X670 Motherboard reviews

Yeah, they've been rather lacking (at least, the places that I frequent), not sure what's taking so long. I guess the big release schedule lately (with AM5/13th gen & 4090/4080) and the high board prices might be a factor.

Does the TUF X670E-PLUS, or even the TUF B650-PLUS, not meet your needs?
 
Might be worth checking out Actually Hardcore Overclocking on youtube; Buildzoid does a couple of teardown videos for X670, and I think has covered others in "rambling about".

They're not reviews per se, but you get some idea about the quality of the hardware in physical terms. (TLDR, nearly every AM5 board has overkill VRMs.)

Tetras said:
the high board prices might be a factor.
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Why review what nobody is prepared to pay for? Pricing absolutely sucks on the X670 boards. I would have bought weeks ago if I wasn't such a yorkshireman :(
 
eddiew said:
Might be worth checking out Actually Hardcore Overclocking on youtube; Buildzoid does a couple of teardown videos for X670, and I think has covered others in "rambling about".

They're not reviews per se, but you get some idea about the quality of the hardware in physical terms. (TLDR, nearly every AM5 board has overkill VRMs.)



Why review what nobody is prepared to pay for? Pricing absolutely sucks on the X670 boards. I would have bought weeks ago if I wasn't such a yorkshireman :(
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I dont get this price issue. The Intel Z790 boards are hardly cheap and so far the same model in the range from each manufacturer seems to be the same price. Yes you might get away with a ddr4 z790 motherboard and save some money upgrading.
 
Greebo said:
I dont get this price issue. The Intel Z790 boards are hardly cheap and so far the same model in the range from each manufacturer seems to be the same price. Yes you might get away with a ddr4 z790 motherboard and save some money upgrading.
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Could it be that AMD owners have enjoyed for quite some time to benefit of using the AM4 socket and reasonably priced upgrade potentials .? Couple that with well established DDR4 you have a very decent platform that is relatively affordable.
You also don't need to go to the Z790 type boards for Intel to enjoy the benefits of a RL CPU, any of the 690 chipset boards do a grand job, afaik.
But if you wish to have a 7000 series AMD CPU then you are going to need to buy both DDR5 and then factor the cost of a board, no DDR4 options.

I didn't think that some of the "known" branded x670 boards were that expensive, perhaps more of the lack of mid and budget range options...? The upper end boards, Intel as well, are very highly priced, but that seems always the case.
But I've not spent much time looking at them, to know for sure. I get an impression, overall, there isn't much discussion of the AM5 and boards from owners as I thought there would have been in these forums.
 
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I think if you're after a motherboard that's "decent", you'll need to answer what "decent" means here. Good price to features ratio? Built like a tank for durability? So much RGB you might as well have bought an OLED TV? Cheapest motherboard with as many desired features as possible? Built to overclock really well?

I personally look at good price to features ratio. And for that, I picked the Asus Proart X670E Creator WiFi motherboard (I sound like I'm a sales person with all the posting about this board lately :D)

Anyway, for a more extensive (quickie) review summary, I'll just link my previous post in the AM5 thread in the CPU section here:

*** AMD "Zen 4" thread (inc AM5/APU discussion) ***

7950X prices are falling nicely, I'm skipping this Gen currently but it's getting more tempting. Ye, the 7900x is pointless now. The 7950X can be had for £100 extra and you'll get better quality silicone regardless of the extra 4 cores.
forums.overclockers.co.uk forums.overclockers.co.uk
 
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