B550 or X570

No where near enough information.

Do you know the difference between the two chipsets, it's really easy to figure out for yourself once you do.

I went B550.
 
Fair. Looking to build a 1440p rig for gaming. Likely a Ryzen 7 3700x paired with a 5700xt in either a Coolermaster NR200p or NZXT H210.

Not sure if the extra for the X570 is warranted?
I suggest you Google the difference between the two chipsets. Honestly it's easy to figure out which you need then.
This photo sums it up though.
https://www.wepc.com/?attachment_id=530908

Basically b550 CPU lanes are gen4, chipset gen3.
X570 both are gen4.
So it comes down to how many gen4 devices you plan to use. Just 1 GPU and a m.2 b550 will do.
Also some differences in number of high speed usb ports.
 
I was weighing this up yesterday and for an ATX board with enough SATA ports and fan headers for my requirements, the price difference between B550 and X570 was £30... so X570 was a no brainer for better VRM, cooling, and I/O etc.

I could've saved £50~ by going with B450 but I didn't want to risk getting one that wasn't Ryzen 3rd gen ready, and avoiding any future 4th gen compatibility problems.

As a future proofing cost, for the incoming new GPUs, £30-50 isn't that much.
 
I was weighing this up yesterday and for an ATX board with enough SATA ports and fan headers for my requirements, the price difference between B550 and X570 was £30... so X570 was a no brainer for better VRM, cooling, and I/O etc.

I could've saved £50~ by going with B450 but I didn't want to risk getting one that wasn't Ryzen 3rd gen ready, and avoiding any future 4th gen compatibility problems.

As a future proofing cost, for the incoming new GPUs, £30-50 isn't that much.

Decent advice, thanks! :)
 
I was weighing this up yesterday and for an ATX board with enough SATA ports and fan headers for my requirements, the price difference between B550 and X570 was £30... so X570 was a no brainer for better VRM, cooling, and I/O etc.

I could've saved £50~ by going with B450 but I didn't want to risk getting one that wasn't Ryzen 3rd gen ready, and avoiding any future 4th gen compatibility problems.

As a future proofing cost, for the incoming new GPUs, £30-50 isn't that much.
B550 will be okay with the incoming new GPUs. Only makes a difference of your running 2 or more cards where the lanes come from the chipset.
Plus you could have saved even more, I got around £50 back due to the B550 deal. Plus another £10 because I got a CPU at the same time. My MSI Mag B550M basically cost me £95.
 
B550 will be okay with the incoming new GPUs. Only makes a difference of your running 2 or more cards where the lanes come from the chipset.
Plus you could have saved even more, I got around £50 back due to the B550 deal. Plus another £10 because I got a CPU at the same time. My MSI Mag B550M basically cost me £95.

That deal ended in July... so irrelevant at this point.
 
Thanks I'll take a look

Aorus b550 is damn good value

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £628.07 (includes shipping: £11.10)​

Grab some nice 4000hz ram if you go upgrade to Zen3 in the future and sorted
 
avoid asus b550 boards i have both the tuf and strix wifi, nothining but problems with the bios (tuf versions 0803/805 stopped computer cold booting with docp enabled) and on the strix 1004 bios stopped 3 usb3 ports on the motherboard working when in windows, (they work fine in the bios) so flashed back to 0805 and they started working in windows again

go with gigabyte my friend has one and no problems with his, thinking i may sell the asus and jump to gigabyte.
 
avoid asus b550 boards i have both the tuf and strix wifi, nothining but problems with the bios (tuf versions 0803/805 stopped computer cold booting with docp enabled) and on the strix 1004 bios stopped 3 usb3 ports on the motherboard working when in windows, (they work fine in the bios) so flashed back to 0805 and they started working in windows again

go with gigabyte my friend has one and no problems with his, thinking i may sell the asus and jump to gigabyte.

all vendors if their issues, and normally with AGESA BIOS updates is normally AMD at the root of it- as explained by GIgabytes rep on here. AMD release the miicrocode without major notes to Vendors and from this its hard for them to know what parts of their coding will be changed from it etc so relies on user input.
and its down to the rep on here Gigabyte has such a strong Grib with customers. Believe Gigabyte selling like hot cake sin Japan since they are able to sell 4***G APUs!!!!
 
The more I read about AMD motherboards, the more it seems all roads lead to the x570 Tomahawk. Yes it's a little bit pricey, but it just seems to cover all the bases. Except being ATX!
 
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