Budget motherboard wanted for Ryzen 5

[C64]

msi b450 gaming plus max been solid so far for me hasn't skipped a beat a decent alternative if you don't like the tomahawk board layout
I needed a board with pci-e x1 down the bottom the tomahawks pci-e are badly positioned

I'd avoid b550 until it's more mature you'll just be a test bed for crashes and bugs until they iron them out

 

[Griff7520]

In what way would a B450m Mortar max be less secure than a B550?

A B450m Mortar max is as secure as a B550.



Above: MSI has already confirmed support for its 400 series boards and with the mortar max board having a 32mb bios chip I doubt they will need to cut support for all other zen CPUs considering some X570 only have a 16mb bios chip.

didnt mean secure as in safer lol I meant more future proof, think it was a bad word to use haha

 

[Joxeon]

didnt mean secure as in safer lol I meant more future proof, think it was a bad word to use haha

I don't think any of the current boards are futureproof as Zen4 / DDR5 which comes in early 2022 will need a new socket AM5.

The only real benefit is PCIe gen 4 which only matters for NMVEs and doesn't make a difference in games over even SATA let alone GEN3.

The £60 extra for a B550 could go on a couple of extra cores which would benefit right now.

 

[Griff7520]

we was talking about the b550 being more futureproof than the b450 board he was suggesting, but I know what you mean

 

[Fluke?]

Can you tell me when your 3300x cpu will be back in stock please.

One of the other etailers has an eta of the end of the month so presumably ocuk will be similar. God knows how concrete these eta's ever are though!!

 

[BluesFanUK]

I don't think any of the current boards are futureproof as Zen4 / DDR5 which comes in early 2022 will need a new socket AM5.

The only real benefit is PCIe gen 4 which only matters for NMVEs and doesn't make a difference in games over even SATA let alone GEN3.

The £60 extra for a B550 could go on a couple of extra cores which would benefit right now.

Agreed, though it would have made sense with the recent ASUS promotion, sadly they didn't have that running for very long.

I've been going backwards and forwards with B450i or B550i for the past few weeks now, sadly that market is horrendously skewed, plus the lack of stock for B550 is getting on my nerves.

 

[Joxeon]

Considering how delayed B550 was you would have thought they would have had plenty of stock available on launch.