Gigabyte B550 Pro or X570 Elite

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Looking to build a new AMD based system and these two boards are close in money. A B550 chipset would accommodate my usage just fine, but any reason to choose the X570 Elite instead?

B550 Pro advantages over X570 Elite (rev 1.0) are:
  • Supports higher memory rates up to 5200
  • 256Mb flash (up from 128Mb)
  • 2.5Gb capable Lan (my switch is only 1Gb anyway!)
  • USB Type-C port on the back panel
  • Realtek ALC1220 (instead of ALC1200)
  • No chipset fan
  • Six layer PCB instead of four
There's must be a bunch of other changes too? I also note the Elite board is still at rev 1.0, whilst the rest of the Gigabyte X570 lineup has been up-issued to rev 1.1 (which seems to mostly address the mem OC rates, plus thunderbolt add-in).
 
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