Hello,
I'm currently looking for a new Motherboard, for my upcoming upgrade (Ryzen R7 eight core 2nd or 3rd gen).
As I don't need neither PCIE 4.0, MultiGPU, nor aggressive manual OC capabilities, capacity, the new X570 boards seem to be to expensive to my needs.
However, after looking at the table in the first page, I found the MSI B450 mini-ITX Gaming Plus AC, which appears to have (at least on paper) enough power capacity to handle a 8 core with ease (and if the 6+2 phases are any good maybe even a future 12 core at stock speeds.
As this particular MB can be found (without much effort and on physical stores) at around 100-120 €, (much cheaper than many 4+2 X470's ATX) where I live, I'm finding this to good to be true...So...What's the catch with this particular MB? I mean the 2 RAM slots instead of 4 are to be expected, due to the size (and honestly, 32 Gb are more than enough for me), but am I missing something? Online search is somewhat unhelpful, as I'm finding that not a lot of people bother with mini-ITX boards.
Will this melt with an 8-core R7 2xxx/3xxx, when using the standard automatic OC's, or are there any other issues that I'm missing?
Sorry for the text wall, and thanks
JDCosta
TLDR: Using MSI B450 mini-ITX Gaming Plus AC. 6+2 phases for about 120 €, for Ryzen R7 2xxx/3xxx? Where is the Catch?