Which X870E motherboard?

Jimbo

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I've narrowed it down to 3...

Asus Rog Strix x870E-E gaming wifi.
Gigabyte x870E Aorus master
MSI x870E Tomahawk

I want to use 4 M.2 nvme gen 4 drives and don't want to lose 16X to 8x on my 4090 like my current board does. I want M.2 slots I can be sure my WD 4TB Black SN850X with heatsink will fit (see my other posts) so removable m.2 H/S on motherboard and Q-latch removable would be cool.
I will be buying a 9800X3D to go in it. Not overclocking. May undervolt 4090.

Just good and reliable. That's all really.
 
Jimbo said:
I want to use 4 M.2 nvme gen 4 drives and don't want to lose 16X to 8x on my 4090 like my current board does.
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I don't think this is possible on x870 without using an add-in card. In a situation like this, x670 is actually better than x870. The chipset is the same, but x870 reserves 4 pcie5 lanes for USB4 support, as opposed to using them for nvme storage, so even though it may feel like a backward step, check out x670 boards before making a decision.

 
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I like the Asrock Nova which offers a lot at that price point but with the issues with the x3d chips make it a uneasy reccomendation.

Although a bios update has supposedly fixed the issue.
 
Yeah ive been hearing good things about the Asrock board and im sure its fixed with bios update. Ill check it out thanks.
 
nightwish said:
I don't think this is possible on x870 without using an add-in card. In a situation like this, x670 is actually better than x870. The chipset is the same, but x870 reserves 4 pcie5 lanes for USB4 support, as opposed to using them for nvme storage, so even though it may feel like a backward step, check out x670 boards before making a decision.

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The Nova can do it because it just dumps the second M.2 slot from the CPU entirely and doesn't try to offer more PCI-E 5.0 M.2 from the GPU.

The MSI boards do it by disabling the USB ports or limiting the M.2 slot's bandwidth.
 
mickyflinn said:
I like the Asrock Nova which offers a lot at that price point but with the issues with the x3d chips make it a uneasy reccomendation.

Although a bios update has supposedly fixed the issue.
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I have this board and it's fantastic, however I share your concerns but hopefully this saga is coming to an end. So far though with my board and a 9800x3d built Feb 28th I have had zero issues
 
welshrat said:
I have this board and it's fantastic, however I share your concerns but hopefully this saga is coming to an end. So far though with my board and a 9800x3d built Feb 28th I have had zero issues
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I have recommend the nova to a few members and they like yourself love it with no problems, hopefully it's sorted now.
 
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The Asrock Nova does seem a decent board, like many that I see it still dismays me when I note the price...!
 
Vimes said:
The Asrock Nova does seem a decent board, like many that I see it still dismays me when I note the price...!
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I personally found the price not all that unreasonable when you compare the build and features to other X870E motherboards that cost more than it, some reviews seem to feel this way too.

Many of the features are simply nice to have, but most won't need them, backplate, power and reset buttons on the motherboard, 5 NVMe slots though four are Gen 4 and I believe the fith runs at Gen 3? But for an all round gaming PC for gaming and work, the amount of inputs, and NVMe's and ability to run EEC memory seems decent for a long term ownership.

It's still cheaper than some CPU's and memory choices, there are PSU's approaching that price, and many will spend more on storage alone.
 
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