Anyone disappointed with AM5 X870 boards?

[hornetstinger]

I was originally looking at the MSI B650 Tomahawk for my next build but the X870 Tomahawk adds:

• Higher quality 8 layer PCB instead of 6.
• A debug post code.
• Clear CMOS button on back panel.
• An additional M2 socket.
• PCIE 5.0 for the GPU and two of the M.2 slots.
• A completely redesigned BIOS interface.
• Support for 9000 series out of the box.
• WiFi 7
• USB 4.0

To me this is worth the extra cost, and also to be on a newer board which is likely to be supported for longer. I don't really get the whole "it's just B650 with USB 4" that gets thrown around.

Could look at 650E as some boards have those features this mine

https://pg.asrock.com/mb/AMD/B650E%20PG%20Riptide%20WiFi/index.asp

Can't see point of wifi 7, usb 4 myself.

 

[Glanza]

 

[pcfarrar]

Gigabyte have £25 cashback on the X870E Aorus Pro, pretty decent board as long as you don't use the 2 CPU B/C M.2 slots. I got that one for my 9800X3D system.