B650/e or X670/e

Mr G · 28 Oct 2022 at 08:50

Noxia said:
I got the Strix X670e-e.

That made my wallet scream! The most I've paid for a new board was £250 on a Prime Z270-A?

Noxia · 28 Oct 2022 at 09:04

Mr G said:
That made my wallet scream! The most I've paid for a new board was £250 on a Prime Z270-A?

Yeah most expensive I ever got but I got it for under £500. Though that is still ridiculous lol.

eddiew · 28 Oct 2022 at 10:07

Mr G said:
This is the only problem with Intel lately, everything is EoL the day you buy it.

Tbh, I'm surprised they've managed 2 generations on the same socket. Especially with the 13th being a solid upgrade over 12th.

On the whole I agree that AM5 is more sensible if you like an easy upgrade path; but it's got to be a good AM5. I want overkill VRMs, loads of usb (seen some boards with just 6 at the rear!), and a pcie5 m.2 slot ready for something to drop into it in 2025.

Mr G · 28 Oct 2022 at 10:51

eddiew said:
Tbh, I'm surprised they've managed 2 generations on the same socket. Especially with the 13th being a solid upgrade over 12th.

On the whole I agree that AM5 is more sensible if you like an easy upgrade path; but it's got to be a good AM5. I want overkill VRMs, loads of usb (seen some boards with just 6 at the rear!), and a pcie5 m.2 slot ready for something to drop into it in 2025.

PCIe 5 this is where B650E comes in for the win but very few are listed however the prices when compared to X670E boards!

I might raise the chat with family and discuss the option of selling my setup combo to them as a cost saving option and look at AM5 myself?

mickyflinn · 28 Oct 2022 at 11:00

Could Get the 5800x3d if primarily gaming its come down to £349.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D Cache Eight Core 4.5GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail

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Mr G · 28 Oct 2022 at 11:20

mickyflinn said:
Could Get the 5800x3d if primarily gaming its come down to £349.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D Cache Eight Core 4.5GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail

Order AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D Cache Eight Core 4.5GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail now online and benefit from fast delivery.

www.overclockers.co.uk

Great value and have seen it cheaper. AM4 will live strong for a couple of years yet with that CPU.

JAMIE_CORTEZ · 28 Oct 2022 at 18:52

Personally I’m eyeing up the B650e Riptide board from Asrock. Decent feature set and the price is far better than some of the alternatives which only have PCIE 4

Joxeon · 28 Oct 2022 at 19:25

Mr G said:
Pretty much require an all-rounder but then again without reviews, how can you tell if it has a decent and solid power delivery?

We've all seen the bold claims made by certain manufactures and later turns out to be a stinker. Usually by now the media has covered this subject, price maybe.

These are not Intel CPUs so power delivery is less important especially for the 7700X which is a 105w tdp CPU and pulls like 130w under full load which is around the same as my 5800X and that CPU runs fine on my 4+2 phase B450 tomahawk even when overclocked.

Mr G · 29 Oct 2022 at 10:05

JAMIE_CORTEZ said:
Personally I’m eyeing up the B650e Riptide board from Asrock. Decent feature set and the price is far better than some of the alternatives which only have PCIE 4

Not sure on ASRock, agreed it has features but for the price... what did they cheap out on?

Noxia · 29 Oct 2022 at 11:02

I can't do Asrock, too many horror stories.

JAMIE_CORTEZ · 29 Oct 2022 at 16:00

Mr G said:
Not sure on ASRock, agreed it has features but for the price... what did they cheap out on?

They don’t have to have cheaped out on anything.
Ship the boards at a lower profit margin compared to competitors and outsell.

Joxeon · 29 Oct 2022 at 18:20

JAMIE_CORTEZ said:
They don’t have to have cheaped out on anything.
Ship the boards at a lower profit margin compared to competitors and outsell.

This is Asrock we're talking about.

Mr G · 29 Oct 2022 at 19:32

JAMIE_CORTEZ said:
They don’t have to have cheaped out on anything.
Ship the boards at a lower profit margin compared to competitors and outsell.

Noxia · 29 Oct 2022 at 22:27

Sending my strix back after reading this inspirational description from ASRock.

Riptide is named after a specific kind of water current with strong waves that occurs in the ocean, representing the philosophy of sea’s double-side, calm and unlimited strength

eddiew · 29 Oct 2022 at 22:52

Mr G said:

Oh nice, thanks, I like Buildzoid's analyses of these things. He's even covered one of the matx boards I was looking at.

...I imagine it's all bad news because it seems to be the most budget board, but I'll still give it a proper watch later :cry:

Quixote · 29 Oct 2022 at 23:54

Mr G said:
Great value and have seen it cheaper. AM4 will live strong for a couple of years yet with that CPU.

As an extra bonus, the cache means it couldn't care less about expensive RAM - it's all much of a muchness. If I were buying today, for purely gaming, I'd get 5800x3D, with a cheap motherboard & cheap RAM. Sit back & enjoy top gaming performance for years.

Mr G · 30 Oct 2022 at 08:26

Quixote said:
As an extra bonus, the cache means it couldn't care less about expensive RAM - it's all much of a muchness. If I were buying today, for purely gaming, I'd get 5800x3D, with a cheap motherboard & cheap RAM. Sit back & enjoy top gaming performance for years.

If I was buying today, it would be a 13600K. Socket maybe EoL but should last well over a few years!

uscool · 30 Oct 2022 at 10:24

no rush here waiting to see how the 3d is like and hopefully by that time b650e and ram prices are better

Mr G · 1 Nov 2022 at 10:27

Won't be going AMD as I bought a 13600KF late last night elsewhere, cheaper and below £285.

Should last me years and now gifting on my 12400F to family and selling the 12100F... I couldn't fault this chip at all.

Looking at a NH-D15 as I'm not sure if my Fractal Torrent Compact will accommodate a 360 AIO I plan to buy considering with how large the Sapphire 6800 XT Nitro+ is?

mickyflinn · 1 Nov 2022 at 10:42

Mr G said:
Won't be going AMD as I bought a 13600KF late last night elsewhere, cheaper and below £285.

Should last me years and now gifting on my 12400F to family and selling the 12100F... I couldn't fault this chip at all.

Looking at a NH-D15 as I'm not sure if my Fractal Torrent Compact will accommodate a 360 AIO I plan to buy considering with how large the Sapphire 6800 XT Nitro+ is?

Nitro is 310mm long, gpu clearance is 330mm without rad in that case.