INLANDAMD Ryzen 5 4500 Unlocked Desktop Processor with MSI A520M-A PRO Gaming Motherboard (AMD AM4, DDR4, PCIe 4.0, Micro-ATX),

This combo boots up and runs Ubuntu server right out of the box. Keep in mind that while this motherboard has on board graphics THE CPU DOES NOT. A graphics card of some kind will be required for anything. I am using this combo as a home "server" so little to no graphics capabilities were needed. A GeForce 210 i had laying around worked.

It's doing good with thirty-two gigabytes of ram and a eight gigabytes graphics card rx 580.

everything matched up great

This bundled mother board is not compatible with the CPU. The BIOS needs to be flashed in order to work with the 5 4500 they offer with this motherboard, In order to flash the motherboard you need a 3000 series or lower! The seller, Micro Center, Inc., does not state this in the description. I contacted them and they tried to blame it on MSI (Micro Star International) and told me to contact them which I did but as they stated....they produce the product and sell it to Micro Center and how Micro Center bundles it is up to them. Micro Center told me to take it to one of their locations which for me would be 4 hours away. I told them that would be impossible as I am on oxygen and cannot make that trip, also, why should I have to.....your bundle should be sold as compatible! They told me to contact their technical support which I did on 11/29/2024 and was told someone would contact me in 24 hours....it is 12/5/2024 and I still have not heard from them! Since it is being sold as a bundle but the bundle is not compatible which means this is fraudulent, it is false advertising! DO NOT BUY

This Ryzen 5 based system offers and affordability for an office system and those NOT looking for a gaming system. That is not a deficiency just a fact. This system with a video adapter added should perform well in any office environment. If you want to use for gaming you will need a much higher performing video adapter and perhaps more memory.

MOTHERBOARD COMES WITH THE WRONG CPU RYZEN 5 4500 IS NOT COMPATIABLE YOU WILL NEED A RYZEN 3

The CPU is perfect for a budget build,but the motherboard needed a bios update to support it.so I needed to buy a 3000 series RYZEN 3 CPU to update the bios.Overall great choice for a budget if you have a 3000 series laying around.

I did a lot of researching and reading reviews. I will admit I was very nervous. Once I started building the bundle. It was a breeze.I plugged it in turned on the power and everything loaded perfectly. The only thing I had to do was reload Windows 11 using USB. Next time I build a PC I will 100% use Ryzen and MSI motherboard. Thanks for making first build easy.