[SOLVED] Newbie, dumb question: MSi MPG X570 Gaming Plus - HDMI?

Aug 24, 2020
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Hi there,
I haven't built a PC in 10+ years...now that my boys are entering middle school, I thought it would be a fun project for us to build PCs together. We bought the MSi MPG X570 Gaming Plus motherboard and have a AMD Ryzen 5 3600 processor on the way. We thought we'd hold off on buying a graphics card yet and wait til the new cards come out in September and the mid-range cards drop in price. I'm assuming that the MSi MPG X570 Gaming Plus motherboard has built in graphics since it has an HDMI port on it...but I scanned through the owners manual and it doesn't say anything about the HDMI port. It shows that it is there, but nothing on the specs for it.

Dumb question....can I run this motherboard without a separate graphics card? I assume so...but....
Dave
 
Solution
The video ports on the motherboard only work when paired with a cpu that has an igpu(the G series). The R5 3600 has no igpu, so you will need a video card for the system to work.