Mid Range AM5 motherboard B650/E recommendations

Justnotsleeping · 2 May 2024 at 14:54

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

Tetras · 2 May 2024 at 15:25

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.

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FredFlint · 2 May 2024 at 15:53

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.

Firegod · 2 May 2024 at 16:11

ASRock B650E Taichi Lite.
https://asrock.com/mb/AMD/B650E Taichi Lite/index.asp

Probably out of your budget though - can be had for £299.95.

Justnotsleeping · 2 May 2024 at 16:26

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.

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

Justnotsleeping · 2 May 2024 at 16:32

Firegod said:
ASRock B650E Taichi Lite.
https://asrock.com/mb/AMD/B650E Taichi Lite/index.asp

Probably out of your budget though - can be had for £299.95.

Looks a nice board…..pushing my budget more than I wanted to tho

FredFlint · 2 May 2024 at 16:44

Justnotsleeping said:
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

Its: ROG STRIX B650E-E GAMING WIFI. For me, it’s the most balanced option so should age well.

evohicks · 6 May 2024 at 21:48

FredFlint said:
Its: ROG STRIX B650E-E GAMING WIFI. For me, it’s the most balanced option so should age well.

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.

Bobmunkhouse · 9 May 2024 at 16:32

I have the B650E-F and seems fine to me....