WYP
News Guru
It looks like ASUS has AM4 Strix series motherboards on the way with the B350-F and the X370-F.
Read more on ASUS' AM4 Strix motherboards.
Read more on ASUS' AM4 Strix motherboards.
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ASUS AM4 X370-F and B350-F Strix pictured
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g0ggles1994
Active member
Found them on CCL's website:
X370
https://www.cclonline.com/product/2...-F-GAMING-Socket-AM4-ATX-Motherboard/MBD2163/
B350
https://www.cclonline.com/product/2...-F-GAMING-Socket-AM4-ATX-Motherboard/MBD2162/
The B350 is less than £120 listed, which for a Strix board is unbelievable. And the X370 is just over £180. I'm honestly thinking of giving my MSI board the boot if my RAM doesn't work well after the next AGESA update
X370
https://www.cclonline.com/product/2...-F-GAMING-Socket-AM4-ATX-Motherboard/MBD2163/
B350
https://www.cclonline.com/product/2...-F-GAMING-Socket-AM4-ATX-Motherboard/MBD2162/
The B350 is less than £120 listed, which for a Strix board is unbelievable. And the X370 is just over £180. I'm honestly thinking of giving my MSI board the boot if my RAM doesn't work well after the next AGESA update
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
It is a low price for a Strix board, but put that price into context and it is the most expensive B350 board on the market
I like the MSI Carbon Pro look the best still. I'd say this is tied with the CH6. Though if I had to choose, i'd probably choose the Strix 370 over the MSI board, simply because Asus has tends to have the best BIOS options.
AngryGoldfish
Old N Gold
Yes! I was waiting to see if ASUS released the Strix version. The CH6 and Taichi are just too expensive right now and I've read some are having issues with MSI's Carbon Pro. Gigabyte's boards are nice, but the layout might conflict with the cooler I have in mind. I don't like that the front panel USB header is at the bottom on the Strix, but I think I could make it work.
AlienALX
Well-known member
Me too and tbh I'm a little bit cross about it. Why not have these boards ready at launch? I dunno man, seems like it was planned. "Here have these more expensive boards first".
I'm probably wrong but I wish these would have come at launch. There's every possibility I would have made my mind up in favour and would be sitting here with a 1700 powered rig.
AngryGoldfish
Old N Gold
Yeah, it's weird. Maybe they wanted to stagger their releases for quality control purposes. Or maybe they felt like Ryzen needed to be proven as a platform before releasing multiple iterations. Or maybe they would struggle to have boards in stock. It's not that big of a deal for me because I was always going to wait for Ryzen 5, but if you were set on being an early adopter of Ryzen 7 then choice wasn't great. For me I'll probably wait for a few reviews for the Strix to come out, then maybe start my build. That should be around the time of Vega as well.
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
Well many board companies didn't think ryzen would be a success, but now that is, expect to see many more designs and later on more ITX/MATX boards. Probably around Ryzen 3 i'd guess.
AngryGoldfish
Old N Gold
It keeps the prices down. That ensures that a B350 motherboard and a R5 1600 will give you amazing multi-threaded performance at a bargain price. Compare that to a 6800K and the cheapest X99 board.
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
I don't see how Nvidia has anything to do with this...
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
yes but he is complaining that X370 is a superior chipset than B350 so it is getting the "better" boards. That doesn't make any sense. Of course it gets the better stuff. It's more expensive and aimed at the enthusiast crowd rather than budget people. Why would they make B350 just as expensive as X370? That totally defeats the purpose... B350 is supposed to be less. Nvidia has nothing to do with what basic business practices has to do with here. If you were going to get SLI, you would not even look at the budget motherboards in the first place. I mean the WHOLE point of Ryzen is to get a very strong and competitive product at lower overall prices than Intel. Making the "inferior" chipset the same as the enthusiast chipset totally defeats that whole idea that AMD are going for
But the B350 boards tend to have worse component and aesthetics compared to the X370 boards. I'd rather get a B350 chipset made with the same respect they give to X370 boards for less by skipping the Nvidia certification.
They have to pay Nvidia royalties for the SLI certification.
The major difference is the SLI certification (and like 2 PCIE lanes? correct me if I'm wrong here). There's nothing inherently worse or lower quality in the B350 chipset otherwise.
AngryGoldfish
Old N Gold
I agree, but AMD need to sell boards and make a differential somewhere to help bolster chatter. Take MSI's Titanium and its pricing. Its components are no better than the ASUS Pro. It has a few more features and a fancy colour scheme, that's about it. Why is their such a price differential? Manufacturers like to hype certain products, don't they? This helps garner noise and gives consumers points of reference.
Avet
Active member
Because they sell you cheep parts for a lot of money. Intel can do it with their rubbish TIM, because they can. You had no other option. MSI is hoping to sell Titanium boards on their former glory, when they were good quality overclocking boards. Like many companies do. VW sold rubbish Golf 3 on the glory of Golf 2. Mercedes sold their 2000-2007 models on the glory of '90 models even though they were of poor quality. The point is that MSI didn't get the memo that the people know their boards are of lesser quality than the competition. If they will realize that, and take the EVGA steps to make sure their next product is well and overengineered they will come back to be a top brand.
AngryGoldfish
Old N Gold
That's not entirely fair. The Titanium isn't a bad board. It might not be very good value, but it's a perfectly good board. It'll serve the majority of users well.
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