It has the holes for am3 backplate but has the am4 backplate fitted
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Poll: SO RYZEN: WHICH ONE DID YOU BUY OR ARE GONNA BUY?
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It's not just the cpu upgrade I'm interested in. It's all the other things like M.2 and DDR4 that can't be used on my older platform.
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I've just moved house so have had to postpone my rebuild.
Currently running a 3570k clocked at 4.2. I'm considering the 1700 if they can get these initial launch issues resolved. That said, if the 1600X and 1500X launch in summer and are well received then either of these could offer the best bang for the buck.
Currently running a 3570k clocked at 4.2. I'm considering the 1700 if they can get these initial launch issues resolved. That said, if the 1600X and 1500X launch in summer and are well received then either of these could offer the best bang for the buck.
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May consider a 1700 in the future when my 4690k i5 requires an upgrade (possibly mid year)
I've always been more of a gigabyte fan than Asus and it is the giga I am aiming at currently. Bad experiences in the past with Asus have tainted me, although I have had no recent experience.
My 1700 with Gaming 3 arrived yesterday, all good so far.
Lan on the board didn't work correctly on the base drivers but seems fine after an update from Gigabytes own set. Also, when first starting the screen was blank through the post screen etc for the first few time for some reason but works fine now... thankfully.
Lan on the board didn't work correctly on the base drivers but seems fine after an update from Gigabytes own set. Also, when first starting the screen was blank through the post screen etc for the first few time for some reason but works fine now... thankfully.
I have currently gigabyte and now I was thinking of going with asus but those issues put me off a little:/ especially if you want to watercool just to find out bios crashed and you have to take the board out. Wish there was more reviews of MSI. Apparently their latest bios increased performance by quite a lot (not sure because it was poor in the first place and now caught up or because it's better than others now)
Soldato
I plan on going with the MSI X370 Carbon when some appear in stock. Just put my 1700 order in, was originally going with the 1700X, then changed my mind to wait for the 1600X, now changed again to sod it and just get a 1700 and aim for 4GHz all core OC. 
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ok put an order in for a 1700 and asrock taichi .. mem gone with Kingston 3333.. wanted gskill but could be arsed ordering parts from all over plus a few other bits new tubing, block ..
my old build is a 8350 so old. but shes done me fine 5ghz from day 3 ..must be 6+ yrs old
my old build is a 8350 so old. but shes done me fine 5ghz from day 3 ..must be 6+ yrs old
Man of Honour
B350 Gaming 3? I noticed the first boot it took quite a while to post and skipped the splash screen. It seems to post quicker to me since I flashed the F4 bios.
LAN worked out of the box on my old windows install though
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Yeah, Gaming B350 Gaming 3. Glad I'm not the only one who noticed that issue
I'll need to check what bios version I have though, I thought it only had one version so far (release version)
All good now though
Man of Honour
Mine shipped with version F1 I think, already up to release F4 on their support pagesYeah, Gaming B350 Gaming 3. Glad I'm not the only one who noticed that issue
I'll need to check what bios version I have though, I thought it only had one version so far (release version)
All good now though
Man of Honour
I can only see version F1 on the driver download page... I'll try a different browser
Edit, just checked and it came with version F3
Odd. Here's the download link for F4 unless yours is the MATX version?
http://download.gigabyte.eu/FileList/BIOS/mb_bios_ga-ab350-gaming3_f4.zip
Thanks for that.
I was looking here, but for me, I only see F1 unless I'm derp
Edit: I am derp , found it now, wrong damn model