What Motherboard for my budget with a AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

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Hi all hope you can help i am finally upgrading my ancient intel pc (4790k) and just got a 5600X cpu unfortunately the more i read the more confusing its becoming :) i want a good solid motherboard within the £300 price range probably prefer Gigabyte or MSI this will be mainly for gaming so want the best spec possible to game and a full ATX X570 board . I will only be using one ssd nvme and probably just a standard 2tb ssd for storage not interested in a wifi board but i do like to play in bios sometimes and have usually had decent boards in the past. A low end board is out i doubt i would be happy with it as i do like to have a play in bios (overclocking) etc. Looking at some of the boards i am not keen on the little fan for cooling and don't want a design with heat being pushed onto gpu etc..probably asking to much tbh Suggestions appreciated

cheers
 
Will watch this thread for what you go for, as I am in the same position.
Thinking about upgrading MOBO / CPU from i7-4790K as well, as I have an RTX2070 Super GFX card but wonder if the beloved but aged CPU is holding it back at all.

Not sure how much improvement I will get from where I am , sim racing is the main use, but it just struggles to do full eye candy, and I can but assume with the way tech advances, that new CPU /MOBO/ MEM will really speed things up.

But need to ensure it is bang for buck.

Considerations are value for money, upgrade on existing, and a good cooling option as it gets plenty hot in this room in the summer.
 
Do you really need a £300 board for a 5600x. I'd say no way! But if that's what you've got your heart set on....
I've got a cheapo b550m aorus elite, rated quite low on tier lists with a cheapo £40 cm ml240l cooler. Idles under 30 and stress test under 70 with a +200 pbo oc. A better board would give me maybe an extra 100-200 as mine is limited in bios, then it's not guaranteed to hit due to cpu variances.
My 3060 ti ocs like a dream too. I'd say the quality of the actual cpu will play a bigger part in the equation.
 
Crimmey said:
Do you really need a £300 board for a 5600x. I'd say no way! But if that's what you've got your heart set on....
I've got a cheapo b550m aorus elite, rated quite low on tier lists with a cheapo £40 cm ml240l cooler. Idles under 30 and stress test under 70 with a +200 pbo oc. A better board would give me maybe an extra 100-200 as mine is limited in bios, then it's not guaranteed to hit due to cpu variances.
My 3060 ti ocs like a dream too. I'd say the quality of the actual cpu will play a bigger part in the equation.
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I'm tempted to agree, I think I'd rather push £100, £150 into a higher tier CPU, the GPU or more memory, rather than trying to achieve a bigger overclock.
 
Thanks everyone i very much appreciate the input ! I will try answer your questions yes you are correct a £300 is overkill for the cpu BUT if at a later date say when bf6 game is released or similar i feel i need more than the 6cores is needed i could upgrade the cpu which would then possibly need the better board. I am basically trying to edge my bets on the future upgrade path, i am leaning towards the Mag x570 Tomahawk as it seems a solid board with good cooling gets good reviews and i can get it from my local store who would flash the bios to latest which i prefer as i will not have a cpu in the board..yes i know it looks simple but if they do it its their problem if it fails. This might not make sense to some but i am wanting to keep the cost down with the platform as well as i am late to the Ryzen party and with a new socket on the horizon i don't want to go crazy with the cpu, mobo, ram etc only to shell out again in a year or two.
Also i need a new gpu i have a 1080ti and skipped the 2080 gen and want eventually a nvidia 3080 or possibly a high end AMD card which is were the real money will go :)
 
yes i know there is a thread on here and some have had bother so i will get this done before or part of the purchase of the board might be free i havn't asked they just said they would do it so one less thing t think about and if it doesnt work its their problem.
 
Got the tomahawk board the CPU is a 5600X ram I have gone with the 8 pack DDR4 stuff 3600mhz and bought a Sabrent Rocket NVMe 4.0 with heatsink included. Cooler turned up today I went with the Arctic Liquid freezer MK2 420mm. That hopefully should give a boost from the old intel 4790k running on DDR3 with a standard ssddrive. Waited long enough
Still have a wait for a GPU though !
I already have a phantek Enthoo luxe case and a superflower 1500w PSU which will be recycled !
 
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1500W PSU seems a tad high to me, lots of wasted energy there
its better to get a PSU thats around what you need, next one up

ive got a 650W, thats going in a 3600 CPU, Tommahawk 570 wifi, 16 Gb RAM, 5700XT, Sabrant Rocket 2Tb SSD, all on a 144Hz monitor and VR
 
ShiWarrior said:
1500W PSU seems a tad high to me, lots of wasted energy there
its better to get a PSU thats around what you need, next one up

ive got a 650W, thats going in a 3600 CPU, Tommahawk 570 wifi, 16 Gb RAM, 5700XT, Sabrant Rocket 2Tb SSD, all on a 144Hz monitor and VR
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It is normally best to get a PSU at double the rating of what is required as a PSU is normally most efficient at around 55% load, also with you not loading it near capacity it will last you much longer as it normally wont get that hot which also means it will generally run much quieter.
 
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