Looking to shift to AM5 - Mobo query

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I'm looking to upgrade to AM5 at some stage soon.

I need a mobo that's got:

Wi-Fi7 (do B650 or x670 have wifi 7?) I've got a 1Gb broadband connection and want to be able to utilise the max speeds from it if I can.
Lots of USB sockets at the back for various gadgets and devices I have.
Not fussed on PCIE 5 at this stage.
At least 3 NVME slots

Optional "would likes" but not essential
Board display for fault finding
USB 3.2 gen 2 (40Gb/s) slot

What's my options around the 200-300 mark but not really got an idea of budget.

I'm looking to get a good mobo and RAM now, with a temp CPU. Then later looking to upgrade to a "basic" 12 core AM5 CPU or a good X3D cpu
 
My basket at OcUK:

Total: £479.99 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

With Wi-Fi7 as a requirement you're limited to some of the higher end options, the Tomahawk is hard to beat at that price point.

Cheapest I'm aware of with a fault display is the X870 Elite.

Either would be fine for pretty much any AM5 CPU on the market as long as it was sufficiently cooled.
 
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subbytna said:
Wi-Fi7 (do B650 or x670 have wifi 7?)
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Not normally, no. But, have heard some of these newer boards that claim wifi7 don't have wifi7, though I don't know/understand the details.

subbytna said:
I'm looking to get a good mobo and RAM now, with a temp CPU. Then later looking to upgrade to a "basic" 12 core AM5 CPU or a good X3D cpu
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You're aware that a lower-end AM5 CPU will be slower than your 5900X (in multithreading), right?
 
If it helps i have an Asus B650 TUF Wifi board. Not sure what WIFI it is but i do get the full 1100Mb ish download speed on my Virgin 1Gb service
 
Tetras said:
Not normally, no. But, have heard some of these newer boards that claim wifi7 don't have wifi7, though I don't know/understand the details.


You're aware that a lower-end AM5 CPU will be slower than your 5900X (in multithreading), right?
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Yep, the 7600-esq type CPU is just a stop gap for a couple of months until I get a 9900x or 9800X3D. Not planning on doing anything heavy tasking over the summer so happy to drop the cores as a stopgap, probably keep the stop gap CPU as a tester.
 
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MeatLoaf said:
If it helps i have an Asus B650 TUF Wifi board. Not sure what WIFI it is but i do get the full 1100Mb ish download speed on my Virgin 1Gb service
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I've got the same Virgin service, I thought wifi 7 might have been a better option as I can't use ethernet cable option. Good to know that :) I guess the wifi7 was just for future proofing, in my head anyway. Lots of devices in the house use the connection, including the TV for streaming...at the same time. I figured the wifi 7 might have given me options to allocate broadband usage for everything better than wifi6
 
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subbytna said:
I've got the same Virgin service, I thought wifi 7 might have been a better option as I can't use ethernet cable option. Good to know that :) I guess the wifi7 was just for future proofing, in my head anyway. Lots of devices in the house use the connection, including the TV for streaming...at the same time. I figured the wifi 7 might have given me options to allocate broadband usage for everything better than wifi6
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Yeah weve got quite a few including several XBoxes, PCs, the virgin box tv sticks the lot.
 
subbytna said:
I've got the same Virgin service, I thought wifi 7 might have been a better option as I can't use ethernet cable option. Good to know that :) I guess the wifi7 was just for future proofing, in my head anyway. Lots of devices in the house use the connection, including the TV for streaming...at the same time. I figured the wifi 7 might have given me options to allocate broadband usage for everything better than wifi6
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I am using a mesh WiFi Deco XE75 Pro kit (with the 2.5GB port). My PC is connected to one of these nodes using ethernet and I am hitting 1GB download speeds.

The PC node is only located 4 - 5m away from main node, but saves me having to drag an ethernet cable across the room.
 
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Gray2233 said:
1 x Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite WIFI7 (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03319) = £259.99
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i would avoid all the gigabyte boards except the stealth ice and pro ice
the rest use 12-14x 55A for the Vcore VRMs which are pretty pee poor in comparison to the competition

the board i would get is: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asro...t-am5-ddr5-atx-motherboard-mot-asr-03308.html
14x 80A Vcore VRMs
WiFi 7
USB 40GBps
12 usb ports (10 x A, 2x C)
3x NVME slots

best of all, really cheap in comparison to other boards

cons of the PRO RS-WIFI
no fault codes, but has fault LEDs which are good enough?
Prior Asrock bioses had been blowing up ryzen 9800x3d cpus with their faulty power settings - should be fixed already with the latest bios updates though (but i guess once trust lost, hard to gain back)

alternatives to consider:
MSI X870-P - same price as the PRO RS-Wifi but lesser specs (poorer VRMs, poorer audio solution, less USB ports)
MSI X870 gaming plus - same specs as the X870-P but the nvme slots are all heatsinked (more expensive than the PRO RS-WIFI)
 
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