Motherboard to go with Ryzen 5 3600XT

[Sneyzz]

Looking for a good budget moderboard to go with my Ryzen 5 3600XT. My first choice for now is Asus Rog Strix B440-F ( around 130$) but i also saw some other options like MSI x470 gaming plus max ( around 140$) and Gigabyte B450M DS3H (85$). If you have any suggestion my budget for the motherboard is around 150$.

Ryzen 5 3600XT
GTX 1660 super x gaming
165hz monitor
16 gb rams

 

[IansGGXd]

I recommend the rog

 

[Kapone33]

The MSI boards are rock solid

 

[IansGGXd]

But I recommend the rog because its bios is very good, it is also easy to overclock

 

[Sneyzz]

The MSI and the Rog are my top 2 and they are almost the same price. Thanks for the reply !

 

[milewski1015]

If you're willing to pay $130 for a B450-F, why not look into the MSI B550-A Pro for $140? It's essentially the B450 Tomahawk of B550 - relatively low price, solid VRMs, decent features, etc. That way you'll have PCIe 4.0 available if you want to make use of it.

 

[Kapone33]

If you're willing to pay $130 for a B450-F, why not look into the MSI B550-A Pro for $140? It's essentially the B450 Tomahawk of B550 - relatively low price, solid VRMs, decent features, etc. That way you'll have PCIe 4.0 available if you want to make use of it.

The OP could get the X570 Pro which might be a little cheaper but has a better chipset.

 

[IansGGXd]

hmm

But the quality of the rog motherboards are very good

 

[Kapone33]

hmm

But the quality of the rog motherboards are very good

The quality of all boards is good I tend to avoid Gigabyte though. The ROG boards are crazy nice though.

 

[milewski1015]

The OP could get the X570 Pro which might be a little cheaper but has a better chipset.

The MSI X570-A Pro? That's usually around $160 if memory serves

 

[IansGGXd]

I assembled a pc with a rog mobo, and it brings many stickers, cables, and even one like that of the hotels that is put through the door that says do not disturb, only that it says, here someone is playing, you can't come in, you understand the idea

I would go for the rog

Ok, if someone wants to help me, I ask them to enter my forum if someone wants to help me

 

[milewski1015]

I assembled a pc with a rog mobo, and it brings many stickers, cables, and even one like that of the hotels that is put through the door that says do not disturb, only that it says, here someone is playing, you can't come in, you understand the idea

I would go for the rog

Ok, if someone wants to help me, I ask them to enter my forum if someone wants to help me

I mean, that's cool and all, but when I'm spending money on PC hardware I'd prefer to have the best hardware with no stickers over adequate hardware and lots of stickers/door hangers, etc. To me, it seems silly to spend $130 on a B450 board with meh VRMS and some art blocks for VRM heatsinks when OP can get a more modern board with more capabilities for essentially the same price. Don't get me wrong, the Strix boards usually look pretty cool (a bit too gamer-y for my taste) and are generally good quality, but the B450-F Strix was overpriced when B450 was current gen (B450 Tomahawk was generally better and was cheaper) - it seems silly to pay that same price now when there's newer stuff out there.

 

[toname]

Buy a Mobo that you can afford with features you like and the ability of Upgrading to at least two generations of CPU's

 

[Shou Miko]

@Sneyzz are those the only boards you can pay?

What about any of these?
MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon-AC / MAX
MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk
MSI MAG X570 Tomahawk WiFi

 

[iuliug]

If you are planning of a GPU upgrade to a AMD 6000 series which with amd 5000 series processor have +5% perf increasea (to be confirmed by benchmarks) you can go for a B550 to enable that.

 

[ShurikN]

MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk
MSI MAG X570 Tomahawk WiFi

Those 2 are quite a bit more expensive than the 2 he mentioned. Especially the X570 Tomahawk

 

[Durvelle27]

I love ASRock boards. They have never let me down. I just picked up a ASRock B550M Pro4 for $89 which is a steal. And reviews its shown to be up there with the top boards in performance when paired with a Ryzen 9 3900X OC'd

 

[Sneyzz]

My budget is around 150$

 

[Hachi_Roku256563]

i love my a320m-h board from gigabyte although thats probs a bit low end for your taste

 

[Shou Miko]

My budget is around 150$

Where in the world are you located? If the US, there is Amazon, Newegg, Microcenter and more.

It's possible to find a X570 board even it's not that feature rich but there is the Asus X570 Prime-P but it lacks bios flashback, WiFi but it's a solid board for about 140USD.

Link: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/McfFf7/asus-prime-x570-p-atx-am4-motherboard-prime-x570-p

 

[Cowboystrekk]

I would go for a B550 if I were you. On the budget end the Gigabyte B550m S2H (2 dimmslots allow for great ram speed vs 4). I have the B450m DS3H and I really like it, only issue is lack if LLC-setting you you plan to OC a bit. Ram-support is good. Micron rev E runs good at 3733cl14@1.49V with dram calc settings. 3800cl16 also works, but VDDG voltage req is a bit too high for my taste. Mediocre binning on 3600 I/O-die is probably the reason. On the higher end B550 TUF looks okay or B550 strix if you find one that goes with the budget.

 

[Solid State Soul ( SSS )]

Please get a B550

 

[milewski1015]

Backing up my earlier suggestion:

 

[X71200]

MSI B550-A.

 

[Zach_01]

I suggest the OP to add maybe 10-20$ in that price point to get a decent B550 board.
Later down the road can switch to Ryzen5000series, and RX6000series and get the extra benefits of a such combo.