Mobo for 2600x

[Attitude12]

I'm looking to upgrade the mobo for my 2600x (currently running asus b450-f gaming). And man, all the reviews and opinions are so frickin' all over the place, this is harder than i ever thought.

I first settled on the Crosshair VI Hero, but i've read that latest bios doesn't support PBO settings.

All i want is a good VRM, support for my G.Skill Ripjaws V F4-3200C15D-16GVR, PBO working properly and to be able to change the voltage offset, since the stock one is usually too high.

 

I'm looking at budget motherboards, like Gigabyte X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING or MSI X470 GAMING PRO and the Crosshair (which i like best).

These 3 are in the same price range for me.

I can't buy from amazon or newegg or other sites like that.

Can i get any recommendations?

[Jurrunio]

just stick to the B450-F then. New boards coming with 3rd gen Ryzen should be the better deal (because the Gigabyte and MSI boards are no better than your B450-F in hardware).

[Stormseeker9]

B450 gaming pro carbon ac? 

 

Or or as mentioned above, wait for zen 2 and the new boards coming with that 

[Attitude12]

5 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

just stick to the B450-F then. New boards coming with 3rd gen Ryzen should be the better deal (because the Gigabyte and MSI boards are no better than your B450-F in hardware).

 

4 minutes ago, Stormseeker9 said:

B450 gaming pro carbon ac? 

 

Or or as mentioned above, wait for zen 2 and the new boards coming with that 

Yeah, but they'll be expensive when they do come out and since i don't game that much or intensively, i don't wanna spend that much money.

[Jurrunio]

2 minutes ago, Attitude12 said:

 

Yeah, but they'll be expensive when they do come out and since i don't game that much or intensively, i don't wanna spend that much money.

then buy old boards once the new boards come so their price would have dipped, just anything but buying these boards now.

 

Or consider X370s, X370 Taichi is sometimes very cheap

[Stormseeker9]

3 minutes ago, Attitude12 said:

 

Yeah, but they'll be expensive when they do come out and since i don't game that much or intensively, i don't wanna spend that much money.

B450/X470 will both drop in prices at that time, so you could still buy the older board, but cheaper

[Attitude12]

4 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

then buy old boards once the new boards come so their price would have dipped, just anything but buying these boards now.

 

Or consider X370s, X370 Taichi is sometimes very cheap

The Crosshair VI Hero is x370. I considered that.

Also, the x370 Taichi from asrock is at the same price as the Hero.

 

Should i switch?

[Jurrunio]

8 minutes ago, Attitude12 said:

The Crosshair VI Hero is x370. I considered that.

Also, the x370 Taichi from asrock is at the same price as the Hero.

 

Should i switch?

nah Crosshair is the better board for overclocking, Taichi has stronger VRMs but even the Crosshair is overkill for the 2600X

[Attitude12]

Just now, Jurrunio said:

nah Crosshair is the better board for overclocking, Taichi has stronger VRMs but even the Crosshair is overkill for the 2600X

Ok, but if i don't OC, i just want PBO running, which one should i get from those two? Feature wise, taichi seems better.

[Jurrunio]

Just now, Attitude12 said:

Ok, but if i don't OC, i just want PBO running, which one should i get from those two? Feature wise, taichi seems better.

Just stick to the older BIOS on your B450-F. PBO is no god, the potential performance loss is minor.

[Attitude12]

4 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Just stick to the older BIOS on your B450-F. PBO is no god, the potential performance loss is minor.

I got no idea what you're talking about. I'm running latest bios, i got no issues, except maybe the CPU is a little hot.

I get that PBO is not a god, but for someone who doesn't want to manual OC, it's good.

And this b450-f has bad reviews all over the place, especially on the VRM side. What wrong with getting the Taichi or the Hero?

I can still get a refund from my b450-f (a full one) and for 15 extra bucks, i get either the Taichi or the Hero.

[Jurrunio]

12 minutes ago, Attitude12 said:

I got no idea what you're talking about. I'm running latest bios, i got no issues, except maybe the CPU is a little hot.

I get that PBO is not a god, but for someone who doesn't want to manual OC, it's good.

And this b450-f has bad reviews all over the place, especially on the VRM side. What wrong with getting the Taichi or the Hero?

I can still get a refund from my b450-f (a full one) and for 15 extra bucks, i get either the Taichi or the Hero.

... you should have told us that you can return the b450-f and it's cheap to buy a new board, I thought you have to sell the B450-F.

 

Hero is also from Asus, if any Asus board that did have PBO doesnt have it working anymore, then so will the Hero. Taichi is from Asrock, which doesnt have the most elaborate of BIOS so you will need to spend some time with it to get the controls right.

 

In terms of VRM capabilities (power delivery), Taichi has twice the power than the Hero, the latter could be a big problem if AMD releases more power hungry CPUs (say 40% more than the 2700X) and you try to use it. Otherwise it's not a problem for both boards.

[Attitude12]

52 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

... you should have told us that you can return the b450-f and it's cheap to buy a new board, I thought you have to sell the B450-F.

 

Hero is also from Asus, if any Asus board that did have PBO doesnt have it working anymore, then so will the Hero. Taichi is from Asrock, which doesnt have the most elaborate of BIOS so you will need to spend some time with it to get the controls right.

 

In terms of VRM capabilities (power delivery), Taichi has twice the power than the Hero, the latter could be a big problem if AMD releases more power hungry CPUs (say 40% more than the 2700X) and you try to use it. Otherwise it's not a problem for both boards.

Yeah, my bad, I forgot to specify that i can return it.

I won't spend as much in the bios as a serious overclocker. Just to get the ram to the specified speeds and to adjust the voltages offset for the PBO.

Thank you for your answer and time.

[SliceT]

Go with the Taichi, it's stronger board. The bios is not that complicated at all in my experience coming from ASUS motherboard previously.