AM4 Motherboards - Phase 2 Opinions?

jiw2033

jiw2033

jiw2033

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So i was just watching a video from a month ago where JJ from Asus is talking about the AM4 platform motherboards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2vd-fVkcF0

He explains in the video that Asus plans to flesh out the lineup at a later date. This makes sense when you look at what's available for Intel.

The reason why i bring this up is because i'm planning on building a Ryzen 1700 build and have everything except the motherboard.

Do you think i should just take the plunge and get the Asus Crosshair Hero VI or wait to see what comes out after Computex at the end of May?

The Crosshair isn't terrible, but who really needs that many USB ports? And the RAM speeds and Ryzen are still an issue. I suppose i'd be looking for something like the Z270 boards, the Asus Strix Z270E Gaming or the Asus Maximus IX Formula.

I cant help but think a better board is round the corner built with 'lessons learnt' in mind.
 
Asus have just released Strix which personally should have been from launch and Gigabyte released the K5/ K3 not long after launch in the UK with the initial plan of it not being a UK/EU product for the time being which would have left a huge gap in their pricing , guessing same with Strix .

I expect to see more high end mATX and itx coming out hopefully now Ryzen is proving itself and getting memory speeds slowly
 
I'm torn between the strix b350 & the msi b350 gaming pro carbon. Not had an Asus board for years but really like the look of the strix so might roll the dice on it.
 
docsonic said:
I'm torn between the strix b350 & the msi b350 gaming pro carbon. Not had an Asus board for years but really like the look of the strix so might roll the dice on it.
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Googled Gigabyte Gaming 3? Must admit it looks dire co pared to the strix but a lot of owners hitting 3200 off the bat at 4.9 with ryzen cores .
Not so keen on MSI but that strix does look good...
 
Be good if they launch a WS style x370, with understated look and less logo's and cleaner lines, something more like this - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...4-eatx-workstation-motherboard-mb-68j-as.html

To take some inspiration from things like these :

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Sorry for hot linking, for reference the images were things like M3 engine shrouds, B&W 610 subwoofers, Technics 1210's and the reference amp release by them for an anniversary. And an old Hasselblad/Fujifilm XPAN camera.

There's a definite gap in PC components for high end, understated quality design.
 
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