Need help picking new motheredboard

syfer1987

syfer1987

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Hi so my pc specs are
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Processor (6C/12T, 35MB Cache, 4.2 GHz Max Boost)
Arctic Freezer 34 eSports Edition Heatsink & Fan Black & White Intel & AMD Sockets
PowerColor AMD RX 580 8GB DDR5 RED DEVIL Graphics Card Gaming Version (AXRX580 8GBD5-3DH/OC)
Kingston KHX3600C18D4/16GX 4 Sticks 64gb total
Intel 660p M.2 2280 512GB PCI Express 3.0 NVMe Internal Solid State Drive Rev:4.00 (OS DRIVE) (2019/08/09 sticker date)
Corsair CX550F RGB
fractal Pop Silent
I only need a new motherboard but not sure in what mobo to buy mebe B550M or what other platform can i look at?
 
I would go with a b550 board, unless you can afford to change cpu and ram at the same time.
Not a lot to choose from on b550 though so you would mostly get away with cheap.
 
Thank you whats the best b550 board, not buy asus had one that was bas 2 of them the bad.

RobM said:
I would go with a b550 board, unless you can afford to change cpu and ram at the same time.
Not a lot to choose from on b550 though so you would mostly get away with cheap.
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Hi i show the MSI MPG B550 GAMING PLUS ATX Motherboard or Gigabyte B550 AORUS ELITE V2 AMD Socket AM4 ATX Motherboard are these any good?
I am leaning towards the Gigabyte B550 AORUS ELITE V2 AMD Socket AM4 ATX Motherboard as it has an internal type c port that I can use with my case.
 
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Motherboard doa on arrival. Also, the GPU is sitting on the north bridge and their no gap.
Asus and gigabyte both have issues or doa dead on arrival. oh well, im going to see tomorrow at some motherboards.
 
syfer1987 said:
What CPU upgrades do I have B550 in terms of an upgrade?
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My preference is 5800x but many go for the 5800x3d depends on your choice otherwise you can go higher depends on your budget but 5000 series is much cheaper now.

tbh if only gaming is the need then 5800x3d is all you'd ever need :)
 
Well, i do a bit of 3d modeling as well as trading and gaming. It's very hard to pick one. I will be buying an ASRock B550 PG Riptide later at the end of the month.
 
In that case I would go with a 5900X or 5950X, depending on what you can afford. More cores and threads is better performance in 3d modeling, video encoding etc. The benchmarks show it.
X570 is still better, but more expensive, than B550.
My daughter got an MSI B550 Tomahawk which has 4 SATA ports and 1 Gen 4 NVME
and 1 Gen3 NVME slot.
My X570 has 8 SATA ports and 2x Gen 4 NVME slots, but again, is about $200 AUD more expensive than her B550 Tomahawk.
You get what you pay for.
 
Bang said:
In that case I would go with a 5900X or 5950X, depending on what you can afford. More cores and threads is better performance in 3d modeling, video encoding etc. The benchmarks show it.
X570 is still better, but more expensive, than B550.
My daughter got an MSI B550 Tomahawk which has 4 SATA ports and 1 Gen 4 NVME
and 1 Gen3 NVME slot.
My X570 has 8 SATA ports and 2x Gen 4 NVME slots, but again, is about $200 AUD more expensive than her B550 Tomahawk.
You get what you pay for.
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So paying hundred bucks more for USB ports and potentially higher gen PCIe isn't what I would call is you get what you pay for in all honesty.

Sure it may have PCI 5.0, but that won't really be useful for the consumer in a few years time. GPUs haven't even saturated 4.0 yet. NVMe SSDs on the other hand might though, depending on ones use case and components.

But other than that, not much to go with X570 over B550 to be honest. The often massive price increase just isn't worth it due to can highly bet that most users won't even utilize what that chipset offers.
 
Dawelio said:
So paying hundred bucks more for USB ports and potentially higher gen PCIe isn't what I would call is you get what you pay for in all honesty.

Sure it may have PCI 5.0, but that won't really be useful for the consumer in a few years time. GPUs haven't even saturated 4.0 yet. NVMe SSDs on the other hand might though, depending on ones use case and components.

But other than that, not much to go with X570 over B550 to be honest. The often massive price increase just isn't worth it due to can highly bet that most users won't even utilize what that chipset offers.
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NOT USB ports. I said SATA ports. Mine has 8, hers has 4. If someone craves storage, 8 is twice as much as 4. It's not PhD level math.
 
Bang said:
NOT USB ports. I said SATA ports. Mine has 8, hers has 4. If someone craves storage, 8 is twice as much as 4. It's not PhD level math.
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I didn't say that you said USB ports nor SATA ports, did I?... Nor is it needed to be clever about it, regarding the mention of PhD level math - when I didn't even refer to any of what you mentioned at all. Just makes it more of an insult really.

I was referring to that in general the difference between B550 and X570, which is mostly just number of USB ports and PCIe generations.
 
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