1851 Motherboard

[RamboFB]

Hello, I will be building a system shortly based on a 245K. Looking for recommendations for boards? So at the moment going with my own simple requirements which are ATX and made by Asus. The reason I say Asus is I have ran a Z77 Sabretooth without issue for 10 ten plus years now. That for me is a sign of a brand you can trust but times might have changed. Don't require WIFI and no plans to overclock at the moment, although I assume most boards at this price range would support overclocking anyways? Obviously I have an unlocked chip so it would be silly not to buy a board that would allow overclocking of some degree. Not very knowledgeable in this regards I am afraid I still run my 3770k at stock.

My starting point is this:

Asus Prime B860-Plus CSM (LGA 1851) DDR5 ATX Motherboard

Order Asus Prime B860-Plus CSM (LGA 1851) DDR5 ATX Motherboard now online and benefit from fast delivery.

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Can I do any better or anything else to consider?

 

[hornetstinger]

What is the system used for?

 

[RamboFB]

What is the system used for?

Music recording/production with some light gaming, mostly older titles that are easy to run.

 

[Tetras]

Don't require WIFI and no plans to overclock at the moment, although I assume most boards at this price range would support overclocking anyways? Obviously I have an unlocked chip so it would be silly not to buy a board that would allow overclocking of some degree. Not very knowledgeable in this regards I am afraid I still run my 3770k at stock.

B860 only supports memory overclocking, not CPU, though you might be able to change the power limits (don't know if you'd get any advantage from that with the 245K).

My starting point is this:

Asus Prime B860-Plus CSM (LGA 1851) DDR5 ATX Motherboard

Order Asus Prime B860-Plus CSM (LGA 1851) DDR5 ATX Motherboard now online and benefit from fast delivery.

www.overclockers.co.uk

Can I do any better or anything else to consider?

Historically the Prime boards have performed poorly in the thermal testing that HUB have done in their roundups, but I can't see any roundups for the B860 boards.

My first thought, given the price, is that given the meagre connectivity that board is way overpriced.

 

[RamboFB]

B860 only supports memory overclocking, not CPU, though you might be able to change the power limits (don't know if you'd get any advantage from that with the 245K).


Historically the Prime boards have performed poorly in the thermal testing that HUB have done in their roundups, but I can't see any roundups for the B860 boards.

My first thought, given the price, is that given the meagre connectivity that board is way overpriced.

That was the cheapest ATX/Asus/1851 board I could find. It seems I could benefit from a bit of digging on this one then and look at other manufacturers. Again thanks for the sounds advice.

 

[Tetras]

That was the cheapest ATX/Asus/1851 board I could find. It seems I could benefit from a bit of digging on this one then and look at other manufacturers. Again thanks for the sounds advice.

Yeah, most of the B860 boards seem way overpriced to me, perhaps because they have just been released. Asus in particular seems to go very high on their new products lately.

For example: Asus Z890-P WIFI is available for nearly the same price as the B860 board you quoted, as are other entry level Z890 boards (or even lower!).

If entry-level Z890 is around £180-£240, then B860 should be around £130-£180.

Asus do H810 boards for not much over £100 and I think that is fair.

 

[Legion]

Music recording/production with some light gaming, mostly older titles that are easy to run.

Asrock Z890 LiveMixer WIFI (LGA 1851) DDR5 ATX Motherboard

Order Asrock Z890 LiveMixer WIFI (LGA 1851) DDR5 ATX Motherboard now online and benefit from fast delivery.

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You get a lot for your money with that board. Asus motherboards are not what they once were, you need to move on from that assumption.

 

[RamboFB]

Asrock Z890 LiveMixer WIFI (LGA 1851) DDR5 ATX Motherboard

Order Asrock Z890 LiveMixer WIFI (LGA 1851) DDR5 ATX Motherboard now online and benefit from fast delivery.

www.overclockers.co.uk

You get a lot for your money with that board. Asus motherboards are not what they once were, you need to move on from that assumption.

To be expected I bought mine over ten years ago, a lot has changed. Thanks for that.

Aesthetically very pleasing!!! Against all advice for a PC I am trying to keep as quiet as possible I am considering a tempered glass panel but that's another issue lol!!!

 

[RamboFB]

B860 only supports memory overclocking, not CPU, though you might be able to change the power limits (don't know if you'd get any advantage from that with the 245K).


Historically the Prime boards have performed poorly in the thermal testing that HUB have done in their roundups, but I can't see any roundups for the B860 boards.

My first thought, given the price, is that given the meagre connectivity that board is way overpriced.

I was doing a bit of research on the intel website last night and I am understanding more of what you mean. It is the chipset that determines if you can overclock the cpu or not? So the 245k has five chipsets that the cpu is compatible with but only Z890 allows overclocking of the cpu? So I if I buy a board that is 1851 socket and chipset Z890 I will be ok? The board kindly recommended above would be suitable of course if I am correct?

 

[Legion]

I was doing a bit of research on the intel website last night and I am understanding more of what you mean. It is the chipset that determines if you can overclock the cpu or not? So the 245k has five chipsets that the cpu is compatible with but only Z890 allows overclocking of the cpu? So I if I buy a board that is 1851 socket and chipset Z890 I will be ok? The board kindly recommended above would be suitable of course if I am correct?

Yes, that Asrock Z890 Livemixer is a full fat Z890 motherboard with full overclocking abilities for K SKU Cpu's, as I said previously you get a lot for the money at the price point.

 

[Tetras]

It is the chipset that determines if you can overclock the cpu or not? So the 245k has five chipsets that the cpu is compatible with but only Z890 allows overclocking of the cpu?

Yes. The only form of "overclocking" that B860 allows is memory overclocking, or possibly unlocking power limits (not sure on that, but was like that previously).

Unlocking power limits is effectively the same as overclocking on some CPUs, but depends on if they regularly hit the power limit or not (since some CPUs don't).

So I if I buy a board that is 1851 socket and chipset Z890 I will be ok? The board kindly recommended above would be suitable of course if I am correct?

Yes.