Building Mini PC - Need mini-itx motherboard recommendation for 5700G

[evanesce]

Looking for a mini-itx motherboard best suited for an AMD 5700G and going inside This Case: IN WIN B1 Mesh Mini-ITX Chassis with 200Watts 80+Gold PSU with Mesh Top Cover, Black

All I have on order so far is the APU and case. Also, I hear we need really fast RAM for APU's due to the integrated graphics. I'm looking for 32GB to go along with it. Suggestions are most welcome, and thanks for taking the time to consider my questions.

 

[kirbyrj]

Do you need PCIe 4.0 storage? You could get by with something like an A520 ITX motherboard and they run just over $100, but they only use PCIe 3.0.

Otherwise, I'd just buy a B550 ITX motherboard from any reputable company and you should be fine. I had the GB B550 Aorus Pro AX board and it worked great, but I wouldn't hesitate to use the Asus or even MSI. ASRock might be cheaper and will probably have weaker VRMs, but you're not looking to go crazy since you only have a 200W PSU anyway, so that might work also.

Memory wise, the price/performance sweet spot is probably going to be DDR4 3600. If you find a good deal on DDR4 4000, maybe buy that, but I wouldn't go over that as you'll have to tweak the infinity fabric divider.

 

[emphy]

Note that the 5700G does not support pcie 4.0, so going with a b550 for pcie 4 would be a bit of a waste of money.

 

[kirbyrj]

Note that the 5700G does not support pcie 4.0, so going with a b550 for pcie 4 would be a bit of a waste of money.

Good point.

 

[rfarmer]

I would look for a decent B450, MSI had a really good one. If you can still find one for a reasonable price.