Motherboard recomendations

riggie said:
Hi Orbitalwalsh
Thanks very much for all the info, the video was really interesting, it's so difficult to choose a board as there are so many, I am struggling to choose between X570 and B550
I keep coming back to this one, the ........ MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard @ £160
Or there is this one for the same price .... MSI X570-A PRO (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 CHIPSET MOTHERBOARD @ £160 (and you can control the chip-set fan)
I realise the X boards are designed for more control for overclocking so would that mean the components and VRM are a higher standard?
Or would the B550 be the most solid simple and reliable way to go?
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some b550 actually have better VRMs then x570 to them being newer and expecting higher core count of next gen Ryzen CPU or clock speed. Currently £270 B550 Master if the heaviest hitting AMD board.

MSI Toma and Aorus Elite feature 600 amps across the VCore for VRM, but gigabyte/aorus have much better customer service/rma

toma iis 10x 60 amps
Elite is 12x 50 amps

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £314.94 (includes shipping: £0.00)​
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x570 for the pcie 4.0 chiipset but b550 vrms outshine them

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £329.94 (includes shipping: £0.00)​
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I'm struggling to choose a B550 board.
It needs WiFi and BT5.

My shortlist contains:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £806.57 (includes shipping: £11.70)​
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Not much bothered by the price differences, currently leaning towards the MSI Mortar WiFi? Or the ASUS Strix? Anything missing?

How to choose?
 
clv101 said:
I'm struggling to choose a B550 board.
It needs WiFi and BT5.

My shortlist contains:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £806.57 (includes shipping: £11.70)
​

Not much bothered by the price differences, currently leaning towards the MSI Mortar WiFi? Or the ASUS Strix? Anything missing?

How to choose?
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want best vrm and ram speed . but itx

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...-am4-b550-mini-itx-motherboard-mb-58x-gi.html
 
clv101 said:
I'm struggling to choose a B550 board.
It needs WiFi and BT5.

My shortlist contains:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £806.57 (includes shipping: £11.70)
​

Not much bothered by the price differences, currently leaning towards the MSI Mortar WiFi? Or the ASUS Strix? Anything missing?

How to choose?
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Out of those you listed I'd get the Mortar.

It's the second cheapest, has a good feature set, and has VRM's close to the better £200-220 X570 boards.

I avoid Asus like the plague personally, crap customer service should you ever need to deal with them.
 
Gray2233 said:
Out of those you listed I'd get the Mortar.

It's the second cheapest, has a good feature set, and has VRM's close to the better £200-220 X570 boards.

I avoid Asus like the plague personally, crap customer service should you ever need to deal with them.
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Mortar is 8 phases twinned so 4 (60amps ) X 2 .
Edge is 10 phases twinned at 60amps
Aorus ITX is 6 X 90amps
Asus is 12 phases twinned , 6 (50amps ) X 2

MSI and Aorus use better 2.5GbE Lan ports is that helps over Asus..
 
Will any B550 board bought today work out the box with a Zen 3 Ryzen, or will they all need a new BIOS? And hence an earlier CPU just for the flash?
 
riggie said:
I realise the X boards are designed for more control for overclocking so would that mean the components and VRM are a higher standard?
Or would the B550 be the most solid simple and reliable way to go?
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I don't believe that's true. The (small) difference between B and X chipsets are features, VRM is completely independent of the chipset. Unless you need more than one PCIe 4.0 card or more than one 4.0 NVME drive, might as well go for B550.
 
B550 have been designed better to handle Zen3 and faster ram with improved PCB along with pathways for pice 4.0 etc. Only natural with lessons learnt from x570, TRX40 and Z490 .

B550 master can out muscle x570 Xtreme .. £270 Vs £500...

Shows you x670 is going firstly to be a bit more costly and insanely nerd heavy .

But x570 is more future proof for NVMe 4.0 drives and storage via SATA ports .
 
Sara Danyal said:
Sorry for the stupid question, but this is exactly what I plan on doing - how do I update the bios if I don’t have another CPU lying around?
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most b550 boards have quick flash ability. Download bios onto blank USB and insert into certain USB Slot on the back of the mobo, and then push a button and it will install .

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orbitalwalsh said:
most b550 boards have quick flash ability. Download bios onto blank USB and insert into certain USB Slot on the back of the mobo, and then push a button and it will install .
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Yep, this was new to me (haven't built a system for well over a decade!). Check the manuals, most support this.
 
IvanDobskey said:
Asus X570 TUF, only £180 and a great board.
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6 Layer PCB which entry b550 and even A520 boards have.

12 vrm set up, but not integrated Dr Mos (separate single high and low) compared to B550 elite which is a 12 VRM set up using better Dr Mos integrated units. £150


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Total: £746.58 (includes shipping: £11.70)​
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those 3 bar the TUF personally
 
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