Best £250 7950x3d mobo

[Tommy_Here]

Hi All,

As per the title, looking for the best board around £250.. needs to have minimum of 4x m.2 slots, preferably WiFi and good audio?

Preferably a board that can run all m.2 ssds at full rated speed? Can up budget slightly itll be worthwhile?

 

[mickyflinn]

Looking at the specifications the MSI x870 WiFi runs all 4 m2 slots at full speed unless using certain pcie slots and/or certain ports. This is normal for most AM5 boards.

Please check to concurr and what slots are affected which you may need.

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/MAG-X870-TOMAHAWK-WIFI/Specification

 

[JollyJamma]

Hi All,

As per the title, looking for the best board around £250.. needs to have minimum of 4x m.2 slots, preferably WiFi and good audio?

Preferably a board that can run all m.2 ssds at full rated speed? Can up budget slightly itll be worthwhile?

You may lose pci-e slots if you populate all M.2 slots.

A better solution is to use one of the pci-e slots and add an M.2 riser to expand your M.2 capacity.

Before you ask, pci-e 5.0 is a waste of money for 99% of people and 4.0 is plenty fast enough.

I wouldn’t spend too much on a motherboard, get one that does enough and has enough USB ports.


My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x MSI MAG X870E Tomahawk WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-MSI-04361) = £289.99
• 1 x MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-375-MS) = £154.99

Total: £452.98 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

Edit: I'm not sure that the X870 Tomahawk is worth the £135 increase in price over the B650 Tomahawk but that's up to you.

 

[Capitano]

You may lose pci-e slots if you populate all M.2 slots.

A better solution is to use one of the pci-e slots and add an M.2 riser to expand your M.2 capacity.

Before you ask, pci-e 5.0 is a waste of money for 99% of people and 4.0 is plenty fast enough.

I wouldn’t spend too much on a motherboard, get one that does enough and has enough USB ports.


My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x MSI MAG X870E Tomahawk WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-MSI-04361) = £289.99
• 1 x MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-375-MS) = £154.99

Total: £452.98 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

Edit: I'm not sure that the X870 Tomahawk is worth the £135 increase in price over the B650 Tomahawk but that's up to you.

Pcie 5 better for future proofing if you plan on keeping the build for a while, but I do agree with the general sentiment

 

[Solus]

I used an MSI B850-S in a recent build for a customer of mine, no issues and really quite affordable.

 

[roachyuk]

I used an MSI B850-S in a recent build for a customer of mine, no issues and really quite affordable.

Think I'll take a look at one of them for my son.