Poll: What AM4 motherboard will you be getting?

What manufacturer AM4 will you be buying?

  • Asus

    Votes: 93 33.0%
  • Asrock

    Votes: 66 23.4%
  • Gigabyte

    Votes: 81 28.7%
  • MSI

    Votes: 37 13.1%
  • other.

    Votes: 5 1.8%

  • Total voters
    282
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i currentlt own the aorus ax370 gaming 5, have any of you guys upgraded to the 470 and if so what benefits have you found from it if any ?

also what are the main differences ?

Well, the main differences are:

1. Support for Ryzen 2000 series from the first BIOS version;
2. Reworked VRM section;
3. StoreMI.
 
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ax370 gaming 5 was a nightmare for me,
From power loss from SATA ports to Bios Corruption & Sound hardware defect
to plugging in a LED Strip & switching in software would make a horrid freeze & buzz from speakers


Purchased the ASUS X470 PRO ,Solid never had one problem
Great VRMs
M.2 x2 Main with a great heat spreader for main M.2
Reworked Bios
RGB Headers
 
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i need new motherboard and was wondering if the Asrcok X470 Taichi is good motherboard?

trying to decide between the Asrcok X470 Taichi or the ASUS Crosshair VII HERO.

i need one that runs at full M.2 speeds on both slots, i know the asus does but dont know about the Arock board.
 
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ax370 gaming 5 was a nightmare for me,
From power loss from SATA ports to Bios Corruption & Sound hardware defect
to plugging in a LED Strip & switching in software would make a horrid freeze & buzz from speakers


Purchased the ASUS X470 PRO ,Solid never had one problem
Great VRMs
M.2 x2 Main with a great heat spreader for main M.2
Reworked Bios
RGB Headers

only problem i have at min is on my ax370 gaming 5 is it doesnt seem wanna update to latest bios, other than that not an issue with at all
 
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So many new B450 motherboards. Bold - ATX; normal - mATX; italic - mITX:

ASRock B450 PRO4
ASRock B450 Gaming K4

ASRock B450M PRO4
ASRock B450M-HDV
ASRock B450 Gaming ITX/AC

ASUS ROG STRIX B450 STRIX-F Gaming
ASUS TUF B450-PLUS Gaming
ASUS PRIME B450 PLUS
ASUS PRIME B450-A

ASUS TUF B450M-PLUS Gaming
ASUS PRIME B450M-K
ASUS ROG STRIX B450-I Gaming

MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon AC
MSI B450 Tomahawk
MSI B450 Gaming Plus
MSI B450-A PRO

MSI B450M Mortar
MSI B450M Mortar Titanium
MSI B450M Bazooka
MSI B450M Bazooka Plus
MSI B450M Gaming Plus
MSI B450M PRO-M2
MSI B450I Gaming Plus AC

Gigabyte B450 AORUS PRO
Gigabyte B450 AORUS PRO WIFI

Gigabyte B450 AORUS M
Gigabyte B450M DS3H
 
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So many new B450 motherboards. Bold - ATX; normal - mATX; italic - mITX:

ASRock B450 PRO4
ASRock B450 Gaming K4

ASRock B450M PRO4
ASRock B450M-HDV
ASRock B450 Gaming ITX/AC

ASUS ROG STRIX B450 STRIX-F Gaming
ASUS TUF B450-PLUS Gaming
ASUS PRIME B450 PLUS
ASUS PRIME B450-A

ASUS TUF B450M-PLUS Gaming
ASUS PRIME B450M-K
ASUS ROG STRIX B450-I Gaming

MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon AC
MSI B450 Tomahawk
MSI B450 Gaming Plus
MSI B450-A PRO

MSI B450M Mortar
MSI B450M Mortar Titanium
MSI B450M Bazooka
MSI B450M Bazooka Plus
MSI B450M Gaming Plus
MSI B450M PRO-M2
MSI B450I Gaming Plus AC

Gigabyte B450 AORUS PRO
Gigabyte B450 AORUS PRO WIFI

Gigabyte B450 AORUS M
Gigabyte B450M DS3H

And none of them is perfect :(
The manufacturers are cheapening out again on the B450s



But that applies to some X470s also
 
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Well the phrases he uses are; "very concerning", "awful", "worst VRM". The boards are probably fine for the lower end CPUs but just don't cut it for the 8-cores.

That is obviously not objective because there are 65W 8-core Ryzens.
I had used an overclocked 95W processor on a motherboard for 40 euros which had its few horrible phases exposed. And guess what - the over clock was limited in BIOS but otherwise everything was fine.
 
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Well I would be looking at a 2700X and I just don’t trust these B450s. Would love to see a good quality mATX X470 board. Otherwise I have to pay Intel for the latest rebrand of their Z170.
 
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2700X needs one of the full ATX top end boards if you want to squeeze as much performance out of it as possible with the PBO settings, seems to go well over 105W TDP.
 
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