Which board is best?

[PaulW]

Which board is best? i cant decide

ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E OR MSI AMD MPG X670E CARBON WIFI

Coupling with a RTX 4090,7950x, 64gb CL30 6000Mhz ram, and a 2TB Samsung 990 Pro.

Will be used for 3d modelling work,Unreal 5 work, rendering video editing and gaming

Thanks

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[Quartz]

Given your workload you might want to also look at Threadripper Pro and Xeon W

 

[PaulW]

Given your workload you might want to also look at Threadripper Pro and Xeon W

i dont have that sort of cash for them and that would be over kill for what i mainly do, I render occasionally on the GPU.

 

[Tetras]

Which board is best? i cant decide

ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E OR MSI AMD MPG X670E CARBON WIFI

Just from the tech specs (I have no idea about OC ability)

Carbon has the capacity for 2x full length PCI-E with 8 lanes each, but Strix only supports 8/4 config.

Carbon has 6 SATA, Strix only has 4 SATA.

Both have 2.5Gb LAN, but Strix uses Intel and Carbon uses Realtek.
Both have WIFI 6E, but only Carbon says BT 5.3 (Strix says 5.2).

Carbon has 2x PCI-E 5.0 M.2 slots and 2x PCI-E 4.0 M.2 slots
Strix has 3x PCI-E 5.0 M.2 slots and 1x PCI-E 4.0 M.2 slot.

If the Strix uses the 2nd full length PCI-E 5.0 slot (4 lane) or the 3rd PCI-E 5.0 M.2 slot, then the graphics card runs with 8 lanes.
If the Carbon uses the 2nd full length PCI-E slot (8 lane), then the graphics card runs with 8 lanes.

Both use 8-layer PCBs.

Carbon VRM spec: 18+2+1 (90A per)
Strix VRM spec: 18+2+? (110A per)

Strix lists an integrated AMP and includes DTS software.

In HUB's roundup, the Carbon had a lower rear PCB temp than the Strix.

Carbon: probably won't fry the CPU.
Asus: probably will fry the CPU.

The last part is a joke (maybe).

 

[PaulW]

yeah thanks i watched this video before which is why its so hard to decide, its apples and oranges really they both are pretty much the same on paper.

i think i am only going to have one Graphics card anyway and probably just one or two PCI-E M.2 drives eventually.

i think the MSI slightly has the edge. although i have a 5.1 optical set up. just need to see if the MSI supports DTS or Dolby.

loved the joke btw lets hope those days are gone and nothing burns!

 

[PaulW]

Any update on these two? they are still the front runners imho although Motherboards since posting look to be coming down in price which is only a good thing! ASUS still concerns me in terms of build quality and reliability.