I currently have an Asus Rog Strix X470-i Gaming ITX motherboard with a 2700X. I have no issues with the board at all, but for a several reasons I am considering to switch back to Micro-ATX. It's frustrating that there are no X470 Micro-ATX boards available (and none planned it would seem), but how do the B450M options compare? Would it be a downgrade? The fact they are all nearly half the price of my ITX board makes me wonder. I am not OC'ing my 2700X, just letting Precision Boost do its job.
Asus Strix X470-i IGaming ITX vs B450M Micro-ATX options...?
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@EsaT Thanks for that info.
I had specifically been looking at the MSI B450 Mortar. From that table in the link you provided, this uses the RT8894A (4 + 2) controller and 4 real phases, vs the ASP1405I (6 + 1) controller with 6 real phases on my Asus X470-i Gaming.
The MOSFETS are also different and I'm unclear how the SoC VCC differences will come in to play exactly.
In real world terms, I don't know how to draw a direct comparison between these two boards.
Furthermore, the negatives outlined on the MSI Gaming Pro Carbon AC aren't exactly encouraging, but I don't know how many of these issues transfer to the B450 Mortar. Of course, no board is going to be without its weaknesses, and no doubt my Asus will have some.
I had specifically been looking at the MSI B450 Mortar. From that table in the link you provided, this uses the RT8894A (4 + 2) controller and 4 real phases, vs the ASP1405I (6 + 1) controller with 6 real phases on my Asus X470-i Gaming.
The MOSFETS are also different and I'm unclear how the SoC VCC differences will come in to play exactly.
In real world terms, I don't know how to draw a direct comparison between these two boards.
Furthermore, the negatives outlined on the MSI Gaming Pro Carbon AC aren't exactly encouraging, but I don't know how many of these issues transfer to the B450 Mortar. Of course, no board is going to be without its weaknesses, and no doubt my Asus will have some.
- 2: 1 heat transfer material with M.2 "cooler"
- Purely graphical and extremely clumsy bios fan control
- No adjustment of internal or external RGB illumination in bios
- No problem-solving diagnostic display
- No power and restart switches for testing outside the enclosure
- No parallel CPU fan coupling that would allow, for example, two fans to be controlled by one signal and thus save one other fan-driven fan site for other use
- The CPU fan connector layout, which is easily accessible under the larger air coolers
- No offset voltage control for processor and soC voltage
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So in real world usage, not OC'ing the 2700X and just letting Precision Boost do its thing, is there much to separate the Asus Rog Strix X470-i Gaming and the B450M Mortar Titanium, or does one stand out for any particular reason?
If relevant, I will be populating with 32GB RAM (x2 16GB) and a 2080, plus x1 M.2 and x2 SSD.
Am I right in saying the B450M won't support Nvidia NVLink?
If relevant, I will be populating with 32GB RAM (x2 16GB) and a 2080, plus x1 M.2 and x2 SSD.
Am I right in saying the B450M won't support Nvidia NVLink?