Product Comparison: MSI B150M Bazooka vs MSI B250M GAMING PRO

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MSI B150M Bazooka Micro ATX Motherboard

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General Specifications

Brand

MSI

Origin

China

About the Product

Equip yourself with the MSI Arsenal Gaming Series motherboards to improve your game. MSI Arsenal Gaming Series motherboards are covered in full black camouflage with LED ambient lights and is packed with gaming features, making them the perfect weapon to dominate the battlefield.

MSI Gaming are motherboards designed to provide gamers with the best-in-class features and technologies. Each motherboard is a masterpiece of engineering and represents the ideal of gaming.

Model

B250M GAMING PRO

Key Specs

Form Factor

Micro ATX

Socket

LGA1151

Chipset

Intel B150

Intel B250

Supported Processors

Supports 6th Gen Intel Core i3 / i5 / i7 / Pentium / Celeron processors

Supports 6th / 7th Gen Intel Core i3 / i5 / i7 / Pentium / Celeron processors

Memory Slot Type

288 pin

What customers say about "Key Specs"

MSI B150M Bazooka Micro ATX Motherboard

This mobo went very well with Intel i5 6600k.
Paired this with an i3-6100, 8GB ddr4, and a GTX 770 for gaming and I have no complaints.
This motherboard was easily installed on a mid tower ATX.
This was combo'd with an i5-6500. Startup is super quick with many options in the bios for tweaking.
Doesn't work with 7700k processor out of the box.

MSI B250M GAMING PRO Motherboard

Easy to install and works with skylake straight away looks great to.
Works with a lot of processors.
An excellent socket for a large number of processors.
Intel processors work great on this motherboard.
Unfortunately, not all processors are supported out of the box.

Size & Weight

Height

9.3 in.

9.6 in.

Width

9 in.

8.1 in.

Depth

1 in.

Weight

1.1 lbs.

1.5 lbs.

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Memory

Memory Type

DDR4

Maximum Speed

2133 MHz

2400 MHz

Number Of Memory Slots

Max. Memory Supported

64 GB

32 GB

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What customers say about "Memory"

MSI B150M Bazooka Micro ATX Motherboard

It's great that this form factor has 4 memory slots.
Works great with two memory sticks.
Supports up to 64GB of memory, which is great for this form factor.
Excellent frequency for memory. The memory works without problems.
Memory is limited to 2133 mhz.

MSI B250M GAMING PRO Motherboard

Supports memory with excellent speed.
Supports up to 32GB of memory which is enough for me.
The memory frequency was recognized instantly and worked at the declared one.
Having one pci-e slot and 2 ram slots does not give you flexibility down the line.
Only has one gpu and 2 ram slots.

Connectivity

PCI

PCI-E

PCIe 3.0 x16, 2x PCIe 3.0 x1

HDMI

USB

6x USB 3.1 Gen1, 6x USB 2.0

5x USB 3.1 Gen1, USB Type-C, 6x USB 2.0

SATA

Other Interfaces

2x PS/2, DVI-D, RJ-45, 3x audio jacks

M.2, 2x PS/2, VGA, DVI-D, RJ-45, 3x audio jacks

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What customers say about "Connectivity"

MSI B150M Bazooka Micro ATX Motherboard

Plenty of fan / SATA headers and a very spacious layout for as small as it is.
Pretty good motherboard. This motherboard has one PCI Express 16x slot and two PCI Express 1x slots.
Has all the connections I need and is solid as a rock!
The board has 6 SATA ports for plenty of connection options.
Only gripe is that it doesn't have a USB C port.

MSI B250M GAMING PRO Motherboard

The best board for gaming. It has almost every I/O including usb type c.
Very satisfied with the performance, the means of connections.
It is very fast and has good connection strength.
The 6 SATA ports are handy, and hard to find on small motherboards.
Pretty good number of back I/O USB ports.

Features

Native Audio

Realtek ALC887

Additional Accessories Included

I/O Shield, 2x SATA cables, Driver disk

I/O Shield, 2x SATA cables, Driver disk, Mouse

Extras

DDR4 Boost, GAMING LAN, Audio Boost, Military Class 4, Improved Protection and Power Efficiency

DDR4 Boost, VR Ready, Turbo M.2, Audio Boost, GAMING LAN, Military Class 5, Mystic Light Sync, EZ Debug LED, Click BIOS 5

What customers say about "Features"

MSI B150M Bazooka Micro ATX Motherboard

BIOS is easy to use and the build quality is what you would expect from any major motherboard MSI nowadays.
Easy to install and build on, and perfect for what it does.
Good solid budget board for some gaming.
For the price it brings a lot of features to the table.
Great price for a board with a lot of features, good layout.

MSI B250M GAMING PRO Motherboard