Looking for motherboard for 2700 x

lltfdaniel · 27 Jun 2018 at 11:06

Hi all,

I don't know where to begin so yea, i have up to £150 for a motherboard but which one would you recommend for 2700 x which is an amd am4 processor?

Here is what i would use the motherboard for, i would use 1 hard disk drive, 1 cd optical drive and that is it no need for raid 0 etc so that is 2 sata ports used.

Also i would only use up to 4 usb ports as well, 1 for keyboard and 1 for mouse and 1 for audio dac/amp and 1 for windows xbox 360 controller.

I will also pair it with this pc case >https://www.overclockers.co.uk/xigmatek-talon-midi-tower-windowed-gaming-case-black-ca-067-xg.html

Also i do not need crossfire or nvidia sli as i would be using 1 gpu which is gtx1070.

All i want is a decent motherboard which will use the amd 2700x to it's full potential that is all.

I also think the motherboard will have to be basic since i stated what i would be using it for maybe costing under 100 pounds but i want a gaming motherboard though unless that is a sales gimmick yea?

Also the motherboard has to be atx.

Thanks in advance,

Daniel.

lltfdaniel · 29 Jun 2018 at 13:04

Anyways i went for this motherboard in the end.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...ocket-am4-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-56x-gi.html

Just fancied a quality motherboard.

Space Monkey · 29 Jun 2018 at 13:06

lltfdaniel said:
Anyways i went for the motherboard in the end.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...ocket-am4-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-56x-gi.html

Just fancied a quality motherboard.

I'd be interested in how you get on with this motherboard and what you think of it? I'm still looking myself

lltfdaniel · 29 Jun 2018 at 13:09

I will definitely do a review regarding the motherboard for sure.

Should be good especially at this price.

Anyways i now have the processor a amd 2700x and now this motherboard which will come tomorrow so i have 2 pc hardware parts and because it is expensive it will take me around about 3 months to get all the pc hardware parts.

Anyways have a nice day.

Dan.

Space Monkey · 29 Jun 2018 at 15:08

lltfdaniel said:
I will definitely do a review regarding the motherboard for sure.

Should be good especially at this price.

Anyways i now have the processor a amd 2700x and now this motherboard which will come tomorrow so i have 2 pc hardware parts and because it is expensive it will take me around about 3 months to get all the pc hardware parts.

Anyways have a nice day.

Dan.

Thank you I appreciate it

lltfdaniel · 29 Jun 2018 at 15:19

Space Monkey said:
Thank you I appreciate it

No problem, when i do the review just take my opinion and what i say just with a pinch of salt for what it is worth.

I am no expert in motherboards but i will express why i like it or dislike it.

Dan.

Space Monkey · 29 Jun 2018 at 15:31

lltfdaniel said:
No problem, when i do the review just take my opinion and what i say just with a pinch of salt for what it is worth.

I am no expert in motherboards but i will express why i like it or dislike it.

Dan.

Nah that's cool, I prefer to hear real users feedback rather than the paid reviews that saturate the internet!

lltfdaniel · 29 Jun 2018 at 15:34

For me if it does the job then i will be happy with it as i won't be demanding a lot from the motherboard, i also will do a mild overclock on the 2700x processor to give me 4.35ghz all the time which should be easy with this motherboard and this motherboard from what i have read is good at overclocking with things like volt drop etc but i am a novice so yeah.

I won't be bragging about my new pc either

but it is considered to be higher end at least.

Jamin280672 · 29 Jun 2018 at 21:06

I have one of these for sale: https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/X470-GAMING-PRO-CARBON-AC

I also have the Gigabyte Gaming 7 WiFi arriving tomorrow, at the time of ordering OCuk were out of stock so had to purchase from somewhere else and stick it on a Saturday delivery.

lltfdaniel · 29 Jun 2018 at 23:19

I am brain dead when it comes to m.2 storage devices, i am totally new to it.

I wonder if it just plugs into a standard pci-e port or not, but with the way the input socket looks like with this i don't know > https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-b...-solid-state-drive-wds200t2b0b-hd-54p-wd.html

But with the picture below it supports m.2. drives which is the motherboard of my choice but i wonder if it will support that western digital one regarding the link above this sentence.

I am attracted to that deal and for £419 seems like a good deal to me as i would like faster read and write times when compared to a bog standard 7200rpm mechanical drive.

Space Monkey · 29 Jun 2018 at 23:25

lltfdaniel said:
I am brain dead when it comes to m.2 storage devices, i am totally new to it.

I wonder if it just plugs into a standard pci-e port or not, but with the way the input socket looks like with this i don't know > https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-b...-solid-state-drive-wds200t2b0b-hd-54p-wd.html

But with the picture below it supports m.2. drives which is the motherboard of my choice but i wonder if it will support that western digital one regarding the link above this sentence.

I am attracted to that deal and for £419 seems like a good deal to me as i would like faster read and write times when compared to a bog standard 7200rpm mechanical drive.

See the black metal heatsink under the very top PCI-e slot on the motherboard (where the GPU goes) that's the M.2 slot, it uses the PCI-e lanes not the physical slot

lltfdaniel · 29 Jun 2018 at 23:34

Thank you, i will study when i get the motherboard tomorrow by reading the motherboard instructions etc and un box it etc to find that slot.

Space Monkey · 29 Jun 2018 at 23:39

lltfdaniel · 29 Jun 2018 at 23:42

Thank you that clears up a lot for me,

Stupid me i thought it was this... but from your picture i was proven incorrect.

I was not correct not one bit...

Just for the sake of it i posted this picture..

I seem to think that what you posted you open them up yeah..

Space Monkey · 29 Jun 2018 at 23:51

Yep, you open them up, put the SSD in and it acts as a heatsink to help cool the SSD, it should have a heat transfer pad as well, similar to the ones you see on GPUs

lltfdaniel · 29 Jun 2018 at 23:54

Right, well what is confusing me is the shape of the m.2. drive it self for instance this below which is the drive i want.

And this below,

The connector parts are different i suppose that is why there is 2 different sized m.2. ports on this motherboard yeah?

I should be fine anyways thanks for your help.

Space Monkey · 30 Jun 2018 at 00:04

They do different length and width models but the 2 pics you've posted are different in the connection type, the top pic is a SATA drive, similar speed to a normal SSD and the bottom pic is an NVMe drive, which is the much faster one, though a lot of comments on the web suggest that in normal day to day operations you'll not notice the difference?

lltfdaniel · 30 Jun 2018 at 00:09

Space Monkey said:
They do different length and width models but the 2 pics you've posted are different in the connection type, the top pic is a SATA drive, similar speed to a normal SSD and the bottom pic is an NVMe drive, which is the much faster one, though a lot of comments on the web suggest that in normal day to day operations you'll not notice the difference?

I think well this is hard for me to say but i say this, i don't think it would make a difference... for some reason games are optimized for slow 7200rpm mechanical drives and the other part of my brain says yes it does make a difference.

I think i misread nevermind.

I am going to hit the sack bedtime for me since i need it, i'll talk tomorrow when i feel refreshed from the sleep.

Well not noticing the difference this is not fully true i think in my rational mind.

lltfdaniel · 30 Jun 2018 at 10:00

lltfdaniel said:
I am brain dead when it comes to m.2 storage devices, i am totally new to it.

I wonder if it just plugs into a standard pci-e port or not, but with the way the input socket looks like with this i don't know > https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-b...-solid-state-drive-wds200t2b0b-hd-54p-wd.html

But with the picture below it supports m.2. drives which is the motherboard of my choice but i wonder if it will support that western digital one regarding the link above this sentence.

I am attracted to that deal and for £419 seems like a good deal to me as i would like faster read and write times when compared to a bog standard 7200rpm mechanical drive.

Okay so the motherboard supports a m.2. NVMe PCIe X4.

I was thinking of picking up a ADATA SX8200 1tb .

I will look at the port to see what it supports so will have too take off the thermal guard as i am not sure what the port supports regarding the connector part.

Right well i think it definitely supports the connector of a hardware part that gives over 1,000MB/S read or write roughly yeah now i know which is parts labelled as NVMe simply put and not M.2. 2280.

I will buy the ADATA SX8200 1tb then seeing it is good bang for your money.

Found out all about it here > https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/posts/31896346

lltfdaniel · 30 Jun 2018 at 10:52

Either way i would fancy a raid 0 setup with these NVME ssd's.

But have no clue how to set that up so will have to read thee instructions.

Anyways Thanks for you help guys.