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vimerate reacted to Otto_iii in Good B450 ITX Motherboard
Ya sadly, for whatever reason, i don't believe any mobo maker is pushing "Ryzen 3000 Ready" ITX boards. Possibly just because its a more niche market, or likewise cause they want to sell the x570 ones ?♂️
To the credit of the new x570 ITX boards, all of them have insanely good VRMs, in some cases better then similarly priced (200-240$) ATX boards, but they're still 200+$, so this puts people on a budget but buying newest gen for ITX builds in a odd spot. Personally i would of liked to try to have gone for ITX if not for this, Cougar KAZE build or something similar would of been fun.
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vimerate reacted to Otto_iii in Good B450 ITX Motherboard
Unless you are shopping at a MicroCenter or other large retailer, and can confirm somehow that on the box it says "Ryzen 3000" ready often they aren't pre-updated, there are still a lot of boards being sold without the BIOS update. If one is willing to wait, deal with the paperwork/documentation nothing is wrong with using the 200ge loaner program ('Short Term Processor Loan Boot Kit'), or RMAing the board with a request to have its BIOS updated.
info here
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/295027-amd-will-provide-a-free-temporary-uefi-upgrade-kit-for-ryzen-3000-motherboard-updates
https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/faq/pa-100
Personally i like the look of the Rog Strix b450-i, better for potential upgradability later. either of those look good though for just a 3600.
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vimerate reacted to mariushm in Good B450 ITX Motherboard
Amazon.com: GIGABYTE B450 I AORUS PRO WiFi (AMD Ryzen AM4/M.2 Thermal Guard with Onboard WiFi/HDMI/DP/USB 3.1 Gen 2/Mini ITX/Motherboard): Computers & Accessories
GIGABYTE B450 I AORUS PRO WIFI AM4 Mini ITX AMD Motherboard - Newegg.com
Excellent mix of hardware features (good sound card chip, spdif header for digital output, great wireless, intel wired lan, 10g usb ports on io shield etc )
VRM isn't as great as other ITX boards, but more than enough for 3600
A bios update may be required to get it working with Ryzen 3rd generation - doesn't support bios flashback aka update bios without cpu installed, but new bios that supports Ryzen 3rd gen was released around June-July so unless the board sat on shelves in warehouse since then (very unlikely), you'd probably get a motherboard with a more recent bios.
This one has about the same features (just weaker wireless lan, no digital out as far asi can see, maybe fewer usb ports ) but has a bit stronger VRM .. and costs around 20$ more :
Amazon.com: ASUS ROG Strix B450-I Gaming Motherboard (Mini ITX) AMD Ryzen 2 AM4 DDR4 HDMI M.2 USB 3.1 Gen2 B450: Computers & Accessories