Whats a good motherboard on a cheap budget aka up too £200

[Djmonky1]

Hi 

Thinking of upgrading my motherboard and CPU. 

Whats a good Motherboard and CPU  for around have a Gigabyte micro atx motherboard with an i3 dual core 16gb of ddr4 ram with stock fan plus the fan on the back of case GPU is a GTX 1050TI SC so don't need to upgrade that.

Motherboard says is compatible with an i7 so do I need a new one or just upgrade cpu.

Thanks for your help in advance

[Firewrath9]

which motherboard and which i3?

[Firewrath9]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor	£111.00 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£65.02 @ CCL Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£176.02
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-17 21:57 GMT+0000

 

[NunoLava1998]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£111.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI - B450M MORTAR Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£94.13 @ Novatech) 
Total: £205.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-17 21:59 GMT+0000

[NunoLava1998]

2 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor	£111.00 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£65.02 @ CCL Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£176.02
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-17 21:57 GMT+0000

 

AB350M Pro4 wtf do you want it to be unstable at 0.04ghz

[bowrilla]

5 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor	£111.00 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£65.02 @ CCL Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£176.02
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-17 21:57 GMT+0000

 

On hell of a shitty motherboard ...

[Guest]

b350 pro4 isn't that bad...

 

https://www.hardwareluxx.de/community/f12/pga-am4-mainboard-vrm-liste-1155146.html

 

same VRMs as b450  pro4 which if ok for a 2600 is ok for a 4 core crap value cpu like the 1500x...

 

[paddy-stone]

18 minutes ago, NunoLava1998 said:

AB350M Pro4 wtf do you want it to be unstable at 0.04ghz

Well mine's been fine at 3.9Ghz since launch pretty much, so don't know what you mean.

 

[edit] Oh and it's a Ryzen 1700 that's in it.... very stable, haven't had a BSOD in like 8 months or more and is generally on all day and doing multiple things simultaneously.

[Guest]

BTW @Djmonky1 ignore everyone who's recommending the 1500x

 

get a 2200g/2600 + b450 ds3h combo instead

[NunoLava1998]

15 hours ago, ears_ears said:

BTW @Djmonky1 ignore everyone who's recommending the 1500x

 

get a 2200g/2600 + b450 ds3h combo instead

I wouldn't recommend the 1500X and I would definitely get the 2600, but I also want a motherboard that isn't trash for overclocking like the DS3H, or something that isn't trash for overclocking and isn't defective for half of the goddamn product line like the AB350M Pro4 (ab350m pro4's Amazon reviews have 46% 1 star reviews and 41% 5 and 4 star combined reviews, and they all complain about a freezing issue after a few months)