Need help for CPU and Motherboard

[nablaforlife]

BUDGET: 300€ for the CPU and like 2-300€ for the motherboard, I live in Italy, so Amazon.it
PURPOSE OF THE BUILD: Mostly gaming and small tasks like browsing, streaming
ITEMS YOU NEED/ALREADY HAVE:
- Already have: 32GB DDR5 6000Mhz, RTX 3080, Corsair SF860, AXP120-X67 cooler, Meshlicious case
- Need: CPU and ITX Motherboard
OVERCLOCK OR NOT? I won't overclock

Hello everybody,

I need an advice for a CPU and ITX Motherboard. Here in Italy we don't have a giant hardware market and Amazon.it would be the only (direct) store that I would buy thanks to their great warranty.
Here for eg. a 7700X and a 245KF have the same price of 299€, a 9600X is at 334€, a 9700X at a whopping 468€, a 7800X3D at 544€.

ASUS just opened the pre-orders of its Intel B860-I motherboard at 299€, their AM5 B850-I is priced at 349€.

I just checked cheaper Gigabyte AM5 motherboards but they have only 1x M.2 slot and since in a SFF PC space is gold and I would like a second slot.
The ASRock AM5 Lightning boards with 2x M.2 are unfortunately not available nor sold directly from Amazon.

I don't want to consider previous LGA1700 CPUs due to their microcode problems or AM4 since it's a dead socket. About the AM5 longevity I really like the concept but I don't think I will ever afford an X3D CPU in next few years, I see myself more inclined to upgrade the GPU if I will have money to throw again on hardware.

Can you help me?
Thank you!

 

[AleXXX666]

7700X anyday then. And, cmon, B650 will do. So, choose what you like. I'd reco ASRock for price&features, same as Gigabyte, then MSI, then ASUS as "most priced and OVERpriced at most".

 

[Ruru]

Do you have RAM already or is it outside of that 300EUR budget?

IF you have RAM already, I'd get a 5700X3D and a B550 motherboard which fulfills your needs. If not, Alex posted a good recommendtion above.

 

[nablaforlife]

I'm sorry I didn't write clearly in the main post, I already have the RAM.
Thank you for your replies.

The ASRock B650-I is not availabile directly via Amazon, and it's priced at 251€ via third party sellers.
The Gigabyte B650-I is very cheap at 175€ directly from Amazon, I guess I have to accept the 1x M.2 slot.
The ASUS B650E-I at 303€..

If you have any other motherboard ideas let me know

One last question: the 7600 is 100€ cheaper, is the 7700X worth for 100€ more?

 

[Bobaganoosh]

This ASRock board shows up on Amazon.it (but it looks like 3rd party sales? It shows there's options, but won't let me see them because I'm in US):
asrock-b650i-lightning-wifi-mini-itx
2 M.2 slots...

There's also an MSI board with 2 m.2 slots: MSI MPG B650I EDGE WIFI

 

[docnorth]

For your case and cooler 7700 non-x looks like a better choice. I agree with @AleXXX666 about B650 instead of B850, especially since your RAM is 6000MT/s.

Btw I saw what you wrote about LGA1700, but the 14600K(F) looks like a steal right now (and probably isn't affected by the degradation fiasco at all) and even decent Z790 boards can be found at 200-250€.
Edit, obviously you are looking for an ITX motherboard, but there are still options.