Mini ITX Mobo for AMD 3600?

ScotchHop · 23 Jan 2021 at 05:54

I'm about to drop a juicy 5800X into my desktop and am going to build a mini ITX with the left overs. I bought a Fractal Design Node 202 a few months back and am wondering what is a decent Mini ITX motherboard to plonk in there?

I won't be doing anything special with it and am going to run it at stock for cooling purposes. I figure it is cheaper than a laptop and nearly as portable and far more upgradeable, hence far cheaper in the long run.

tonys · 23 Jan 2021 at 09:45

I have 2 Node 202's, both have Gigabyte itx boards in. 1 is a x570(3800x, 1080 with 2 fans under the graphics card, 16gb low profile 3600 ram and low profile cooler). This runs ok even when oc'd and is my main rig for gaming. The other is a x450 board (2800x, R290 with 2 fans under the graphics card, 16gb 2400 low profile ram and stock cooler). This is used as a htpc. Had no real problems from either of them, except when I start to play around with overclocker but they just came back on after a cmos clear.
If you use a stock cooler you may find that it revs up and down abit more than a custom one. Just remembered that I a slight problem with the back plate on the x570 and had to mod it slightly to fit.

Skilid · 25 Jan 2021 at 13:09

I use a Gigabyte B550-I Aorus Pro AX. Cheaper than competitors and has very good power delivery and VRM thermals. It does not have an internal USB-C header, though. Not sure there is much point going b450 unless it's much cheaper.

orbitalwalsh · 26 Jan 2021 at 14:21

as above . b550 aorus - think it actually beats x570 aorus ITX for VRMS!

Tute · 26 Jan 2021 at 23:33

I wouldn't even fork out for the Aorus board, i'd get the Asrock B550M-ITX instead, it's a good bit cheaper.

tamzzy · 26 Jan 2021 at 23:50

if you want to go el-cheapo and don't need pcie4 etc, then gigabyte a520i may fit the bill
compatible with ryzen 3000

20:45 onwards

clv101 · 26 Jan 2021 at 23:51

The AsRock A520A-ITX/AC under £100 is a good option for a 3600 system.

orbitalwalsh · 28 Jan 2021 at 14:37

Tute said:
I wouldn't even fork out for the Aorus board, i'd get the Asrock B550M-ITX instead, it's a good bit cheaper.

aorus rival is the Phantom

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX (AMD AM4) B550 Mini-ITX Motherboard= £174.95
1 x Asrock B550 Phantom Gaming-ITX/AC (AMD AM4) B550 Mini-ITX Motherboard= £214.99

Total: £400.44 (includes shipping: £10.50)

and then with RMA asrock currently - you'd pay for customs export

clv101 said:
The AsRock A520A-ITX/AC under £100 is a good option for a 3600 system.

about £5-10 more . 55a vs 50a , both same wifi, gigabyte with dual hdmi but asrock use USB C at the back. Realtek 1220 vs 887 on the rock

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Gigabyte A520I AC (Socket AM4) DDR4 ITX Motherboard= £104.99

Total: £104.99 (includes shipping: £0.00)

clv101 · 28 Jan 2021 at 14:47

So I ended up going for a microATX, the: MSI MAG A520M VECTOR WiFi, AMD A520, S AM4, DDR4, SATA3, M.2, Realtek GbE, ac WiFi/BT, USB 3.2 Gen1 A, MicroATX

Seemed pretty solid for £75.

ScotchHop · 29 Jan 2021 at 22:37

I'm going for the Aorus 550, as that will accept my 5800X when I upgrade the desktop in a few years and I am familiar with the bios. Thank you so much for the advice. It's been difficult trying to find decent parts to replace my laptop with a mini ITX build.