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B450M Bazooka then, best AM4 mATX board so far. AM4 mATX boards from other brands are all much worse (even the TUF, even the Strix, just all of them)

 

mITX boards are out of your budget range

Hey guys. I accidentally smoked my asus b450-I and am in need of a new motherboard. After extensive research I found out that people have way too many different opinions on this topic.

My budget is around 125 CAD and I will be buying from memory express or amazon prime. I don't have too much time on my hands.

 

The parts I will be using with it are -

Case that fits mATX or MiniITX (I'm fine with either really)

Ryzen 5 2600 (planning on moderate OC so VRMs are important)

GTX 1080

Nvme SSD

3 sata drives

2 sticks of corsair memory rated 3000Mhz

fan hub so thats fine

RGB strips and cooler (I have a splitter)

 

 

My final conclusions have led me to these two - MSI B450 GAMING PLUS and MSI B450 BAZOOKA. Feel free to look at memory express to see my options closer

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Just now, ELSknutson said:

I guess the Bazooka just because Is color neutral that or the Asus Tuf board  https://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX72930 

 

but if you have the money I would get the Rog Strix board but its allot of additional money https://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX73039 

funny you say that because the board I killed yesterday was the asus strix b450-i. I loved it but I messed up bad with some psu cables. lights up but no display or rebug led. I'll look into the TUF board but for now, the only two viable ones are still the MSI and Im still looking for more info on the vrms on them

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B450M Bazooka then, best AM4 mATX board so far. AM4 mATX boards from other brands are all much worse (even the TUF, even the Strix, just all of them)

 

mITX boards are out of your budget range

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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6 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

B450M Bazooka then, best AM4 mATX board so far. AM4 mATX boards from other brands are all much worse (even the TUF, even the Strix, just all of them)

 

mITX boards are out of your budget range

Hi, thanks for the input. Could you maybe elaborate on your choice of the Bazooka? I'm trying to see why something like the Auros M or Pro4 might not be fit. Thanks!

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3 minutes ago, Casual Cube said:

Hi, thanks for the input. Could you maybe elaborate on your choice of the Bazooka? I'm trying to see why something like the Auros M or Pro4 might not be fit. Thanks!

the hardware

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

 

the review

 

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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