Soldato
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i didnt read anything - as soon as i saw i wanted to spend £500 but spent £1300 - I want to keep it 5+ years............... i scrolled to the bottom and posted this - get the x570 please!
future proof new build with X570 over B450?
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i didnt read anything - as soon as i saw i wanted to spend £500 but spent £1300 - I want to keep it 5+ years............... i scrolled to the bottom and posted this - get the x570 please!
Hehe I should have mentioned that did include £200 for a new keyboard and mouse. Anyhow I reined it in a bit but did go B450. Shopped around and I've spent £960 and another £100 on keyboard and mouse. So double what I set out to spend. I'm blaming this forum.
It WILL still last me 5 years. I'm currently using an AMD socket FM1 and A6 processor from 2013 I'm just playing old games on it on low settings
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What future upgrade would you need from x470/x570 that b450 cannot provide?
Bios? AMD have stated support until 2020 (Ryzen 4000) and all board OEMs have released bios updates on time for the last couple years...no reason to doubt this will be any different for the last generation of AM4 processors... especially with a board that's a best seller
VRMs? We're not recommending bargain basement b450...and tomahawk/mortar/pro carbon b450 can handle high core counts decently.
Sli? Lol dead tech
Pci-e 4? Pointless for GPU (and to a lesser extent, SSDs)
More SATA ports? How many does the average user use?
More nvme ports? See above
Usb 3.2? Maybe
So...
Bios? AMD have stated support until 2020 (Ryzen 4000) and all board OEMs have released bios updates on time for the last couple years...no reason to doubt this will be any different for the last generation of AM4 processors... especially with a board that's a best seller
VRMs? We're not recommending bargain basement b450...and tomahawk/mortar/pro carbon b450 can handle high core counts decently.
Sli? Lol dead tech
Pci-e 4? Pointless for GPU (and to a lesser extent, SSDs)
More SATA ports? How many does the average user use?
More nvme ports? See above
Usb 3.2? Maybe
So...
^This^
That said, my advice for anyone looking at buying a motherboard is to wait for B550.
Suggestions are it is basically ready but AMD are holding it off for tactical reasons.
That means that when it finally arrives it shouldn't be a paper launch and there will be plenty of stock, models and competition.
I got a B350 board for a Ryzen+ processor thinking I was being smart but the last non-Beta BIOS update is over a year old now.
If you really can't wait then get a B450 Max rather than a non-Max model. The extra space will mean it'll be much easier to port over B550 BIOS updates so you'll get better support for longer than standard B450 boards.
That said, my advice for anyone looking at buying a motherboard is to wait for B550.
Suggestions are it is basically ready but AMD are holding it off for tactical reasons.
That means that when it finally arrives it shouldn't be a paper launch and there will be plenty of stock, models and competition.
I got a B350 board for a Ryzen+ processor thinking I was being smart but the last non-Beta BIOS update is over a year old now.
If you really can't wait then get a B450 Max rather than a non-Max model. The extra space will mean it'll be much easier to port over B550 BIOS updates so you'll get better support for longer than standard B450 boards.