Generally, when buying a board, I want to get the high-quality parts that matter (vrm, better capacitors), but am fine with "no frills" in the "features" department. I don't care about bling, rgb lights, wi-fi chips (that never work with Linux anyway), audio controllers (I use USB external audio), onboard graphics (I always use a PCIe card), and so on.
But other than "just buy an expensive board", I don't see how one can determine if the components on a lower price board are good quality.
Ignoring features and looking only at component quality, can someone tell me how I can tell from looking at a board spec sheet if the components and vrm are good quality?
Some say, "don't spend less than $250 on X570". But if I look at a $150 X570 board, what besides the price tells me it's "low end"?
How much of this is FUD?
Are there simply no boards that use high quality parts with less features, so you have to buy features you don't need to get better components?
And even if that's true, shouldn't there be a spec that one can check for part quality? Some boards have 8 phase vrms, some have 10 phases, some have 14 phases. Some have fake phases.
Or let me ask another way. How can I compare the quality of a board and the suitability of the board for running something like a Ryzen 3950x from looking at the spec sheets? Or testing? How do I know if the CPU will have diminished capacity/throttling, premature failure of CPU or board, etc.
Assuming that I've checked the board manufacturer's spec page and seen the CPU listed as compatible, what else can I check?