, the MSI B450M Mortar and the B450M Mortar Titanium are a part of the MSI Arsenal Gaming collection with the focus being on offering gamers a lower cost alternative and starting point for an e-Sports based gaming system. Unlike the B450M Bazooka and Bazooka Plus models, the only differences between both the B450M Mortar models come in the aesthetics; the B450M Mortar Titanium has a classy silvery PCB and pairing of heatsinks which gives it a unique look. Both boards also have RGB LEDs implemented underneath right-hand side of the board with the option add an additional two 5050 RGB LED strips.
The MSI B450 Mortar (left) and B450 Mortar Titanium (right) motherboards
The B450M Mortar/Mortar Titanium are both microATX form factor, with support for AMD 2-way CrossFire multi-graphics card configurations. The PCIe on the boards consist of a full-length PCIe 3.0 x16 slot with MSI’s Steel Armor slot reinforcement, and a second full-length PCIe 2.0 x4 slot; also included is two PCIe 2.0 x1 slots. Storage wise both models have four SATA right angled ports and two M.2 slots with both slots supporting M.2 2280 (22 x 80 mm) drives, but only one of the slots offering full PCIe 3.0 x4 support.
The second slot has support for PCIe 2.0 x4, with both M.2 slots supporting SATA drives too.
Gallery: MSI B450M MORTAR Motherboard Gallery
Power delivery wise, the B450 Mortar/Mortar Titanium looks to have seven phases running in a 4+3 configuration. Power to the CPU is provided by an 8-pin ATX 12 V power input while the motherboard takes power from a regular 24-pin ATX connector.
Up to DDR4-3466 memory is supported with a total of four memory slots offering a maximum system memory capacity of up to 64 GB. The boards also have a total of four 4-pin fan connectors with one being dedicated to the CPU and the rest set aside as system fan headers.
Both the B450M Mortar and B450M Mortar Titanium share identical rear panels with a two USB 3.1 10 Gbps ports (Type-A and Type-C), four USB 3.1 5 Gbps Type-A ports and two USB 2.0 ports. A pairing of video outputs with support for the Ryzen and Zen based APUs include an HDMI 1.
4 port and a DisplayPort. A BIOS Flashback+ button is also included, with a PS/2 combo port, five 3.5mm audio jacks and a S/PDIF optical output and single RJ45 LAN port.
The B450M Mortar offers decent quality controllers and it’s expected that these will cost slightly more than the other microATX B450 Bazooka/Bazooka Plus pairing, but with support for 2-way CrossFire multi-graphics configurations, the B450M Mortar and B450M Mortar Titanium could comfortably be the foundations of a powerful microATX gaming system.
Gallery: MSI B450M MORTAR TITANIUM Motherboard Gallery
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MSI B450M Mortar Review « TOP NEW Review
As a spin-off for this month’s Labs test, we’ve also included MSI’s B450M Mortar micro-ATX motherboard in the roundup.
It first appears to be a B450 Tomahawk with a few centimetres lopped off the bottom. Read our MSI B450M Mortar Review.
Table of Contents
- Conclusion
- Verdict
- Best MSI B450M Mortar prices ?
- SPECIFICATIONS
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The two boards sport identical-looking heatsinks; the Mortar lacks the top VRM section, but they’re otherwise very similar. Both boards also have the same power circuitry design, along with the same Realtek ALC892 audio codec.
However, the B450M Mortar actually beats its more expensive sibling in a couple of areas. The rear I/O panels differ significantly. Both boards have eight audio outputs and a USB BIOS Flashback button, along with two video outputs, but the smaller board additionally offers an optical audio output. DisplayPort and two additional USB 3 ports. The DisplayPort connector allows the B450M to power 4K displays at 60Hz too.
while the B450 Tomahawk is more limited with its DVI and HDMI 1.4 ports. The Mortar’s PCB even has two M.2 connectors, as opposed to a single port on the B450 Tomahawk, although the second only offers 4x PCI-E 2 bandwidth for NVMe SSDs.
Of course, having less PCB real estate will inevitably mean there are cuts to the feature list. Being micro-ATX necessitates having one fewer 1 x PCI-E slot. You also get four as opposed to six fan headers, and four rather than six SATA 6Gbps ports. However, none of these issues will likely worry your typical PC enthusiast, most of whom will only have one or two PCI-E cards and a couple of storage drives.
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Meanwhile, the EFI is mostly identical to the system found on MSI’s other current boards.
It has an excellent fan control section and easy-to-use overclocking section, which offers all the settings you need to tweak your Ryzen CPU, including manual voltage control, although it does lack base clock control for people wanting to fine-tune their overclock.
We managed to hit 4.2GHz with our Ryzen 7 2700X using a 1.425V vcore and. amazingly, the B450M Mortar, like its sibling, held that frequency even during our stress test. The VRMs did get pretty toasty, though.
with the heatsinks reaching over 50’C and the rear of the PCB topping out at 70’C according to our IR thermometer. Even so, for demanding multi-threaded content creation tasks, the board appears to have what it takes, even when heavily overclocked, unlike most of the B450 boards we tested this month.
The RealBench system score rose from 200,664 to 207,059 when overclocked but. like the B450 Tomahawk, idle power consumption was a little high at 97W. Our test system drew 321W under load with the Mortar installed when overclocked, although that figure is a little more reasonable than the Tomahawk’s 357W.
Audio performance was identical to the larger board too, with the Realtek ALC892 codec managing a 91 dBA dynamic range and -92dBA noise level.
Conclusion
If you have an ATX case, we still recommend opting for the B450 Tomahawk if you’re aiming for a big overclock and regular heavily multithreaded work, as it has more power circuitry cooling. However, the MSI B450M Mortar still performed well and. unlike other B450 boards we tested this month, didn’t throttle after just a couple of minutes when overclocked under load. It also has USB 3.1 Type-A and Type-C ports.
An excellent EFI and even two M.2 ports, making it excellent value for money if you’re looking for a smaller motherboard.
Verdict
9.1
Total Score
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Small but mighty — the Mortar handles overclocks well and has a great feature set for the cash.
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SPECIFICATIONS
Chipset AMD B450
CPU socket AMD Socket AM4
Memory support 4 slots: max 64GB DDR4 (up to 3466MHz)
Expansion slots One 16x PCI-E 3, one 16x PQ-E 2, two 1x PCI-E2
Sound 8-channel Realtek ALC892
Networking Realtek Gigabit LAN
Overclocking No base clock adjustment, max CPU multiplier 64x; max voltages: CPU + 1.
55V, RAM2V
Ports 4 x SATA 6Gbps (B450), 2 x M.2, 1 x USB 3.1 Type-A, 1 x USB 3 Type-C, 4 x USB 3, 2 x USB 2, 1 x LAN, 6 x surround audio out
Dimensions (mm) 244 x 244
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Bunker destroyer: how self-propelled mortars «Tulip» destroy the fortified areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Calculations covertly bring «Tulips» to a given position. The mortars must work out several targets, according to the coordinates indicated by the scouts. The enemy positions are about 15 kilometers away. Mortar gunners quickly deploy the gun. Shooting from the «Tulip» does not require special preparation of the position. A heavy mortar plate is lowered to the ground, a 230-kilogram projectile is automatically fed into the barrel, and on command, the mine flies to the target.
After the shot, the mortars quickly change position.
«We shoot one shell and change the firing position so that the enemy does not spot it. They can cover it with a «roaming mortar», «Hurricane» or, for example, Hymars,» the crew commander said.
Despite their venerable age — «Tulip» mortars began to enter the Soviet army 50 years ago — these guns are in great demand among the troops.
«Tulip» is considered the most powerful in its class — it has no analogues in other armies of the world. Installation caliber — 240 mm, the largest among mortars. The mines that the installation shoots weigh from 120 to 230 kilograms, the firing range is 20 kilometers. «Tulip» can fire high-explosive, cluster, guided, incendiary, neutron and even nuclear mines. Adjustable ammunition «Smelchak» specially designed for «Tulip» with external target designation enters a circle with a diameter of 2 meters with an accuracy of 80-90 percent.
First of all, this heavy mortar is designed to destroy fortified buildings, bunkers, pillboxes, and other fortifications with a high degree of security.
Also, «Tulip» is used to destroy clusters of enemy infantry and armored vehicles. This weapon is sometimes called «trench horror» — a 240 mm caliber mine leaves a funnel in the ground with a diameter of 10 meters and a depth of more than 5 meters.
Thanks to their powerful caliber and ballistics, the Tulips projectiles penetrate concrete structures up to 3 m thick. High accuracy of application is ensured by real-time fire correction. Targeting comes from drones or from scouts working behind enemy lines.
The operation of such a target designator occurs only in the final section of the flight, a few seconds before the hit. If the target illumination is stable, then the mine goes along the beam and falls exactly on the target.
Self-propelled chassis «Tulip» is identical to self-propelled gun «Acacia». The machine weighs 27 tons, is equipped with a diesel engine with a capacity of more than 500 hp. It can overcome bumps, and on the highway it can accelerate to 60 km / h.
The body of the car was made welded from sheets of armored steel. The thickness of the front plate is 30 mm, which provides protection against armor-piercing bullets from heavy machine guns and sniper rifles. Side and stern projections provide protection from armor-piercing bullets of 7.62 mm caliber and fragments of mines and shells. The first batch of «Tulips» was made in 1969 year. Two years later, the mortar was adopted by the Soviet army under the symbol 2S4. Serial production of self-propelled mortars began in 1972 at the Ural Transport Engineering Plant. Until 1988, about 580 mortars were fired.
Tulip’s ammunition load is 20 high-explosive mines weighing 130 kg or 10 active-reactive mines 230 kg.
«Tulips» were baptized by fire during the war in Afghanistan. They participated in all major operations. Mortars destroyed firing points in stone rubble and caves, strong points on roads and mountain passes.
To destroy enemy targets, both conventional high-explosive mines and «Smelchak» corrective mines were used.
Moreover, to destroy the target, as a rule, no more than one shot was required.
The Russian army will use self-propelled mortars «Tulpan» in the special operation
According to the Ministry of Defense, mortars arrived in Mariupol for the final demilitarization of the national battalion «Azov» (an organization banned in Russia) that has settled in Azovstal. The militants refused to capitulate, so they will be destroyed. No fortification can withstand the ammunition of the most powerful mortar in the world.
24 «Tulip» refers to the artillery of the reserve of the Supreme High Command, which includes especially large calibers. It can be assumed that those who settled in the dungeons of Azovstal, and Kyiv itself, received an unequivocal warning.
Self-propelled 2S4 «Tulip» entered service in 1971. They have several types of mines in their arsenal, including active-reactive guided with a laser guidance head. At the final stage, such a mine, falling vertically down, is able to go into horizontal flight and hit exactly, for example, «in the entrance of a cave.
During the war in Afghanistan, only «Tulips» were guaranteed to destroy spooks hiding in caves, in front of which blockages of stones were arranged, and therefore inaccessible to artillery or air bombs.
A number of high-explosive and concrete-piercing munitions are equipped with jet engines. They increase the firing range to almost 20 km. The reactive charge also gives the mine acceleration, which allows, in the case of the use of concrete-piercing charges, to break through the reinforced floors and explode inside the bunker.
Mines carry a charge of powerful explosives weighing from 31.9 to 46.5 kg, there are incendiary ammunition.
The main ammunition load of the mortar includes high-explosive mines 53-F-864 with a maximum firing range of 9.65 km, as well as active-reactive mines 3F2 with a maximum firing range of 19.69 km.
Most likely, during the destruction of the Nazi fortifications at Azovstal, an active-reactive guided mine «Smelchak» will be used.
These were the most impregnable militant bases in Afghanistan that were destroyed. Mina not only hits the point, but also makes a truly terrible impression on the enemy even on the approach. Her jet engine emits a terrifying roar, for which the «Daredevil» was also called the «demon».
The complex «Smelchak» includes a 3VF round with a corrected high-explosive mine 3F5 and a laser target designator-rangefinder. At the head of the mine is a correction unit, which is equipped with aerodynamic rudders. Correction of the flight path is carried out by turning on eight low-power solid-propellant engines located radially on the body of the mine. Shooting with the «Daredevil» mine is carried out in the same way as with a conventional mine, it is only necessary to set the opening time of the optical head window.
2S4 «Tulip» is capable of firing like no other mortar in the world — from the angle of maximum elevation. The mortar barrel rises almost vertically — at an angle of about 90 degrees.