Low-end X370 or High-end B350 for R5 1600?

[JoJo-JCLDJB]

Quick question - hoping you can help.

For an AMD R5 1600 (non-X, but I plan to overclock...of course).
(already have an RX580 8Gb)

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Would you recommend the £100 MSI X370 Gaming Pro? (low-end X370):

https://www.ebuyer.com/791153-msi-amd-am4-ryzen-x370-gaming-pro-atx-motherboard-x370-gaming-pro

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Or the £110 MSI B350 Gaming Pro Carbon (high-end B350)

https://www.ebuyer.com/789967-msi-a...on-am4-atx-motherboard-b350-gaming-pro-carbon

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*My main, deciding factor is, VRM quality/phases, etc.*


As for capacity (dual PCI-E slots, extra SATA ports) I am not really fussed.

Does the fact one is [X370] automatically makes it better than their [B350] in terms of power delivery?


Thanks in advance for any replies.

 

[AlienALX]

B350 Strix.

 

[AverageNinja]

B350 Strix.

I'm inclined to agree with Alien. It's £113 at Ebuyer, and one of the best B350 boards around. You currently get two games of your own choice, too, with some excellent choices (Wolfenstein 2, Far Cry 5, Destiny 2 etc). You could either keep them, or sell them and make some money back.

 

[AlienALX]

I'm inclined to agree with Alien. It's £113 at Ebuyer, and one of the best B350 boards around. You currently get two games of your own choice, too, with some excellent choices (Wolfenstein 2, Far Cry 5, Destiny 2 etc). You could either keep them, or sell them and make some money back.

You can't sell them fella. The first thing the codes do is check for a CPU. I bought a Quake code recently for the latest game and it refused to install etc.

 

[MacLeod]

Here's a good article and video about the best overclocking AM4 motherboards. Goes into a lot of depth about VRM durability. Best motherboard article I've read in a while. Most motherboard reviews barely if at all mention anything about these components.

I just bought a 1600x last night for my rig refresh and I opted for the Strix X370 based on it having such a strong VRM and other components. I'm also kinda of the belief that you should buy as good a quality mobo as you can. It's the backbone of your entire system and is arguably the most important component. It's also the hardest to upgrade cause you have to tear your whole rig apart so while you'll upgrade GPU's, CPU's, RAM, hard drives and even power supplies, your motherboard will most likely be there for a long time so might as well buy as beefy a board as you can to help ensure it lasts a good long time.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...NCagQFghWMAA&usg=AOvVaw0jSryhSsGlZo-WQPi3NGE0

 

[JoJo-JCLDJB]

B350 Strix.

Thanks for the recommendation.
I went with the the ROG Strix B350-F Gaming.

Started overclocking and I like what I've seen so far.

I hope to be posting my overclocking experience with Ryzen CPU and RAM soon.