I'm coming to the conclusion that I need to upgrade my processor and consequently motherboard. I've pretty much settled on a Ryzen 5 3600 for the most suitable blend of price/performance for my needs.
It seems to me, that whilst I probably don't really need a new SSD to go with it, if I were to get a PCIe 4.0 m.2 SSD I could shave some time off boot times, etc and move the games data I have on my 1TB hybrid drive onto the then freed SATA SSD for a gaming performance boost. I also want to keep some of my data drives in use whilst I move the data on them to my NAS box, so need more than 4 SATA ports.
I'm not planning to move away from my 1080GTX yet, but would like this motherboard to last me through the next GPU refresh, which probably means PCIe 4.0 for the gfx card too, no?
Consequently, I'm looking at the 550 boards. I can then drop in a Xen3 processor if I decide to upgrade later. I'm not bothered by wifi as it will remain static and wired, I don't need 2.5Gb ethernet, cos all my switches are 1Gb; and I'm not that bothered by overclocking as I'm not really that desperate for an extra couple of fps.
So... any suggestions? Any manufacturers to avoid (ASRock seem to have some cheap options) or specifically recommended?
TIA
It seems to me, that whilst I probably don't really need a new SSD to go with it, if I were to get a PCIe 4.0 m.2 SSD I could shave some time off boot times, etc and move the games data I have on my 1TB hybrid drive onto the then freed SATA SSD for a gaming performance boost. I also want to keep some of my data drives in use whilst I move the data on them to my NAS box, so need more than 4 SATA ports.
I'm not planning to move away from my 1080GTX yet, but would like this motherboard to last me through the next GPU refresh, which probably means PCIe 4.0 for the gfx card too, no?
Consequently, I'm looking at the 550 boards. I can then drop in a Xen3 processor if I decide to upgrade later. I'm not bothered by wifi as it will remain static and wired, I don't need 2.5Gb ethernet, cos all my switches are 1Gb; and I'm not that bothered by overclocking as I'm not really that desperate for an extra couple of fps.
So... any suggestions? Any manufacturers to avoid (ASRock seem to have some cheap options) or specifically recommended?
TIA