MSI's X570 Tomahawk May Become Go-To OC Board??

I agree re: B450. Personally, I'd go with the X570 Tomahawk (and indeed have done!). If your budget will stretch to £218 then I don't think you'll be disappointed.
 
I just saw the US pricing for MSI B550 boards (excludes VAT)

Edit 2: Price list (MSRP in USD w/o tax)

  • B550 Gaming Carbon Wifi: $219
  • B550i Gaming Edge WiFi: $199
  • B550 Gaming Edge WiFi: $189
  • B550 Tomahawk: $179
  • B550M Mortar WiFi: $169
  • B550M Mortar: $159
  • B550 Gaming Plus: $149
  • B550-A Pro: $139
  • B550M Bazooka: $139
  • B550M Pro-VDH WiFi: $129
  • B550M Pro-Dash: $119
https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/grl5in/msi_b550_launch_pricing_announced_starting_at_119/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5V18enaj50

At ~200 squid, if not more for the B550 Tomahawk, I'd rather just get the X570 variant.
 
JollyJamma said:
Hi All

I’m new to the forums and could use some input, please.

I’m in two minds about ordering the X570 Tomahawk.

I’ve got a TX650M PSU, an AMD 3300X and 16gigs of Crucial 3200CL16 E-Die as a start. Haven’t decided on a GPU yet (probably an AMD 5700).

I want to get a Panteks P400A as a chassis with a view to upgrade to a Zen 3 CPU next year.

I could get a B450 motherboard which would suffice but I’d actually like to play it safe and get a B550 or a X570 board.

The X570 Tomahawk is a bit out of my budget at £218 but it’s quality. Should I just bite the bullet and get it?
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It was out of my original planned budget I also have the 3300x and a basic 5500xt so yes its massively overkill. But I could easily say I could get 10 years out of, 4.6>8>12>16 core (upgrade cpu every 2 years).. never know we might even see higher core variants on the 4000 series. the basic gpu as no fancy monitor yet so roll on big navi
 
pigeonguyuk said:
It was out of my original planned budget I also have the 3300x and a basic 5500xt so yes its massively overkill. But I could easily say I could get 10 years out of, 4.6>8>12>16 core (upgrade cpu every 2 years).. never know we might even see higher core variants on the 4000 series. the basic gpu as no fancy monitor yet so roll on big navi
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I have a sneaky suspicion that Zen 3 is going to be very power hungry at the high end of the product stack, so the board partners are using far bigger capacitors.
 
I'm very interested in getting ahold of this motherboard to upgrade my existing system and put in a Ryzen 9 3900x and Seagate Firecuda PCIe 4.0 HDD. Although I've not decided on which cooler to upgrade to should I need it during the summer, do we know if the motherboard will have the clearance space for air coolers like the Noctua NH-D15 Chromax ?
Thank you!
 
infyrana said:
I'm very interested in getting ahold of this motherboard to upgrade my existing system and put in a Ryzen 9 3900x and Seagate Firecuda PCIe 4.0 HDD. Although I've not decided on which cooler to upgrade to should I need it during the summer, do we know if the motherboard will have the clearance space for air coolers like the Noctua NH-D15 Chromax ?
Thank you!
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I own the d15 and I've already ordered the board. So I'm hoping so as soon as its here I'll let you know but I'm sure it will as I currently have the noctua cooler on this mortar max.
 
Smiffy-UK said:
I own the d15 and I've already ordered the board. So I'm hoping so as soon as its here I'll let you know but I'm sure it will as I currently have the noctua cooler on this mortar max.
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Thank you Smiffy, here's hoping it'll fit just great!

Do we know much about the board in terms of updates required, any issues, or recommended things to do with it when installing?
 
@infyrana - I believe there's a beta BIOS/UEFI posted on MSI's site for the board, but it's to take account of a couple of specific fixes (an issue with USB sound card compatibility and something regarding HDMI audio with the RX570). For the most part though there shouldn't be a great deal to do hopefully.
 
How @ScottiB is feeling about this thread LOL

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