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Asrock B350M pro 4 or MSI - B350M BAZOOKA (black or white?)

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Similar price, similar aesthetic.  Is there anything with VRM etc. that pops out one way or the other? 

 

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/dWL7YJ/asrock-ab350m-pro4-micro-atx-am4-motherboard-ab350m-pro4

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https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/jXcMnQ/msi-b350m-bazooka-micro-atx-am4-motherboard-b350m-bazooka

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/nZdFf7/msi-b350m-mortar-arctic-micro-atx-am4-motherboard-b350m-mortar-arctic

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Definitely AsRock! Their BIOS and memory support are way better :D

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K | Motherboard: AsRock X99 Extreme4 | Graphics Card: Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1 Gaming | RAM: 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws4 2133MHz | Storage: 1 x Samsung 860 EVO 1TB | 1 x WD Green 2TB | 1 x WD Blue 500GB | PSU: Corsair RM750x | Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro (White) | Cooling: Arctic Freezer i32

 

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Just now, PCGuy_5960 said:

Definitely AsRock! Their BIOS and memory support are way better :D

Awesome, had a pretty strong bias towards them anyways due to the aesthetic and how the 16x slot is a little lower down - expansion cards are a legitimate possibility.

 

:/ Just remembered that having a low PCIE slot is a little bad in my case, any suggestions for a mobo with a standard height PCIE 16x?

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1 minute ago, Damascus said:

:/ Just remembered that having a low PCIE slot is a little bad in my case, any suggestions for a mobo with a standard height PCIE 16x?

Not really :/ The MSI board isn't bad tho, so if it is better in your case, get it :D

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K | Motherboard: AsRock X99 Extreme4 | Graphics Card: Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1 Gaming | RAM: 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws4 2133MHz | Storage: 1 x Samsung 860 EVO 1TB | 1 x WD Green 2TB | 1 x WD Blue 500GB | PSU: Corsair RM750x | Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro (White) | Cooling: Arctic Freezer i32

 

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1 minute ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Not really :/ The MSI board isn't bad tho, so if it is better in your case, get it :D

I just want a GOD DAMN AORUS MOTHERBOARD.   Seriously, they only make ATX and EATX boards on the premium stuff, GRRR

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1 minute ago, Damascus said:

I just want a GOD DAMN AORUS MOTHERBOARD.   Seriously, they only make ATX and EATX boards on the premium stuff, GRRR

Yeah, Gigabyte makes very good boards! They have some mATX AM4 boards boards, but they are a bit ugly IMO xD:

http://www.gigabyte.us/Motherboard/GA-AB350M-Gaming-3-rev-10

http://www.gigabyte.us/Motherboard/GA-AB350M-HD3-rev-10

http://www.gigabyte.us/Motherboard/GA-AB350M-D3H-rev-10

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K | Motherboard: AsRock X99 Extreme4 | Graphics Card: Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1 Gaming | RAM: 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws4 2133MHz | Storage: 1 x Samsung 860 EVO 1TB | 1 x WD Green 2TB | 1 x WD Blue 500GB | PSU: Corsair RM750x | Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro (White) | Cooling: Arctic Freezer i32

 

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2 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Yeah, Gigabyte makes very good boards! They have some mATX AM4 boards boards, but they are a bit ugly IMO xD:

 

Yup, despise the black/red but I love the white/RGB/orange on aorus.

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MSI has better VRM, only lacking the USB type - C port over the ASrock board.. I'd go for the MSI board for better performance / OCing.

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Wow you ask hard questions, I like all the boards listed but I lean toward the MSI and I like the white a bit better myself.

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I have had issues with every AsRock motherboard I know of, and both of those VRM's will not do a 4ghz overclock on any Ryzen chip.

Not at 1.4v or more anyway, since the VRM will hit 100C and throttle.

That being said, I really do like MSI's motherboards, the aesthetics, bios, etc. and I should mention any "heatsink" on these boards are for looks, but MSI's seem to actually trap less heat.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @3.7ghz (1.3v) Cooler: NZXT Kraken X62 GPU: Zotac Mini GTX 1060 Case: NZXT - S340 (Black/Blue) Mobo: MSI B350m mortar arctic

RAM: Team Vulcan DDR4 (2x4gb, 2666mhz) Storage: Toshiba 1tb 7200rpm HDD, PNY CS1311 Sata SSD (6gb/s) PSU: EVGA - BQ 500w 80+ Bronze semi modular

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On 5/26/2017 at 2:56 PM, PCGuy_5960 said:

Yeah, Gigabyte makes very good boards! They have some mATX AM4 boards boards, but they are a bit ugly IMO xD:

http://www.gigabyte.us/Motherboard/GA-AB350M-Gaming-3-rev-10

http://www.gigabyte.us/Motherboard/GA-AB350M-HD3-rev-10

http://www.gigabyte.us/Motherboard/GA-AB350M-D3H-rev-10

I've heard many bad things about every single one of those motherboards bios.

i.e., not loading or saving overclock settings properly, and not resetting when they were supposed to, even if it said it was supposed to, and this has happened on other chipsets that I have gotten from AsRock as well.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @3.7ghz (1.3v) Cooler: NZXT Kraken X62 GPU: Zotac Mini GTX 1060 Case: NZXT - S340 (Black/Blue) Mobo: MSI B350m mortar arctic

RAM: Team Vulcan DDR4 (2x4gb, 2666mhz) Storage: Toshiba 1tb 7200rpm HDD, PNY CS1311 Sata SSD (6gb/s) PSU: EVGA - BQ 500w 80+ Bronze semi modular

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47 minutes ago, Sosowac said:

MSI has better VRM, only lacking the USB type - C port over the ASrock board.. I'd go for the MSI board for better performance / OCing.

The MSI b350m mortar / mortar arctic have the USB Type C, and a better VRM (better quality too).

I'd go for the MSI b350m mortar arctic myself. (I did.) I plan on getting a MSI x370 gaming pro carbon.

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B350M-MORTAR.html#productFeature-section

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @3.7ghz (1.3v) Cooler: NZXT Kraken X62 GPU: Zotac Mini GTX 1060 Case: NZXT - S340 (Black/Blue) Mobo: MSI B350m mortar arctic

RAM: Team Vulcan DDR4 (2x4gb, 2666mhz) Storage: Toshiba 1tb 7200rpm HDD, PNY CS1311 Sata SSD (6gb/s) PSU: EVGA - BQ 500w 80+ Bronze semi modular

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