Motherboard Quality

[Rumman]

Is there any remarkable difference between H310 chipset board build quality vs B360m? I mean, I know that one has some more features than others. In my country, most of the reseller creates a confusing situation when they sell them to the new buyer. They say these entry-level boards (H310 series) are build of chip quality materials, single layered board....blaa..blaa...blaa then that of the B350 series. As far I know, If I am using an unlocked CPU, then both the chipset will provide the same performance. But I want to know about the longevity of those two chipsets board. 

 

Thanks

[DezGalbie]

1 minute ago, Rumman said:

Is there any remarkable difference between H310 chipset board build quality vs B350? I mean, I know that one has some more features than others. In my country, most of the reseller creates a confusing situation when they sell them to the new buyer. They say these entry-level boards (H310 series) are build of chip quality materials, single layered board....blaa..blaa...blaa then that of the B350 series. As far I know, If I am using an unlocked CPU, then both the chipset will provide the same performance. But I want to know about the longevity of those two chipsets board. 

 

Thanks

Well, H310 is for Intel CPUs and B350 is for AMD Ryzen.

So you can't really compare performance on a real like-for-like basis because they will be using different CPUs.

IMO, you would be better off deciding which CPU you will be using first, and then decide which of the compatible boards best fits your needs.

[Rumman]

sorry..... actually B series of intel chipset

Like B360M

 

[DezGalbie]

15 minutes ago, Rumman said:

sorry..... actually B series of intel chipset

Like B360M

 

Ah. I see. 

I can't really help you there. I haven't used any of those boards. Hopefully someone else will know about them and can help you.

[RejZoR]

For casual users, there usually aren't any real differences. In recent build for a relative, we just picked some ASUS X370 board (I think it was Prime A model). It's perfectly fine and actually looks really nice and it was super cheap, like 60€ (that is super cheap when I paid almost 300€ for Sabertooth X99 years ago). Only thing that I really missed was number of fan ports. It had a total of 3, which is ridiculous. One is used for CPU cooler and then you have 2 left for intake and exhaust fans. On a case that can take 6 fans and had 4 pre-installed... Luckily silence wasn't a priority so we hooked up the case fans through case RGB controller and exhaust on the remaining port.

 

I have an expensive MSI X99 Gaming 7 and while it has way more fan headers, it could still have like 4 extra of them. I don't get it why is it so hard to place really tons of fan headers on motherboards to fully utilize the airflow and flexibility of fan curves via BIOS. No Windows software ever works as well as fully automated fan curves based on load and temperatures which work whether you have Windows installed or not (or even Linux).

 

Bottom line, for lower end, especially if you plan on running it stock, look at what it offers as a board. Connectors, ports, slots, that kind of stuff and where they are placed for easier connectivity. Because essentially, they are all crap, you just want to pick the most usable crap. If that makes sense. The high end boards are usually loaded with stuff you'll never use, like on high end cars, but if you're looking at those the cost probably isn't an issue to begin with.