Board (B650) and GPU (7900 XTX) advice requests

DWaddington

DWaddington

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I'm building a new system and need some advise. Current parts I've picked are:
  • CPU - AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor
  • CPU cooler - be quiet! Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler
  • PSU - be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
  • Storage - Samsung 980 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (from old build)
  • case - Phanteks ECLIPSE G500A DRGB (Fanless) ATX Mid Tower Case
  • RAM - depends on motherboard
Not sure which motherboard to get see current prices below:
MSI MAG B650M Mortar WiFi£220
ASUS TUF Gaming B650-Plus WiFi£200
Gigabyte B650 AORUS Elite AX (x2)£230
MSI MPG B650 Carbon WiFi£260
ASUS ROG Strix B650E-E Gaming WiFi£310
ASUS TUF Gaming B650-PLUS WiFi£200
MSI AMD B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI£210

Same with the GPU prices below:

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX£900
Gigabyte Radeon RX 7900 XTX £950
MSI AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX GAMING TRIO CLASSIC£950
XFX Radeon RX 7900 XTX Speedster MERC 310£996
Asus Radeon RX 7900 XTX TUF OC £960
Asrock Radeon RX 7900 XTX Phantom Gaming£975
Powercolor Radeon RX 7900 XTX HellHound£999
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX Nitro Vapor-X£1,000
Powercolor Radeon RX 7900 XTX Red Devil£1,050

Not sure which motherboard and GPU to go for. Any advice is welcomed and thank you in advance.
 
Tetras said:
Do you care about sound/spdif?
Do you care about PCI-E 5.0 graphics, or PCI-E 5.0 M.2?
How many M.2 slots / SATA ports?
Do you care about the rear I/O? E.g. The number of USB ports, USB Type-C.
Do you use anything else with the PC that plugs into the board? E.g. capture cards, sound cards.



Are these MBA cards? I don't know about where you're buying, but @ OCUK, that can have an impact on warranty length and you'd also want to avoid old stock due to the cooler problems.
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2 M2 slots and 4 Sata will be more than enough. Not sure PCI-E 5.0 will be much value to me now. Ports 2 USB on the back and one port for the front is all I need.

Not sure about the MBA cards though.
 
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