Motherboard upgrade

TheGodlyGecko

TheGodlyGecko

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Hey all,

I am going to be buying a Ryzen 7700x and 64gb of 6000mhz cl30 ram.

I am asking if a MSI tomahawk b650 board will be more than enough for me or should I pay the extra and get a x670/x870 motherboard.

I only play games and don't stream or render videos.

My games are city builders and FPS games. I also run some game servers sometimes like Minecraft or ark or other survival games

Current system spec:
Ryzen 7 5800x
Nitro+ 7900XTX
64GB 3600MX RAM
2X M.2 Drives gen 4 (I want a 3rd one for more games)

Peripheral wise:
G915 pro x
Custom keyboard wireless via usb dongle
Dt 770 LE headphones
Xbox controller
I am listing these to explain how many USB ports /audio ports I use at once
 
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The B650 Tomahawk is a decent board, so I have nothing against it, but it does lack PCI-E 5.0 (neither the graphics slot, or any M.2 slot) and unlike X870 there's no USB4.

X670 is an odd one, it tends to have similar specs to B650, but with an extra M.2 slot. B650E and X670E will have PCI-E 5.0 graphics.

X870 is the same as B650E (PCI-E 5.0 graphics), but with mandatory USB4.
 
Tetras said:
The B650 Tomahawk is a decent board, so I have nothing against it, but it does lack PCI-E 5.0 (neither the graphics slot, or any M.2 slot) and unlike X870 there's no USB4.

X670 is an odd one, it tends to have similar specs to B650, but with an extra M.2 slot. B650E and X670E will have PCI-E 5.0 graphics.

X870 is the same as B650E (PCI-E 5.0 graphics), but with mandatory USB4.
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Ok thank you, what about the ROG strict B650e-F board then? Is the a bit better than the tomahawk?
 
TheGodlyGecko said:
Ok thank you, what about the ROG strict B650e-F board then? Is the a bit better than the tomahawk?
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It is one of the cheaper boards with PCI-E 5.0 graphics, so that's why it often got recommended, but if it reaches around £200 or more then you'd probably better off with an X870 board for USB4 (or even X670E, which would have more lanes than a B650E board).
 
TheGodlyGecko said:
Hey all,

I am going to be buying a Ryzen 7700x and 64gb of 6000mhz cl30 ram.

I am asking if a MSI tomahawk b650 board will be more than enough for me or should I pay the extra and get a x670/x870 motherboard.

I only play games and don't stream or render videos.

My games are city builders and FPS games. I also run some game servers sometimes like Minecraft or ark or other survival games

Current system spec:
Ryzen 7 5800x
Nitro+ 7900XTX
64GB 3600MX RAM
2X M.2 Drives gen 4 (I want a 3rd one for more games)

Peripheral wise:
G915 pro x
Custom keyboard wireless via usb dongle
Dt 770 LE headphones
Xbox controller
I am listing these to explain how many USB ports /audio ports I use at once
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Keep your system until it's a PowerPoint presentation then upgrade. You have a decent system.

If you have money to burn buy decent audio system

What FPS are you getting in your games?
 
I am leaning the same way as hornetstinger. Going from a 5800x to a 7700x can't really be that much of a upgrade for the big chunk of cash it's going to cost you. A 9800x3d, if they were in stock, then fill your boots but a 7700x isn't a move I would make from what is a very good pc. If you play at anything higher than 1080p the load is shifted more to the gpu and you already have a excellent one. If you do game at 1080p treat yourself to a new higher res monitor instead.
 
Tetras said:
It is one of the cheaper boards with PCI-E 5.0 graphics, so that's why it often got recommended, but if it reaches around £200 or more then you'd probably better off with an X870 board for USB4 (or even X670E, which would have more lanes than a B650E board).
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Ok I don't need pci gen 5 for a GPU as mine doesn't support it I assume
 
hornetstinger said:
Keep your system until it's a PowerPoint presentation then upgrade. You have a decent system.

If you have money to burn buy decent audio system

What FPS are you getting in your games?
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My family member is buying my parts from me so the upgrade isn't costing that much, they are also saving a lot by buying my parts so it just made sense
 
pastymuncher said:
I am leaning the same way as hornetstinger. Going from a 5800x to a 7700x can't really be that much of a upgrade for the big chunk of cash it's going to cost you. A 9800x3d, if they were in stock, then fill your boots but a 7700x isn't a move I would make from what is a very good pc. If you play at anything higher than 1080p the load is shifted more to the gpu and you already have a excellent one. If you do game at 1080p treat yourself to a new higher res monitor instead.
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Same as above, the bottom of the PC part chain needs an upgrade haha. But I'm going to get a 9700x CPU instead now
 
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