B450 or X570 Motherboard

[Rizafahmy]

Hello, Good Morning. 

 

My current rig is

Phenom X II X4 955

8Gb DDR3 

512 Samsung SSD

RX 380X

750W Corsair Power Supply

 

I'm plan to upgrade to Ryzen 3600.

 

My Question is that is it enough for me to buy B450M or Do I have to buy X570 chipser if in 6 month to a year I plan to buy Navi GPU

 

NOTE : I live in Indonesia where computers parts is more expensive and limited than in US. Worse our income is lower than US. So, price is one of the most important think in building PC

 

Thank You Very Much 

[mmyron]

Taking into account your financial situation, I would probably stick with a B450M. While an X570 is very nice, and that's what I would recommend anyone to get (especially considering the fact that you're getting a Ryzen 3600 and a Navi GPU), I think that a B450M would suit your needs and financial situation nicely.

[dizmo]

Why are you ignoring X470?

[Herman Mcpootis]

an older B450/X470 board will do just fine, but you'll need to check if the bios is updated before buying it, or if the motherboard support BIOS updates without needing a compatible CPU.

[xl3b4n0nx]

Definitely go for the B450 for the 3600. The X570 boards will be more expensive (it's estimated $50 - $100 more) than the current X470 because of the addition of PCIE Gen 4 and the beefier chipset. The 3600 has a 65W TDP which is well within the range of the B450 boards.

 

That being said I would buy a mid range or better B450 so you have good VRMs for overclocking. 

[Leanora]

2 hours ago, xl3b4n0nx said:

Definitely go for the B450 for the 3600. The X570 boards will be more expensive (it's estimated $50 - $100 more) than the current X470 because of the addition of PCIE Gen 4 and the beefier chipset. The 3600 has a 65W TDP which is well within the range of the B450 boards.

 

That being said I would buy a mid range or better B450 so you have good VRMs for overclocking. 

The low end gigabyte 570 boards have better VRM configs than the high end 450 boards. 

 

 

Check what the price will be though. 

 

I don't think that running a  3600 on a decent B450  board will be an issue though. 

[Rizafahmy]

11 hours ago, dizmo said:

Why are you ignoring X470?

I dont need x470 feature b450 doesnt have.

My only concern is that whether b450 cripple Navi or not

[Rhaemond]

B450 will be more than enough. It'll work fine with your future plans without any problems

[Leanora]

2 minutes ago, Rizafahmy said:

I dont need x470 feature b450 doesnt have.

My only concern is that whether b450 cripple Navi or not

b450 will not cripple navi.  Navi runs fine on PCI E gen 3 

PCI E gen 4 is for now only for NVME ( add-on cards ) 

[Rizafahmy]

Thank You, guys.