Dawelio
Active member
Hello everyone,
So I've hit a bit of a roadblock and not sure what to get here... I'm even a bit out of my league here, since I'm not really sure how much better X470 really is over B450. I know that X470 generally has better/higher quality components, such as VRM's etc. Which is better for power circuitry etc.
But I'm not really sure how much of a difference that really does in the real world and especially for me, someone who doesn't really overclock at all.
And also keeping in mind that I will use the Dan Case A4 SFX, which is a very small and compact case. So thinking here maybe B450 is better for me?...
One other rather big aspect that I have encountered as of late, on my current ASUS ROG STRIX X470-F Gaming motherboard, is that ASUS AURA literally sucks.
Lately it doesn't open up when doubled clicked on the icon, I just get a pop up saying "ASUS AURA has crashed". In order to get it to work, I need to reinstall the entire software and reboot my PC. Which has gotten rather annoying, and in all honestly I've grown a bit bored/tired of RGB.
Hence why the Gigabyte board also is attractive to me, since it doesn't have any RGB on it. Plus, I'm using an Gigabyte RTX 2080 Windforce III GPU, so it would be just Gigabyte's software for the small amount of RGB. Rather than both ASUS AURA and Gigabytes.
I've already got the ASUS board, with an updated BIOS to support my 3700X. Although due to the mentions above, I'm maybe considering returning it and getting the Gigabyte. Saving some cash in the process as well.
The 2 boards I have in mind are the following:
ASUS ROG STRIX X470-I Gaming
Gigabyte B450I AORUS PRO WIFI
Many apologies in advance if this was a bit long, but I wanted to get as much of my thoughts and info down for you all, so you have more to go on with your recommendations etc.
Much appreciated for all the help here guys!
Regards,
Dawelio
So I've hit a bit of a roadblock and not sure what to get here... I'm even a bit out of my league here, since I'm not really sure how much better X470 really is over B450. I know that X470 generally has better/higher quality components, such as VRM's etc. Which is better for power circuitry etc.
But I'm not really sure how much of a difference that really does in the real world and especially for me, someone who doesn't really overclock at all.
And also keeping in mind that I will use the Dan Case A4 SFX, which is a very small and compact case. So thinking here maybe B450 is better for me?...
One other rather big aspect that I have encountered as of late, on my current ASUS ROG STRIX X470-F Gaming motherboard, is that ASUS AURA literally sucks.
Lately it doesn't open up when doubled clicked on the icon, I just get a pop up saying "ASUS AURA has crashed". In order to get it to work, I need to reinstall the entire software and reboot my PC. Which has gotten rather annoying, and in all honestly I've grown a bit bored/tired of RGB.
Hence why the Gigabyte board also is attractive to me, since it doesn't have any RGB on it. Plus, I'm using an Gigabyte RTX 2080 Windforce III GPU, so it would be just Gigabyte's software for the small amount of RGB. Rather than both ASUS AURA and Gigabytes.
I've already got the ASUS board, with an updated BIOS to support my 3700X. Although due to the mentions above, I'm maybe considering returning it and getting the Gigabyte. Saving some cash in the process as well.
The 2 boards I have in mind are the following:
ASUS ROG STRIX X470-I Gaming
Gigabyte B450I AORUS PRO WIFI
Many apologies in advance if this was a bit long, but I wanted to get as much of my thoughts and info down for you all, so you have more to go on with your recommendations etc.
Much appreciated for all the help here guys!
Regards,
Dawelio
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