++++ The ASRock B850M Challenger WiFi White motherboard is at review date available in stores for approximately 150 Euro, placing it in the mid-range price bracket for AMD AM5 motherboards.
The ASRock B850M Challenger WiFi White is an attractive AM5 motherboard in a compact Micro-ATX form factor. With its consistently bright design, it’s perfect for showing off in a case with a large window-even though it doesn’t feature any built-in RGB lighting itself.
But this small board isn’t just visually appealing. 2.5 Gbit/s LAN and speedy WiFi-7 ensure fast network connections. In addition, fast interfaces with PCIe 5.0 connectivity are available for the graphics card and an SSD.
ASRock unfortunately has also cut corners in a few areas with the B850M Challenger WiFi White. There’s no USB-C port on the rear I/O panel, and generally, the Micro-ATX board doesn’t exceed 5 Gbit/s on its USB ports. ASRock has also removed some useful features from the Precision Boost Overdrive menu, which means you can’t get the maximum performance and highest efficiency out of the CPU without using software that’s complicated to configure. The B850M Challenger WiFi White also doesn’t offer fast-charging capabilities.
On the other hand, there’s nothing to complain about when it comes to build quality, and even DDR5-8000 ran stably in our test, which suggests the board is built to a high standard.
Ultimately, each user must decide for themselves whether they’re willing to spend approximately 150 euros (as of October 2026) on a motherboard that, while visually appealing, is at least partially outperformed by cheaper boards in some areas. Even ASRock offers M-ATX boards in the 110-130 Euro range that feature USB ports with speeds over 10 Gbps and/or at least a full PBO menu. It remains to be seen whether the price will adjust slightly to the market over time.
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* The AMD AM5 motherboard review is based on an AMD Ryzen 5 9600X processor, 2x 24GB DDR5-6000 memory modules, a Seasonic 1300W power supply, and the following software configuration: Microsoft Windows 11 and Futuremark PCMark10 (available in the Links and Downloads section as a download). All benchmark results are provided solely for the purpose of comparing approximate motherboard performance.
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