Brilliant thank you all for helping me with my decision. Should hopefully be pressing the buy button end of the month when pay day hits.
I've got 32GB of 6000mhz CL30 memory on order to go in it. So it should perform quite nicely.

Not as many sata ports but again budget?
I've still got to pick a B650/X670 mobo. ASUS and MSI warranty are both trash, but I owned a MSI Z77 MPower motherboard running practically everyday for 10 years without issue.i am on the fence about eiather the ROG STRIX X670E-E or the MSI MPG X670E CARBON WIFI. both are roughly the same but with the ASUS BurnGate and quality reports from people my mind says go MSI. i have a long love for Gigabyte Mobos and Graphics cards but this season the Gigabyte boards are over priced and underwhelming.
does anyone have the MSI MPG X670E CARBON WIFI and can say good things?
I've always liked Asrocks even though an MSI fanboy.Bit the bullet and put the order in for the ASRock B650e Taichi Lite. Sorry all, I know you all sang the praises for the MSI boards. Hopefully the extra features will make it a bit more future proof.
how would it do with a 7950X in it?
and a 4090? worried it might go over the second slot if i wanted a sound cardNo problem.
and a 4090? worried it might go over the second slot if i wanted a sound card
yeah, tbh i only need the SPDIF to support 5.1 Dolby or DTS as i use the optical for my setup. wonder if a riser cable could work here if it didn't. cant see it on OCUK or any other sites yet, when is this thing out. i'll wait for more reviews as well before diving inNot sure, it looks like it would be tight,
I think this is a very interesting point that I hadn't even thought of. With my Asus Mobo I was able to back-up my settings profiles and just restore them after a BIOS update making the whole process quick and simple. Having to re-enter each setting manually after each update would be annoying in the early days when BIOSes are coming pretty quick, especially of the back of the voltage issues on AM5.Worst thing about my x470 is that after bios update i cant restore settings and have to manually enter everything back in again
Bit the bullet and put the order in for the ASRock B650e Taichi Lite. Sorry all, I know you all sang the praises for the MSI boards. Hopefully the extra features will make it a bit more future proof.