New build Motherboard help

[dannywaugh1]

Hi all,

Planning to purchase a new build this week and cant decide on motherboard.

For info it will be paired with 9800x3d / 5090 gaming is the main use.

Looked at these below so far.

MSI MAG X870E TOMAHAWK WiFi £289.98​

ASUS TUF GAMING X870E-PLUS WIFI7 £307.99​

Gigabyte AMD X870E AORUS PRO £329.99​

ASRock AMD X870E Nova WiFi 7 £349.99​

ASUS ROG Strix X870E-H Gaming WIFI7 £349.99​

ASUS ROG STRIX X870-F GAMING WiFi £379.99​

Recommendations welcome thanks!

 

[deviation]

Do you need multiple NVME's, or have X requirement of what a motherboard needs to have?

Otherwise, why don't you just go B850?
I think it's rather crazy to spend that kind of money on a motherboard, and would never use the few extra features over a B series. Considering what you can get on a B850 now, it seems pointless to get an X?

 

[dannywaugh1]

Do you need multiple NVME's, or have X requirement of what a motherboard needs to have?

Otherwise, why don't you just go B850?
I think it's rather crazy to spend that kind of money on a motherboard, and would never use the few extra features over a B series. Considering what you can get on a B850 now, it seems pointless to get an X?

I'll be having 3 NVME SSD's and 2 SATA SSD's

 

[deviation]

I'll be having 2 NVME SSD's

A B850 would still cover that, so other than that, what makes the X worth having?
If it's a case of 1 of the NVME's won't run at full speed or whatever (I forget if that's still even a thing with AM5?) then does it matter if it's only loading games?
You could always sell your NVME's and just buy a single one the same or bigger?
I wouldn't buy into Gen 5 NVME's though, it's proven to be not worth it over Gen 4.

 

[dannywaugh1]

A B850 would still cover that, so other than that, what makes the X worth having?
If it's a case of 1 of the NVME's won't run at full speed or whatever (I forget if that's still even a thing with AM5?) then does it matter if it's only loading games?
You could always sell your NVME's and just buy a single one the same or bigger?
I wouldn't buy into Gen 5 NVME's though, it's proven to be not worth it over Gen 4.

I wont be buying a gen 5 at all, makes no difference in real world situations does it.

 

[deviation]

I wont be buying a gen 5 at all, makes no difference in real world situations does it.

Nope, utterly pointless!

 

[mickyflinn]

If usb4 is a future need to you you need to go x870

 

[Tetras]

I'll be having 3 NVME SSD's and 2 SATA SSD's

What features do you want from the board, other than this?

Do you care about USB 4?

 

[dannywaugh1]

What features do you want from the board, other than this?

Do you care about USB 4?

Not a great deal at the moment. Decent Audio along with the above.

 

[Tetras]

Not a great deal at the moment. Decent Audio along with the above.

Then I'd agree with the suggestion above to consider a B850 board instead. It would save you some £100-£150, maybe more depending on your pick of the X870E boards.