Mid Range AM5 motherboard B650/E recommendations

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I'm looking into a bit of a PC rebuild from my current AM4 Ryzen 5800x. While i'm not opposed to Intel I thought I would go with AM5 as they will probably support it through next few CPU generations.

As the PC is for gaming, I wont likely need an X670, so was looking at the B650 or B650E. I have seen that the Gigabyte Aorus Master B650e is supposed to be a great board, I don't want to spend £400ish.

Main things i'm after are decent thermal performance and stability, and at least 3 M.2 SSD slots. Wont be overclocking.

Any recommendations from B650/E owners for decent motherboards for around £200ish? I'd go to £250 but that's the top end of what I want to spend, and would prefer to save the money for other parts of the build.

Cheers
 
The easy option is the B650E-F, one of the cheapest boards with PCI-E 5.0 graphics, or the TUF B650-Plus if you're content with 1x PCI-E 5.0 SSD and PCI-E 4.0 graphics.

If you avoid the lower-end B650 boards (i.e. anything in this video *), the thermals should not be a problem.

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I got a ASUS B650E-E and it’s been fine so far. Had issues with the Intel nic but it’s working ok now, not tried the WIFI so don’t know what that is like. I don’t have any PCIe 5 stuff so not tried that.
 
FredFlint said:
I got a ASUS B650E-E and it’s been fine so far. Had issues with the Intel nic but it’s working ok now, not tried the WIFI so don’t know what that is like. I don’t have any PCIe 5 stuff so not tried that.
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Is that the ROG Strix B650E-E? I can see that’s available for a little over 250 or there is a B650E-F for around 220
 
FredFlint said:
Its: ROG STRIX B650E-E GAMING WIFI. For me, it’s the most balanced option so should age well.
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I'm running this board now after building my PC recently and although it's not the cheapest board out there it has some future proofing at least with its gen 5 Pci-e and gen 5 M.2 support.
I'm using the 4090 which is Pci-e gen 4 along with my 2 M.2 Nvme drives which are also gen 4.
I'm not sure what CPU's will be compatible in the future but hopefully a few down the line but my 7800x3d should suffice for a while.
 
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I have the Asus B650E Gaming E, been rock solid in all areas, you can get it for £235 if you look around at some well known websites, also latest Bios supports next gen Ryzen 9000 series.
 
Save the extra money and dont' worry about getting PCi-e 5.0.

4.0 is enough for almost everyone and adds cost to the motherboard. Also, B650 is good enough too, you don't need X670.

Watch that video that @Tetras posted and get one of their recommendations.
 
JollyJamma said:
Save the extra money and dont' worry about getting PCi-e 5.0.

4.0 is enough for almost everyone and adds cost to the motherboard. Also, B650 is good enough too, you don't need X670.

Watch that video that @Tetras posted and get one of their recommendations.
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What if your someone who kept his last pc for over 10 years? Plan in 4/5 years is to pop in last/best CPU the socket supports and get new GPU and see how long it lasts...
 
Bobmunkhouse said:
What if your someone who kept his last pc for over 10 years? Plan in 4/5 years is to pop in last/best CPU the socket supports and get new GPU and see how long it lasts...
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Sure but even pci-e 4.0 would be enough in most of those situations and the only major issue we’ve seen recently with bandwidth and not going pci-e 4.0 is where the system is configured with a 6500XT that only runs 8 lanes.

PCI-e 5.0 is an expensive gimmick at this point and if you are keeping your system for many years, you’re unlikely to be buying a top of the range GPU anyway so the bottleneck would be moderate at best.
 
JollyJamma said:
Sure but even pci-e 4.0 would be enough in most of those situations and the only major issue we’ve seen recently with bandwidth and not going pci-e 4.0 is where the system is configured with a 6500XT that only runs 8 lanes.

PCI-e 5.0 is an expensive gimmick at this point and if you are keeping your system for many years, you’re unlikely to be buying a top of the range GPU anyway so the bottleneck would be moderate at best.
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Yeah that's fair but if you get a good deal on a 650e might make me/people feel better...
 
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Bobmunkhouse said:
Yeah that's fair but if you get a good deal on a 650e might make me/people feel better...
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Sure, a good deal is a good deal.

If you shop around, you can sometimes find a really good deal on a pci-e 5.0 motherboard.
There’s pci-e 6.0 coming because of course it is and that’ll become the next “have to have”.

I just want a BIOS boot code on my motherboard, not an LED but an actual error code readout.
 
Bobmunkhouse said:
What if your someone who kept his last pc for over 10 years? Plan in 4/5 years is to pop in last/best CPU the socket supports and get new GPU and see how long it lasts...
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A board like the Strix B650E-F isn't that expensive, so the saving over e.g. TUF B650-Plus is not significant over 10 years (~£5 a year), but even the TUF has a PCI-E 5.0 M.2 slot.

JollyJamma said:
where the system is configured with a 6500XT that only runs 8 lanes.
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4 lanes ;)
 
Varys said:
Why get a B650E-F when you can get a X670E for more or less the same price?
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The B650E-F was available for around £180 at one point, I think, so it was one of the most affordable boards with PCI-E 5.0 graphics, but the B650E-F has been creeping upwards and entry-level X670E boards have been trending downwards, so they're definitely looking more attractive. That said, the feature differences between a high-end B650E board and a lower-end X670E board are not very big.
 
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