AM5 board recommendation

Zazigalka · 2024-07-26T09:49:42+0100

Hi, I'd like a recommendation for an AM5 mobo. Was gonna wait for Arrow Lake-S, but seeing all the drama with 13/14th gen, I don't think I'll trust Intel (despite being on intel cpus exclusively for the last 20+ years)
I will likely just pair it with a 7500f for now, enough for a 4070 Super, and upgrade the cpu to 9000x3d in the future.
I'd like to have at least 10xUSB on the back (got a lot of peripherial stuff), built-in wifi, at least 3x nvme (5.0 is not a must, could be 4.0 or even 3.0) and at least 6x SATA.
I'd like to keep it under or as close to 200eur as possible.

JWNoctis · 2024-07-26T10:57:16+0100

Hello and welcome!

The motherboard of my current setup (MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk Wifi) is an almost exact fit. Worked well enough for my purposes, has fast-enough built in wifi, three PCIe 4.0 M.2 slots without eating into PEG lanes, 6x SATA albeit only 4 of the 6 supporting RAID, rather a lot of USB slots, and even more if you populate the headers. It's in the system specs to the left. Haven't run into any real problem with it so far, either.

It should not exceed 200EUR too, I think.

R00kie · 2024-07-26T12:03:39+0100

Gigabyte's B650 Aorus Elite AX has exactly what you need, 3 M.2's and 10 ports at the back, and wifi, its 230USD though
the MATX version omits one M.2 slot but still retains 10 usb's and Wifi, which makes it sligthly cheaper

System Name	Kuro
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D@65W
Motherboard	MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WiFi
Cooling	Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO
Memory	Corsair DDR5 6000C30 2x48GB (Hynix M)@6000 30-36-36-48 1.36V
Video Card(s)	PNY XLR8 RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16G@200W
Storage	Crucial T500 2TB + WD Blue 8TB
Case	Lian Li LANCOOL 216
Audio Device(s)	Sound Blaster AE-7
Power Supply	MSI MPG A850G
Software	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS + Windows 10 Home Build 19045
Benchmark Scores	17761 C23 Multi@65W

System Name	Main / HTPC
Processor	Ryzen 7 7800X3D / Ryzen 7 2700
Motherboard	Aorus B650M Elite AX/ B450i Aorus Pro Wifi
Cooling	Lian-Li Galahad 360 / Wraith Spire
Memory	Corsair Vengeance 2x16 6000MHz CL30 / HyperX Predator 2x8GB 3200MHz
Video Card(s)	RTX 3080 FE / ARC A380
Storage	WD Black SN770 1TB / Sabrent Rocket 256GB
Display(s)	Aorus FO32U2P / 39" Panasonic HDTV
Case	Fractal Arc XL / Cougar QBX
Audio Device(s)	Denon AVR-X2800H / Realtek ALC1220
Power Supply	Corsair RM850 / BeQuiet SFX Power 2 450W
Mouse	Logitech G903
Keyboard	Drop Sense75 with WQ Studio Morandi's
VR HMD	Rift S
Software	Win 11 Pro 64Bit

AM5 board recommendation

Zazigalka

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JWNoctis

R00kie