Poll: What AM4 motherboard will you be getting?

Vogelbekdier · 19 Apr 2017 at 10:12

Got the Asrock X370 Professional Gaming AMD on pre-order after reading all the positive reviews on Newegg. A lot of the AM4 motherboards seem to have issues with the BIOS or the DDR4 they support.

roysters · 19 Apr 2017 at 15:08

What sub £200 do you guys think is the best option. Im thinking either Gigabyte Aorus GA-AX370-Gaming 5 for £205 or MSI X370 Gaming Pro Carbon

flopper · 19 Apr 2017 at 15:26

ordered the b350 gigabyte gaming 3.
Look like the solid price/performance choice.

rolypolyman · 21 Apr 2017 at 16:43

roysters said:
What sub £200 do you guys think is the best option. Im thinking either Gigabyte Aorus GA-AX370-Gaming 5 for £205 or MSI X370 Gaming Pro Carbon

Personally I think the Biostar Racing X370GT7 is the best value 'TOP' board out there, sadly Ocuk don't stock it, gets a great review on Tweaktown. But then I may be biased.

icey_haj · 21 Apr 2017 at 22:19

roysters said:
What sub £200 do you guys think is the best option. Im thinking either Gigabyte Aorus GA-AX370-Gaming 5 for £205 or MSI X370 Gaming Pro Carbon

I've ordered the Asrock X370 Fatality Gaming K4. Should have it built next week, but for £150 I think that's pretty good value.

8 Pack · 22 Apr 2017 at 10:54

rolypolyman said:
Personally I think the Biostar Racing X370GT7 is the best value 'TOP' board out there, sadly Ocuk don't stock it, gets a great review on Tweaktown. But then I may be biased.

When u say it gets a good review you presume the reviewer has a clue... Be careful in the hardware industry with such statements.

If it is was me I would spend 230 and get Taichi and save on cpu with none X versions.

texxx74 · 22 Apr 2017 at 16:38

icey_haj said:
I've ordered the Asrock X370 Fatality Gaming K4. Should have it built next, but for £150 I think that's pretty good value.

Best board for the money, I want one ;-)

The only thing that puts me off is I read it is not that good with memory overclocking.

icey_haj · 22 Apr 2017 at 17:35

texxx74 said:
Best board for the money, I want one The only thing that puts me off is I read it is not that good with memory overclocking.

Yeh, that's what I've been reading. BIOS updates seem to be coming thick and fast though, so hopefully should help.

rolypolyman · 22 Apr 2017 at 19:36

8 Pack said:
When u say it gets a good review you presume the reviewer has a clue... Be careful in the hardware industry with such statements.

If it is was me I would spend 230 and get Taichi and save on cpu with none X versions.

Ok 8 Pack, you know a helluva lot more about boards than I do, but the guy was asking for sub £200, the Taichi is £229.99 and whilst it is probably the best X370 board out there it fails the criteria whereas the GT7 fits, mine was £179.99 and I think it is very good value as I have it and am using it and that's my opinion and that's all it is. As for 'Be careful in the hardware industry with such statements' that's a bit heavy to be honest the guy is looking for options and seeking opinions for best value for under £200.

8 Pack · 22 Apr 2017 at 20:00

ON AM4 I am advocating buying the best board you can and keep dropping in upgrades via new CPU's. The AM4 socket has a long lifespan and current chips are pushing the VRM on most boards. When you add more cores and more frequency this will push them even harder.

I am saying invest in the board and go none X CPU's which can OC to the same level as the X counterpart.

Taichi
Crosshair

laddy · 23 Apr 2017 at 09:03

flopper said:
ordered the b350 gigabyte gaming 3.
Look like the solid price/performance choice.

HAVE BOARD AND WITH BIOS F4 - IT SEEMS TO BE RUNNING FLAWLESSLY

So much on getting the dearest board , okay if you can afford it! But most of us, we dont need all the extra's - rather put my money on the gpu, just my 2 pence

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/prezzie-from-gigabyte-ab350m-gaming-3-mobo-only.18774185/

laddy · 23 Apr 2017 at 09:10

8 Pack said:
ON AM4 I am advocating buying the best board you can and keep dropping in upgrades via new CPU's. The AM4 socket has a long lifespan and current chips are pushing the VRM on most boards. When you add more cores and more frequency this will push them even harder.

I am saying invest in the board and go none X CPU's which can OC to the same level as the X counterpart.

Taichi
Crosshair

Maybe so! But the warranty's are the same with cheaper to the dearest

8 Pack · 23 Apr 2017 at 15:34

When was this ever about warranty.... It's about quality.

laddy · 23 Apr 2017 at 18:06

i know there is quality as you go up in price, but all my mates and myself use micro boards and use only one pci slot

Manbatius · 23 Apr 2017 at 18:14

For me, since I already have a Mini itx case I got at Christmas.... Whoever releases a Mini-itx board first!

Blame · 24 Apr 2017 at 15:01

Manbatius said:
For me, since I already have a Mini itx case I got at Christmas.... Whoever releases a Mini-itx board first!

Im also waiting for a mini mobo for a friends build. I believe Bisostar has the 1st one coming out this month in Japan.

cheechm · 24 Apr 2017 at 15:08

So at the moment is the best bang for buck in an ATX factor the Asrock Fatal1ty Gaming K4?

kn100 · 25 Apr 2017 at 07:19

If you care about Linux support, avoid Gigabyte. Not compatible, and not willing to help. Just asked OCUK if I can return my AB350M Gaming 3 - will be swapping it with the MSI AB350M Mortar board. Hopefully the efi stuff is less crappy too. Also holy crap first post in 6 years!

laddy · 25 Apr 2017 at 10:13

Agree on the efi, but once set up I do not spend numerous hrs looking at my efi, ha! I had the asus micro but that felt cheap and only 2 fan headers, it failed on me, hence the giga

RBImGuy · 26 Apr 2017 at 12:58

b350 gaming 3 gigabyte
no real issue, had to set timings for ram manually to run 2933mhz with corsairs 3000mhz ram.
oc to 3.8ghz using a 1600.
happy camper

Poll: What AM4 motherboard will you be getting?

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