Best ~$170 AUD Motherboard

[Ben Cameron]

I decided to switch my build from a i5 7600k to a Ryzen 5 1600X instead, and I need a decent AM4 motherboard for around $170, which was the price of the ASRock Z270 Pro4 I was going to get. 

 

PCPartPicker list (will update):

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/user/Dioxyq/saved/DWLGXL

[rn8686]

The ASUS Prime B350-Plus goes for $150 on PCCG, but just get which ever is cheapest and has all the features you want. 

 

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/38096/asus-prime-b350-plus-motherboard

[Ben Cameron]

5 minutes ago, rn8686 said:

The ASUS Prime B350-Plus goes for $150 on PCCG, but just get which ever is cheapest and has all the features you want. 

 

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/38096/asus-prime-b350-plus-motherboard

Thanks for the suggestion. I looked at the newegg page and it seems from the customer reviews, people either love it, or have severe problems with it. A lot of them said they had no problems at all and everything worked fine, while others had problems such as not being able to overclock, raid not working etc.

 

One particular review said that he was not able to overclock a Ryzen 5 1600x on the board, which is what I was planning to do. Overall, the board seems to have many more problems than it's worth.

 

However, i'm still dedicated to the superior multitasking and productivity performance of the Ryzen 5 1600x, so if you know a board which is known to be very reliable, for around the same price, that would be great.

 

Thanks

[rn8686]

15 minutes ago, Ben Cameron said:

Thanks for the suggestion. I looked at the newegg page and it seems from the customer reviews, people either love it, or have severe problems with it. A lot of them said they had no problems at all and everything worked fine, while others had problems such as not being able to overclock, raid not working etc.

 

One particular review said that he was not able to overclock a Ryzen 5 1600x on the board, which is what I was planning to do. Overall, the board seems to have many more problems than it's worth.

 

However, i'm still dedicated to the superior multitasking and productivity performance of the Ryzen 5 1600x, so if you know a board which is known to be very reliable, for around the same price, that would be great.

 

Thanks

$140 for MSi B350M Mortar, $180 for MSI B350 tomahawk and $210 for Asrock X370 K4 are the only other motherboards within that price range that can OC. Dont know why someone said that B350 cant OC, it should still be able to. 

[Ben Cameron]

7 minutes ago, rn8686 said:

$140 for MSi B350M Mortar, $180 for MSI B350 tomahawk and $210 for Asrock X370 K4 are the only other motherboards within that price range that can OC. Dont know why someone said that B350 cant OC, it should still be able to. 

So I narrowed it down to two boards which fit my needs, the MSI B350 Tomahawk, and a board I found myself, the ASRock B350M Pro4. They are both great boards, but between the two, I had to go with the Pro4 as it was half the price and had heaps of 5-star reviews on newegg. Tell me what you think. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157762&cm_re=ASRock_AB350M_Pro4-_-13-157-762-_-Product

[rn8686]

12 hours ago, Ben Cameron said:

So I narrowed it down to two boards which fit my needs, the MSI B350 Tomahawk, and a board I found myself, the ASRock B350M Pro4. They are both great boards, but between the two, I had to go with the Pro4 as it was half the price and had heaps of 5-star reviews on newegg. Tell me what you think. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157762&cm_re=ASRock_AB350M_Pro4-_-13-157-762-_-Product

That appears to be the US store, the AU store does not have it in stock (It just redirects to the K4 for AU store). It seems to be fine though, as said if that has all the features you want, it is fine. 

[Ordinarily_Greater]

12 hours ago, rn8686 said:

Dont know why someone said that B350 cant OC, it should still be able to. 

They are intel biased then

[Ben Cameron]

10 hours ago, rn8686 said:

That appears to be the US store, the AU store does not have it in stock (It just redirects to the K4 for AU store). It seems to be fine though, as said if that has all the features you want, it is fine. 

Yeah, the K4 is in my price range and it's ATX instead of the Pro4 which is MicroATX, so I'll probably go with the K4. Also the K4 looks better.