Best MOBO for Ryzen 5 3600?

[WaggishOhio383]

I'm working on building my first PC, and I'm trying to figure out what the best mobo to get would be. I'm planning on getting a Ryzen 5 3600. I was going to get an MSI B450 Tomahawk as my mobo, but I recently found out that I would have to do a BIOS update to get it to work with the CPU I want, and I don't want to get an older CPU to make it work. Based on this, I seem to have three options:

1. Use the BIOS flashback feature on the MSI B450 to update the BIOS without a CPU. I'm not sure how safe this is or if it will work. Does anyone else have experience doing this, and am I at risk of bricking my mobo if I do something wrong?
2. Get a newer mobo with third gen ryzen support. I would prefer not to have to do this since I will probably have to sacrifice from my peripherals budget in order to do this. If I had to though, I would prefer the mobo be no more than $150-200 if anyone could recommend a good one.
3. Get a second gen CPU like the Ryzen 7 2700x. Would I be sacrificing too much performance if I did this though?

If anyone can give any recommendations as to which method would be the best, I would really appreciate it. Also, if any more information is needed to determine what I should do about this, just let me know.

[Meganter]

3 minutes ago, WaggishOhio383 said:

 

Hello,

 

B450 MSI Tomahawk Max is zen 3k ready out of the box  

[berberries]

25 minutes ago, WaggishOhio383 said:

I'm working on building my first PC, and I'm trying to figure out what the best mobo to get would be. I'm planning on getting a Ryzen 5 3600. I was going to get an MSI B450 Tomahawk as my mobo, but I recently found out that I would have to do a BIOS update to get it to work with the CPU I want, and I don't want to get an older CPU to make it work. Based on this, I seem to have three options:

1. Use the BIOS flashback feature on the MSI B450 to update the BIOS without a CPU. I'm not sure how safe this is or if it will work. Does anyone else have experience doing this, and am I at risk of bricking my mobo if I do something wrong?
2. Get a newer mobo with third gen ryzen support. I would prefer not to have to do this since I will probably have to sacrifice from my peripherals budget in order to do this. If I had to though, I would prefer the mobo be no more than $150-200 if anyone could recommend a good one.
3. Get a second gen CPU like the Ryzen 7 2700x. Would I be sacrificing too much performance if I did this though?

If anyone can give any recommendations as to which method would be the best, I would really appreciate it. Also, if any more information is needed to determine what I should do about this, just let me know.

MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX is ryzen 3rd gen ready out of the box. ASRock B450 Steel Legend is a pretty good board too. Just look for a sticker or something with RYZEN 3000 SERIES READY on the box. Most new motherboards now have the latest bios ready.

 

1. there's always a risk, depends on whether you are willing to take it.

2. the 2 i listed above are good and are are under 150USD i believe.

3. depends on your uses. i personally picked up a Ryzen 7 2700x instead of the Ryzen 5 3600 as it was built to be a secondary workstation where i render my 3d animations etc at. The 2 CPUs were selling for the same price (i believe maybe 2 or 3 bucks cheaper for the 3600). If you are building a pure gaming rig, get a 3600. if it will also be used for tasks like 3d modelling/cad/video editing etc, go for the 2700x. the loss in gaming performance is a small amount while the pure compute power you are getting with the 2700x is much better.

[WaggishOhio383]

On 12/4/2019 at 10:55 AM, berberries said:

MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX is ryzen 3rd gen ready out of the box. ASRock B450 Steel Legend is a pretty good board too. Just look for a sticker or something with RYZEN 3000 SERIES READY on the box. Most new motherboards now have the latest bios ready.

 

1. there's always a risk, depends on whether you are willing to take it.

2. the 2 i listed above are good and are are under 150USD i believe.

3. depends on your uses. i personally picked up a Ryzen 7 2700x instead of the Ryzen 5 3600 as it was built to be a secondary workstation where i render my 3d animations etc at. The 2 CPUs were selling for the same price (i believe maybe 2 or 3 bucks cheaper for the 3600). If you are building a pure gaming rig, get a 3600. if it will also be used for tasks like 3d modelling/cad/video editing etc, go for the 2700x. the loss in gaming performance is a small amount while the pure compute power you are getting with the 2700x is much better.

Okay. Thanks for the help! I'll look into those other mobos, but it's good to know that I'm not losing much with the 2700x in case the price is an issue with a newer mobo. Sorry for the late reply! I thought it would email me when someone responded to this, but apparently not.