Best AMD B450 & X470 Motherboards 2018

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I thought it would be useful to post a great video looking at the best AMD motherboards from BuildZoid at GamersNexus at different price points.

https://youtu.be/MMJoLyrWa7E

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Best High End X470’s:
Gigabyte AORUS Gaming 7 WiFi
Asrock Taichi Ultimate (10GbE LAN)

Best Extreme Overclocking:
Asus Crosshair VII Hero

Best $180 Mid-Range X470:
1. Asrock Taichi
2. Asus ROG Strix X470-F (No WiFi)
3. MSI Gaming Pro Carbon (Manual Overclocking Only for 2700X)

Best $140 Motherboards:
Gigabyte X470 Ultra Gaming (Not recommended for 2700X Overclocking)
MSI X470 Gaming Plus (No WiFi)
MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon AC (WiFi) (Best in category for 2700X)
MSI B450 Tomahawk (No WiFi)

Best mATX Motherboard
1. B450M Mortar (Recommended for Ryzen 2600 upwards)
2. B450M Gaming Pro

Best Mini ATX
MSI B450I Gaming Plus AC (WiFi)

Best mATX for APUs:
Gigabyte B450I AORUS Pro WiFi

Best Mini ATX for APUs:
Asus TUF B450M-Pro Gaming (No WiFi)
 
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Nice list. Slightly off topic is the lack of a lot of these motherboards in stock. Could there be another chipset on the way ;)
 
I'd say that list looks pretty accurate going off the VRM spec spreadsheet on google, as features aside that was the most important factor when I was buying a board. I saw little value in getting a board which would only just cope with the existing chips, I wanted to make sure the VRM was massive overkill and wouldn't have any issue running higher core and higher TDP based CPU's. Also the ASRock Taichi should fall under more than one category, as the only difference with the Ultimate is the 10GB LAN, both have the same 16 (iirc?) phase VRM.
 
I havent watched the video yet, but would you say the MSI B450 pro carbon AC is good for overclocking a ryzen 2600? And on top of that, is it good for overclocking the ram and a GTX 1070

Thanks!
 
MSI B450 pro carbon AC is good for even overclocking a 2700x... well, that's if the 2700x or any of these Ryzen's were actually worth overclocking. I've found it's a case of robbing Peter to pay Paul with overclocking on these. All core O/C is great for CB R15 scores, but if you are primarily gaming, then you lose that 4.350ghz boost on single core. I've ran 4.2ghz all core and found it was cooler and better for gaming just leaving it to do it's own thing.

Personally, my motherboard choice would boil down to whether or not you plan on using a 3xxx or eventually 4xxx based Ryzen down the line, for that reason I cancelled my MSI B450 pro carbon AC order and went with the ASRock board instead. It's quite a bit more £££'s but motherboard and PSU to me are the two most important things in a PC and worth spending that bit more on.
 
KungFuSpaghetti said:
MSI B450 pro carbon AC is good for even overclocking a 2700x... well, that's if the 2700x or any of these Ryzen's were actually worth overclocking. I've found it's a case of robbing Peter to pay Paul with overclocking on these. All core O/C is great for CB R15 scores, but if you are primarily gaming, then you lose that 4.350ghz boost on single core. I've ran 4.2ghz all core and found it was cooler and better for gaming just leaving it to do it's own thing.

Personally, my motherboard choice would boil down to whether or not you plan on using a 3xxx or eventually 4xxx based Ryzen down the line, for that reason I cancelled my MSI B450 pro carbon AC order and went with the ASRock board instead. It's quite a bit more £££'s but motherboard and PSU to me are the two most important things in a PC and worth spending that bit more on.
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You can OC the 2600 to a stable 4.2 on all cores, and its higher than the boost clock
 
Sorry I was just meaning on the 2700x specifically, but yeah getting a little over the boost clock is a good result either way. The only reason I didn't go for the 2600 or 2600x was that the FPS averages were very close to the 2700(and x) but the minimum FPS were a decent amount lower on games I play.
 
Figured this is probably the best place to ask, going for a 2600x or 2700x and want a bit of furture proofing. I'm guessng I need a X-470 if I want to use 3xxx or 4xxx when they are released?
 
Repta said:
Figured this is probably the best place to ask, going for a 2600x or 2700x and want a bit of furture proofing. I'm guessng I need a X-470 if I want to use 3xxx or 4xxx when they are released?
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Yeah but be careful, as a fair number of the x470's are no better in terms of VRM than some of the higher tier B450 boards. There's a VRM tier spreadsheet, just google it and that should give you an idea of what you want to get. I was going to get the MSI Pro Carbon AC (B450) which is really well reviewed, but changed out last minute for the ASRock Taichi due to the VRM.
 
KungFuSpaghetti said:
Yeah but be careful, as a fair number of the x470's are no better in terms of VRM than some of the higher tier B450 boards. There's a VRM tier spreadsheet, just google it and that should give you an idea of what you want to get. I was going to get the MSI Pro Carbon AC (B450) which is really well reviewed, but changed out last minute for the ASRock Taichi due to the VRM.
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Yea that was the B450 I was looking at, will need to do more research
 
I've not seen a bad word printed about that board and apparently it's VRM is the same as the x470 variant only the heatsink is actually better on the B450 board. Seems the stand out board especially at that price.

If you're set on going up to one of the newer Ryzen when they come out, the top end chips are alleged to be 16 core and use more power... So hopefully someone on here with real knowledge of VRMs can shed some light what might be a suitable board... Obviously will end up costing a bit more but my thinking is buying a board only just capable of running current gen cpu's is false economy.
 
Im getting the B450 MSI Pro Carbon AC with a Ryzen 2600 with an upgrade to 3600x later in the year. Considering it runs oc'd 2700x great it will be fine for 3600x (8c/16t) oc'd.

Only worth going for a high end X470 if you plan on getting the 12 core or 16 core Ryzens and overclocking them to the max.
 
greatash said:
Im getting the B450 MSI Pro Carbon AC with a Ryzen 2600 with an upgrade to 3600x later in the year. Considering it runs oc'd 2700x great it will be fine for 3600x (8c/16t) oc'd.

Only worth going for a high end X470 if you plan on getting the 12 core or 16 core Ryzens and overclocking them to the max.
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Exactly what I did tbh, I just bought that board with a 2600, and I plan on upgrading to the 3600 or 3600x maybe next year.

Its supposedly one of the best B450 boards (if not the best) and it handles VRM better than a lot of x470 boards too apparently. I still haven't built my PC yet, but it should be done by this weekend so ill have to update you on what happens after its been done.

Also, I feel as if this board may even be able to handle the 12c/24t chip pretty well, as long as you dont go crazy with the overclocking and such. But of course this is all just speculation atm
 
greatash said:
Im getting the B450 MSI Pro Carbon AC with a Ryzen 2600 with an upgrade to 3600x later in the year. Considering it runs oc'd 2700x great it will be fine for 3600x (8c/16t) oc'd.

Only worth going for a high end X470 if you plan on getting the 12 core or 16 core Ryzens and overclocking them to the max.
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seems entry x570 board vrm set up is quite a bit higher then x470 were. Think along the lines of what Gigabyte did with z370 vs z390 ...

Praz94 said:
Exactly what I did tbh, I just bought that board with a 2600, and I plan on upgrading to the 3600 or 3600x maybe next year.

Its supposedly one of the best B450 boards (if not the best) and it handles VRM better than a lot of x470 boards too apparently. I still haven't built my PC yet, but it should be done by this weekend so ill have to update you on what happens after its been done.

Also, I feel as if this board may even be able to handle the 12c/24t chip pretty well, as long as you dont go crazy with the overclocking and such. But of course this is all just speculation atm
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starting to question if b450 boards will be okay with higher core ryzen 3000 now haha , not been able to see/get word of b550 but would personally push people to get flagship x470 over b450 if they intend to push ryzen 3000/4000 flagship chips .

roll on computex !
 
orbitalwalsh said:
seems entry x570 board vrm set up is quite a bit higher then x470 were. Think along the lines of what Gigabyte did with z370 vs z390 ...



starting to question if b450 boards will be okay with higher core ryzen 3000 now haha , not been able to see/get word of b550 but would personally push people to get flagship x470 over b450 if they intend to push ryzen 3000/4000 flagship chips .

roll on computex !
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Dont ruin my hopes now :P

personally id only max out at the 3600x or 3700 as I dont intend on going for a Ryzen 9. Im more than happy with the leaked specs of the 3600, and as its a 8c/16t like the current 2700x, it should be fine im assuming.

Of course if you had the money go for as good a board as possible (i.e a top end x470) but i think a top end B450 should be able to handle it just well, as long as you dont plan on overclocking it which if course changes things
 
Praz94 said:
Dont ruin my hopes now :p

personally id only max out at the 3600x or 3700 as I dont intend on going for a Ryzen 9. Im more than happy with the leaked specs of the 3600, and as its a 8c/16t like the current 2700x, it should be fine im assuming.

Of course if you had the money go for as good a board as possible (i.e a top end x470) but i think a top end B450 should be able to handle it just well, as long as you dont plan on overclocking it which if course changes things
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what i was told. think along the lines of what Gigabyte did with the z370 and then z390.

MSI has also followed Aorus pretty closely, can see this with Meg lines x299/399 and z390 .

not sure the reason for increased VRM technically, but have a feeling half of it is for PR... PR Correctly advertised with likes of Buildzoid checking boards out and other hardware reviewers . Aorus 7 , Hero and Taichi should be more then enough, have a feeling MSI will clone their z390 boards to X570 , again guessing Gigabyte will do the same and Asus will not allow another Z390 to happen

At least AMD are better then reporting TDP! they least do theirs to Auto Boost ! intel only state BASE clock TDP . though both to churn it up once you overclock all cores .
 
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