B450 Tomahawk v Aorus Elite

[DaveCator]

Hi all

I know the generally accepted best price/performance board around at the min for a Ryzen 5 build is the Tomahawk max but what are the benefits of it over the gigabyte Aorus elite which is considerably cheaper? All connection and features are very similar as they are the same size and chipset.

Planning to pair the board with a 3600, rx5500xt, 16gb ram and an m.2 drive. Not bothered about RGB. Pc will be used for 1080p gaming and occasional video/music editing.

 

[Jamin280672]

Hi all

I know the generally accepted best price/performance board around at the min for a Ryzen 5 build is the Tomahawk max but what are the benefits of it over the gigabyte Aorus elite which is considerably cheaper? All connection and features are very similar as they are the same size and chipset.

Planning to pair the board with a 3600, rx5500xt, 16gb ram and an m.2 drive. Not bothered about RGB. Pc will be used for 1080p gaming and occasional video/music editing.

MSi were the best all round in the field of B450 boards, especially in the bits that you dont really think about, VRMs were the best which in-turn results in better power delivery, cleaner power delivery etc, ASUS and Gigabyte were pretty much knocked down quite a few marks in the B450 range because of their poor approach to VRMs.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

ITX, Aorus - MSI had stronger VRM but shocking slow WiFi . Both ITX blow matx/ATX boards out the water .

carbon WiFi for ATX, vrms are wired slightly better with more chokes, plus good WiFi .

Toma was £85 odd when released, now £105.. :/

 

[opethdisciple]

I went Elite recently for the forward compatibility with PCI-E 4 for next gen GPUs.

However you could wait for B550 boards if you wanted another option.

 

[Joxeon]

If you want the tomahawk but cheaper then go with the mortar as it's got the same Vrm same features plus an extra m.2 slot and its 20 quid cheaper.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI B450M Mortar MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £89.99

Total: £100.49 (includes shipping: £10.50)​

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[Jamin280672]

Yes the Mortar is a great board if you're happy to go with mATX, I just recently built my dad a new PC using a 3400G and the MSI Mortar, and have to say im very impressed.

I got the MSi Mortar and a Gigabyte WB1733D-I WiFi card from a competitor, cost me a total of £121.

 

[DaveCator]

Thanks for the feedback everyone. Definitely wanted to stay with the ATX size just in case I wanted the additional slots at some point down the line. I went for the tomahawk in the end for the better power delivery.

 

[ShivP]

Yes the Mortar is a great board if you're happy to go with mATX, I just recently built my dad a new PC using a 3400G and the MSI Mortar, and have to say im very impressed.

I got the MSi Mortar and a Gigabyte WB1733D-I WiFi card from a competitor, cost me a total of £121.

I thought about this as well, but ended up going for the Gaming Pro Carbon AC as it has the Wifi/BT already and was only £125

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I would wait for the B550 motherboards.