B560 motherboard group test

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkiTA0XvXUM

Their recommendations are the:
1.)MSI B560M MAG Bazooka which is £100~£120
2.)MSI B560M PRO-VDH Wifi/PRO-VDH which is £90~£120
3.)Gigabyte B560M Aorus Pro/Aorus Pro AX which are £130~£150.
4.)Asus B560M TUF Gaming which is around £130.

The test is under low airflow conditions,ie,a AIO water cooler. An air cooler would have lower temperatures.






However,yet again they seem to be also ignoring the ASRock B560 PRO4 which is around £100~£110 in its ATX form,and £90~£100 in its mATX form. This is the second time they tested this and have ended up ignoring their own results.

This is despite their results being better than the £95 MSI B560M PRO which they say is the best entry level B560 motherboard which has no VRM heatsinks.

 

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B560 looks like a minefield, there is a huge discrepancy of power, temps and CPU clock speed between them. half of them look really bad.

I still don't understand why they have this issue with ASRock?? In their conclusions they literally don't even mention it,but only the really useless ASRock B560M-HDV motherboard.

They have tested the ASRock B560 PRO4 twice,and its basically the best entry level B560 motherboard you can get. It costs between £90~£110(depending on whether you get the the ATX or mATX version),has reasonable VRM heatsinks,50A power stages,etc:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asro...200-ddr4-micro-atx-motherboard-mb-180-ak.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asrock-b560-pro4-socket-lga-1200-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-181-ak.html

Yet they ignored it and recommended this as their entry level motherboard:
https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B560M-PRO

That is £90~£95 at most retailers and has no VRM heatsinks.

Edit!!

I checked on Newegg too:
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813157977
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813157978?Description=ASRock
https://www.newegg.com/msi-b560m-pro/p/N82E16813144447?Description=msi

Its around $20~$50 cheaper than the other motherboards. The UK price is almost an exact conversion of the US price if you include VAT.

The mATX version is a whole $8 more than the MSI B560M they mentioned with no VRM heatsinks.

 

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MSI B560M PRO-VDH Wifi - been recommending these since the week of release when you could get them for £80, used loads of them now, wouldn't even bother with another B560 board for a bargain build, unless the end users wants some specific I/O that isn't there. The non-WiFi board is obviously just as good, but for £3 less it's not a great deal.

Good to hear some feedback! Just had a look around at some more retailers and seen it for £90~£100. At that price it does seem like a bargain!

 

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I wish they'd showed us what BIOS settings to tweak.

Its usually under TDP/power - you can configure the TDP. Alternatively there might be all cores boost option. I have an Asus B460I mini-ITX motherboard and I get unlocked the TDP. Have my Core i5 10400F at 80W IIRC.

 

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I've had lots of folk interested since 11th Gen launched, and I'd earmarked it as a good board before even getting my hands on one, as MSI were very good in providing information via their support rep. Since release I've used a big pile of them, and baring a faulty USB port they've all been great, and the VRM heatsink is wonderful when you've either got an tower or down draft air cooler on it.

I do hope there are some reviews of the mini-ITX B560 motherboards.

I almost got the ASRock B560M-ITX/AC mini-ITX motherboard myself for the Core i5 10400 in my Linux rig as it was only £100. However,it went out of stock and I ended up getting an Asus B460 mini-ITX motherboard for £60.I really wish I had waited now!