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Asrock B450M-Pro4 For Ryzen 1700

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Max BUDGET : 300euros

Hello guys.So i want to upgrade my current CPU(I3 6098P) to a Ryzen 1700 but the problem is i dont know what mobo to buy.I have two options: The first one is to buy Asrock B450M-Pro4 and also buy an SSD or buy the MSI X370 Gaming Pro Carbon without SSD.What do you guys thing? Should i buy the cheaper one with SSD or the more expensive without SSD?If you have any other suggestions let me know.

 

Btw sorry for bad english in Greece.

 

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Get the SSD. The only real benefit of an "X" series chipset for AMD is multi gpu support and occasionally better power delivery. However the 1700 isn't known for amazing OC potential (none of the Ryzen chips are compared to intel) and you will feel way more of a performance bump from adding an SSD to your system. 

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2 minutes ago, NunoLava1998 said:

The 450 and SSD. Not only is X370 not needed, MSI X370 boards are typically bad 

What worries me is the cooling in the 450..I've heard that the VRM cooling in these mobos are bad.Is is true?

 

Btw i dont have any intentions to OC Ryzen

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5 minutes ago, amusedschrodinger said:

I'd go for the 450 and ssd as well. Unless there are features in the 370 that you absolutely have to have.

All i need is a VFM mobo that will be able to handle Ryzen 1700 with no problem.

Btw i wont OC the CPU.

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1 minute ago, Rapid1999 said:

What worries me is the cooling in the 450..I've heard that the VRM cooling in these mobos are bad.Is is true?

 

Btw i dont have any intentions to OC Ryzen

It's not really going to get important when you're not OCing, and even then it should handle a 1700 fine.

The X370 on the other hand has no cooling and the shittiest VRMs you can imagine, so it would actually be worse than the 450

Ryzen 7 3700X / 16GB RAM / Optane SSD / GTX 1650 / Solus Linux

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10 minutes ago, Rapid1999 said:

What worries me is the cooling in the 450..I've heard that the VRM cooling in these mobos are bad.Is is true?

 

Btw i dont have any intentions to OC Ryzen

Cooling varies from board to board, and the Asrock heatsinks are above average. You can even OC a bit as long as you give the heatsinks good airflow

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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MSI actually has OK VRMs on socket AM4 ... they used to be bad on socket AM3 (FX series)

 

Yeah, you'll be fine with the B450 board. It has perfectly fine VRM and some heatsink on it to keep the temperatures reasonable.

 

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5 minutes ago, mariushm said:

MSI actually has OK VRMs on socket AM4

Nope, only B450 and X470. Their B350 and X370 boards are horrible both electrically and in software.

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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