Mobo recommendations for AMD 5600x gaming PC

jamman · 6 Oct 2022 at 09:45

Building a PC based on a 5600x for my lad, so 90% gaming it will be used for then

Been a couple of years since I bought mine, whats a decent motherboard to use these days?

Trying to keep costs down to get the PC down to around £900ish (excl graphics card) so want it affordable.

Something like this seems ok?

Gigabyte X570S UD (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard

Order Gigabyte X570S UD (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard now online and benefit from fast delivery.

www.overclockers.co.uk

Or is the 550 range ok ?

MSI MPG B550 Gaming Plus (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard

Order MSI MPG B550 Gaming Plus (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard now online and benefit from fast delivery.

www.overclockers.co.uk

Darujhistan · 7 Oct 2022 at 14:48

MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard

Order MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard now online and benefit from fast delivery.

www.overclockers.co.uk

This has been the go-to board this gen at a decent price point. Only pre-order now, so you could shop around and find one elsewhere...

I really really wouldn't spend a whole lot on a MOBO for your use case, it's throwing money away. MOBO prices these days are ridiculous, just another scam in the ever-increasing scam that is PC gaming unfortunately.

lsg1r · 7 Oct 2022 at 23:29

I'm using an MSI B550 MAG MORTAR WIFI Micro ATX board with a 5950x, so it will be fine with 5600x. Same goes for any other b550 board so save yourself some money

Strangely mine is now listed as being end of life... hmm, I know companies are focusing on 7xxx now but they could at least keep making am4 for a couple more years.... might have to pick up a spare board just in case because stocks can only get worse....

METEORIC · 8 Oct 2022 at 13:46

I have no complaints with the B550 Aorus Pro V2, but there only seems to be the V1 AC version here:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...c-amd-am4-b550-atx-motherboard-mb-58y-gi.html

For a motherboard tier list check out:
https://linustechtips.com/topic/1137619-motherboard-vrm-tier-list-v2-currently-amd-only/

For 5600X choose a motherboard Tier B or above, ideally a B550 or X570/X570S.

Tetras · 8 Oct 2022 at 14:10

lsg1r said:
Strangely mine is now listed as being end of life... hmm, I know companies are focusing on 7xxx now but they could at least keep making am4 for a couple more years.... might have to pick up a spare board just in case because stocks can only get worse....

Might be replacing it with the max version, they're even releasing a max B660 which hasn't been out long. With B450 it meant having a bios that supported new cpus out of the box, so maybe it is the same here.

jamman said:
Or is the 550 range ok ?

For a 5600X you can pretty much use anything, even A520 (though don't, because they are PCI-E 3.0), as long as the VRM isn't made of cardboard. I can see an Asus B550-Plus Prime for under £110 (if you want ATX). Looks like the cheapest OCUK have in stock is the B550M-A for £120. I think the VRM on those is inferior to the more expensive ones you listed, but they'd be fine for a 6 or 8 core.

lsg1r · 8 Oct 2022 at 16:35

Tetras said:
Might be replacing it with the max version, they're even releasing a max B660 which hasn't been out long. With B450 it meant having a bios that supported new cpus out of the box, so maybe it is the same here.

perhaps but it seems a bit weird to 'replace' an existing sku for am4, just seems like a waste of resources... completely ditching am4 'now' just seems daft as well