B550 Vs X570

[FarmerGiles97]

So im looking at getting an Ryzen 7 3800XT or a Ryzen 9 3900X, i mainly game but will do a little bit of streaming too! I will also be going for a Asus ROG motherboard as i have always had these and prefer them!

 

Whats the main differences between the two types of motherboards and what ones do you recommend? 

[Oswin]

if you are only gaming and streaming, the 3700x will do the job just fine.

 

to answer your question, the B550 should be enough for your use case

 

also, have you considered waiting for zen 3? they are just a couple of months away for release.

Edited August 6, 2020 by Oswin

[dizmo]

I'd go with B550 to avoid the fan, but I'd also go with a 3700x as the difference between that and the 3800XT is pretty minimal.

Though, if you're building an entire system, it's smarter to wait.

[FarmerGiles97]

Tbh i am willing to wait a couple of month and see whats out! I guess ill wait then! 

[Oswin]

Just now, JordanHopkins97 said:

Tbh i am willing to wait a couple of month and see whats out! I guess ill wait then! 

remember to quote or mention so that we may get notified of you reply

 

wise decision mate.

[Haro]

main difference between x570 and b550 is that the chipset on x570 provides gen 4 lanes, while b550 provides gen 3, but on b550 the lanes that are connected to the cpu are gen 4 anyways.  if you don't need the extra gen 4 lanes, b550 is just as good. 

what boards are you looking at exactly? the b550 e and the x570 e are overpriced and do nothing special. 

as for b550. the tomahawk and the mortar and the strix f and the aorus pro and the a pro and the steel legend are all good. 

for x570, the tomahawk and the tuf are decent and so is the x570- p but that does lack some features. 

10 hours ago, JordanHopkins97 said:

Ryzen 7 3800XT or a Ryzen 9 3900X,

dont get the xt chips, either the 3700x or the 3900x, and if your gpu has nvec, (so a 1650 super and better), just get a 3600 which will perform similarly  in games anyways. 

[Mateyyy]

If you're just gaming, go for an i5-10600K or a 3700X. The 3800XT shouldn't even exist and the 3900X won't provide any benefit with its extra 4 cores over the 3700X.

Streaming should ideally be handled by your GPU, if you've got a Turing based GPU (1650 Super and up).

 

B550 does everything that X570 does, but with a lack of chipset PCIe 4.0 lanes, meaning that if you plan on throwing in three PCIe 4.0 SSDs, X570 would be the way to go. Whether you or most people actually do that is another story.

 

If you're just now picking parts for a future build, in a couple of months we should be getting both new CPUs (Zen 3 from AMD) as well as new GPUs (Ampere from Nvidia and RDNA2 from AMD), so keep that in mind.

[FarmerGiles97]

4 minutes ago, Oswin said:

remember to quote or mention so that we may get notified of you reply

 

wise decision mate.

 

4 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

main difference between x570 and b550 is that the chipset on x570 provides gen 4 lanes, while b550 provides gen 3, but on b550 the lanes that are connected to the cpu are gen 4 anyways.  if you don't need the extra gen 4 lanes, b550 is just as good. 

what boards are you looking at exactly? the b550 e and the x570 e are overpriced and do nothing special. 

as for b550. the tomahawk and the mortar and the strix f and the aorus pro and the a pro and the steel legend are all good. 

for x570, the tomahawk and the tuf are decent and so is the x570- p but that does lack some features. 

dont get the xt chips, either the 3700x or the 3900x, and if your gpu has nvec, (so a 1650 super and better), just get a 3600 which will perform similarly  in gaming anyways. 

 

2 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

If you're just gaming, go for an i5-10600K or a 3700X. The 3800XT shouldn't even exist and the 3900X won't provide any benefit with its extra 4 cores over the 3700X.

Streaming should ideally be handled by your GPU, if you've got a Turing based GPU (1650 Super and up).

 

B550 does everything that X570 does, but with a lack of chipset PCIe 4.0 lanes, meaning that if you plan on throwing in three PCIe 4.0 SSDs, X570 would be the way to go. Whether you or most people actually do that is another story.

 

If you're just now picking parts for a future build, in a couple of months we should be getting both new CPUs (Zen 3 from AMD) as well as new GPUs (Ampere from Nvidia and RDNA2 from AMD), so keep that in mind.

I currently have a: 

i7 6700K OC to 4.7GHz 

1080 Strix

Asus Maximus Hero VIII 

Im also gaming at 144Hz 1440P. 
 

But yeah ill just wait, my build is enough atm! I just bought a new case ect and i dont have an ARGB header and no USB C port on the motherboard, hence why i wanted to upgrade lmao. 

[Haro]

10 hours ago, JordanHopkins97 said:

But yeah ill just wait, my build is enough atm!

yea definitely wait in this case. 

 

10 hours ago, JordanHopkins97 said:

hence why i wanted to upgrade lmao. 

if you don't need the upgrade, then wait. the build is more then fine for gaming i would say and even for light streaming. 

[FarmerGiles97]

1 minute ago, TofuHaroto said:

yea definitely wait in this case. 

 

if you don't need the upgrade, then wait. the build is more then fine for gaming i would say and even for light streaming. 

When im playing in 1440P 144hz my game lags if im watching a stream on one of the other two monitors and when i stream my games starts to stutter too. 

Its good for gaming, but multi tasking it isnt amazing!