You can of course reuse the ram, OC it to 3200 and then upgrade later if you need to. The performance difference is not going to change the world.
You can of course reuse the ram, OC it to 3200 and then upgrade later if you need to. The performance difference is not going to change the world.
Caporegime
*snaps up cheap B450M Mortar Max to sit on for 2 weeks, if these B550s are all silly money, will just keep it*
Let me just grab my TARDIS
wow, somebody is a bit touchy. Sorry if I hurt your feelings.
FYI, the price of the Tomahawk Max has "jumped" by £5 since I first listed it. As I explained in the Tomahawk thread I did a deal on a direct order when I sold the first lot. Since then the stock received has come through the distribution channel and so the price had to be tweaked slightly to cover the slight change in cost pricing.
If you are going to have a rant it's helpful if you have your facts correct first.
My point, which I really didn't feel like spelling out for you is that nobody can tell you if a chipset fan will be needed for a chipset which does not yet exist.
I'm not going to ban you for being a moody sod but I do hope that you calm down a bit.
FYI, the price of the Tomahawk Max has "jumped" by £5 since I first listed it. As I explained in the Tomahawk thread I did a deal on a direct order when I sold the first lot. Since then the stock received has come through the distribution channel and so the price had to be tweaked slightly to cover the slight change in cost pricing.
If you are going to have a rant it's helpful if you have your facts correct first.
My point, which I really didn't feel like spelling out for you is that nobody can tell you if a chipset fan will be needed for a chipset which does not yet exist.
I'm not going to ban you for being a moody sod but I do hope that you calm down a bit.
That's unclear at the moment because I'm still fighting over the pricing. There currently appears to be a considerable variance from one brand to another and I don't want to raise purchase orders with the wrong pricing on them.
I can say 100% that we won't have all lines in stock by Tuesday. I'm not sure that we'll have any. There is a small amount of stock due Monday/Tuesday but with all the releases recently board supply is patchy. There's only so much production capacity, so the vendors will obviously prioritise lines that they expect will be popular, and speaking frankly, nobody expects B550 to be popular right now.
I can say 100% that we won't have all lines in stock by Tuesday. I'm not sure that we'll have any. There is a small amount of stock due Monday/Tuesday but with all the releases recently board supply is patchy. There's only so much production capacity, so the vendors will obviously prioritise lines that they expect will be popular, and speaking frankly, nobody expects B550 to be popular right now.
Soldato
IMO the Tardis response was far better than a boring & sterile "corporate" line. The fact the staff are actually human and not afraid to have a laugh with their customers is exactly why I like the forum and OcUK in general.
My take away from that is there may be some boards in stock by Tuesday?
My take away from that is there may be some boards in stock by Tuesday?
it's honestly going to depend on our warehouse, we are very busy at the moment and we're expecting a lot of deliveries at the start of next week. I can't guarantee that they'll have the time to book the stock in.
Soldato
Fair enough, do you know when they'll be listed on the site at least? Even if it's just for preorder?
our NDA is 2pm Tuesday
Soldato
Wow, that's late! Although I guess 8-9am US time, so makes sense! Thanks 
Some official pricing
https://wccftech.com/amd-b550-motherboards-prices-unveiled-msi-asus-asrock-gigabyte/
https://wccftech.com/amd-b550-motherboards-prices-unveiled-msi-asus-asrock-gigabyte/
Caporegime
Well my shortlist is just the MSI MAG B550M Mortar and B550M AORUS PRO, but if those both come in at £150+, I'll just stick with the £100 B450M Mortar Max I have arriving on Monday.
Thanks for the reply
I can see a few places have started to list the new B550 boards as pre-order with a 16th June ship date
I'm looking at the MSI MAG B550M Mortar and B550M AORUS PRO mainly also, if they can come in even at £150 I would still go for one over the cheapest decent X570 boards would seem to begin around £200, as would prefer MATX, the VRM's look good, no chipset fan and the X570 MATX options aren't great.
Don't you mean some officially nuts pricing?
No wonder ScottiB is having to fight over pricing they get to buy them.
Wot! £100 for the mortar max??? Why and how? It was less than £80 when I bought it in Feb!