amd board needed

RobTi · 27 Jul 2022 at 14:15

Hi atm i have a B450 gaming pro carbon with a ryzen 5 2600, i have just bought a ryzen 5 5600 and will be left with a cpu and ram so thought to put it in my home server/nas. so do i put my mb into this and buy a new board for my desktop pc or buy a new board for the server/nas. server/nas will be running truenas with some plugins and i would like 6 sata ports or an m2 with 4 sata, desktop is just a general windows pc with light gaming.
Any help please ?
Thanks

mickyflinn · 27 Jul 2022 at 16:28

I personally would get a b550 motherboard that will give you pcie4 support although not a big thing may be advantageous in the future.

Why did you upgrade if only light gaming Surley the 2600 is still releavent?

Tetras · 27 Jul 2022 at 18:36

Finding it hard to keep up with B450/B550 prices, offers seem to come and go all the time.

Right now, for micro maybe the MSI B550M Bazooka at £110 or full-size the Gigabyte B550 Gaming X V2 at £95.

Looks like the cheapest board with a heatsink and seemingly reasonable VRM is the Gigabyte B450 Aorus M at £65.

RobTi · 27 Jul 2022 at 20:32

Tetras said:
Finding it hard to keep up with B450/B550 prices, offers seem to come and go all the time.

Right now, for micro maybe the MSI B550M Bazooka at £110 or full-size the Gigabyte B550 Gaming X V2 at £95.

Looks like the cheapest board with a heatsink and seemingly reasonable VRM is the Gigabyte B450 Aorus M at £65.

thanks all i know to check these days is are the vrms good, lost touch with everything these days

RobTi · 27 Jul 2022 at 20:33

mickyflinn said:
I personally would get a b550 motherboard that will give you pcie4 support although not a big thing may be advantageous in the future.

Why did you upgrade if only light gaming Surley the 2600 is still releavent?

wanted to refresh both my pc and nas so jumped in when the price dropped

RobTi · 27 Jul 2022 at 20:35

so i assume the best option is use the old motherboard set up as a nas and get a new board for the pc ?

Tetras · 27 Jul 2022 at 20:52

RobTi said:
thanks all i know to check these days is are the vrms good, lost touch with everything these days

According to the tier lists, all three of those boards have VRMs that can comfortably support an 8 core CPU at stock settings, with light airflow.

The MSI B550 boards have been quite extensively tested and I've have zero worries about the Bazooka. The Gigabyte Gaming X also looks pretty solid so I have no concerns there either, even though I haven't even any tests.

I'm pretty sure the Aorus M would be fine with a 5600X, but I'd expect it to be the weakest of the three.

RobTi · 28 Jul 2022 at 10:04

Tetras said:
According to the tier lists, all three of those boards have VRMs that can comfortably support an 8 core CPU at stock settings, with light airflow.

The MSI B550 boards have been quite extensively tested and I've have zero worries about the Bazooka. The Gigabyte Gaming X also looks pretty solid so I have no concerns there either, even though I haven't even any tests.

I'm pretty sure the Aorus M would be fine with a 5600X, but I'd expect it to be the weakest of the three.

Any links to the bazooka or do Oc not stock it

JollyJamma · 28 Jul 2022 at 13:23

I'd suggest the Gigabyte B550 Gaming X V2 at £95. It's the best cheap B550 motherboard.

RobTi · 28 Jul 2022 at 15:13

JollyJamma said:
I'd suggest the Gigabyte B550 Gaming X V2 at £95. It's the best cheap B550 motherboard.

Thanks for that will have a read , just wanted to say my budget was up to around £150 if needed

mickyflinn · 28 Jul 2022 at 15:20

B550 bazooka for £80 is decent value.

JollyJamma · 28 Jul 2022 at 15:39

Best Micro-ATX Motherboards MSI B550 Mortar
Gigabyte B550 Aorus Pro-P

RobTi · 28 Jul 2022 at 15:48

JollyJamma said:
Best Micro-ATX Motherboards MSI B550 Mortar
Gigabyte B550 Aorus Pro-P

Thanks already viewed that, what I was worried about was it was from 2020, so wondered about it being 2 year old

JollyJamma · 28 Jul 2022 at 15:54

RobTi said:
Thanks already viewed that, what I was worried about was it was from 2020, so wondered about it being 2 year old

Not much has changed. Prices for AM4 are a little cheaper is all.

No point in spending big bucks for AM4.

I moved to a B550i Strix because I didn’t like my X570 tomahawk and I wanted to go ITX. I’d have gone Intel otherwise.

RobTi · 28 Jul 2022 at 16:32

JollyJamma said:
Not much has changed. Prices for AM4 are a little cheaper is all.

No point in spending big bucks for AM4.

I moved to a B550i Strix because I didn’t like my X570 tomahawk and I wanted to go ITX. I’d have gone Intel otherwise.

Thanks I am grateful for all the helpful replies I just put out the price just in case there was something that was above the sub £100 boards and was everyone’s go to board

mickyflinn · 28 Jul 2022 at 23:57

RobTi said:
Thanks I am grateful for all the helpful replies I just put out the price just in case there was something that was above the sub £100 boards and was everyone’s go to board

And the winners is ?

RobTi · 29 Jul 2022 at 11:14

mickyflinn said:
And the winners is ?

still looking although i like the mortar for the 2.5-gigabit LAN and better VRM, it would save me buying a addon card later on

RobTi · 1 Aug 2022 at 12:55

Well update as of this morning decided to keep my current board for the time being and wait to see if any bargains pop up, I was only looking as I bought a 5500 so will swap the cpu out and put the 2600 back in its box for now

JollyJamma · 1 Aug 2022 at 13:16

I can't see how getting a B550 would improve your performance at all. Just keep your current board.

RobTi · 1 Aug 2022 at 13:25

JollyJamma said:
I can't see how getting a B550 would improve your performance at all. Just keep your current board.

thanks it was only because i had spare cpu & ram that i was thinking about it but happy for now