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I'm planning a new build so I've just started my research. Ryzen is the way to go these days.What are most people using these days for either AMD or Intel, and is AMD the "thing" currently? Back in the day it was Gigabyte and EVGA.
Also, any specific type over another, and why?
Thanks! That really narrows it down. Glad AMD is back, as well.I'm planning a new build so I've just started my research. Ryzen is the way to go these days.
The most recommended and popular board now that is trouble free is X570 AORUS MASTER
Distant second is Asus ROG Crosshair VIII
OK that was my last board brand, the gig x58 I had som much problems with not identifying RAM. lol. I'm familiar with them though. Are all Gig boards okay, or just a few of them?The most recommended and popular board now that is trouble free is X570 AORUS MASTER
Distant second is Asus ROG Crosshair VIII
Which ones are good?I would say the other way around, but that's me.
How about preformance and options on lower end boards, guys, say below $100.00? Iknow you can get a good board for 400.00 USD, but what about 100 or lower?
The most recommended and popular board now that is trouble free is X570 AORUS MASTER
Distant second is Asus ROG Crosshair VIII
depending on budget, while it doesn't have the manual setting for dual bios and the VRM is not quite as good, the ultra also has the 3 m.2's and is a bit less expensive. Have had mine since release and been through all the bios updates and the board has been rock solid,Ungh, that Aorus looks quite nice. My mouth is watering after reading "Triple PCIe 4.0 M.2"
I got kinda burned on Gigabyte with the last motherboard I had from them, but I think it was just a one-off situation.
I got the MSI B450 Tomahawk Max two weeks ago ... very nice board, excellent VRM section (for overclocking), will post with a Ryzen 3 series out of the box and best value for the money
MSI product page https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B450-TOMAHAWK-MAX
if you don't plan on using SLI go with a B450 and use the $$$ you will save on a better CPU or GPU card
If I remember correctly, the drop from x16 to x8 is like, a couple of percentage points. I think it's because nothing really saturates 16 lanes anyways. Someone correct me if I'm remembering that wrong, though.Possibly a dumb question, because I have never (yet) done SLI. If X570 boards have 24 lanes, with 16 intended for graphics, then what happens if you run 2 cards? 8+8? Is that better performance than just 1 16? I'm not trolling, I honestly don't know and I want to learn.
These days it's more about shopping for onboard features. Better Ethernet, more m.2 slots, WiFi/bt (big one for me), number and type of usb ports, etc.Honestly boards have gotten really expensive lately. Used to be able to get a monster overclocking board for around 150. Since the cpus are now already pretty close to max OC out of the box, it's pretty hard to get any additional headroom (especially on zen 2), so the boards really need to be overkill to force a few % more performance. It's so far from the old 25-50% OC Headroom we used to see that it's almost pointless, other than ALL CORE oc's over 4.3ghz. But for most games, it doesn't yield a huge boost going all core.
What are most people using these days for either AMD or Intel, and is AMD the "thing" currently? Back in the day it was Gigabyte and EVGA.
Also, any specific type over another, and why?
Almost everyone in this thread is recommending high tier expensive mobos when OP wants something modest I think.
MSI B450 Tomahawk Max is not high tier ... more middle of the road
MSI B450 Tomahawk Max is not high tier ... more middle of the road
True but, even the B450 Tomahawk is a good board, I just built a machine with one.
New? And if so where?Almost got an Aorus Master, until I was able to get the x570 Taichi for $240. Great board so far!
Rakuten was running a 20% off (not in points, actual 20% off) around black friday. I lucked out and actually received the correct item BNIB. My wife wasn't so lucky with her purchase lol.New? And if so where?
I am using Asrock completely on all of my builds, one ATX and two mITX builds. I prefer them because the provide Ultra Fast boot and no other manufacturer does so. I will buy Asus and MSI to use for building computer for others, however.
I'm curios about your posts. Aren't B450/X570 boards made by the same manufacturers who made Z370/Z390 boards. Aren't they pretty similar in terms of ports and chips other than the Intel/AMD chipset?ASRock b450+wtfe Ryzen is the gutter option.
Z370/390 I'm really not sure since we aren't affected as much. I see a lot of primo mobos used in the Intel space compared to straight up hit garbage in the am4 space.
For the record I use good Intel mobos and Garbo am4.
Am4 guys trip off things without testing, so I did it and found they're probably overspending.