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Which B450 board to get

EQuiPeX
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Hello,

I am planning to upgrade my rig, and yes, i have checked a lot of forums to see what was my best option but i am still unsure.

I am currently deciding between:

MSI B450 Tomahawk 99€

MSI B450 Gaming Plus 91,9€

Asus Prime B450 Plus 89,5€

I have read that the Tomahawk is the best of all but i want to make sure it will all fit and is it maybe even overkill.

 

Current setup:

i5 2400

MSI H61M-P31/W8

2x4GB DDR3 Ballistix 1866 MHz

Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 1060 3GB

2x SSD

NZXT S340 Case

 

Planned setup:

Ryzen 5 2600

<Insert motherboard here>

1x8GB DDR4 Vengeance 3000 MHz

Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 1060 3GB

2x SSD

NZXT S340 Case

 

I know Ryzen benefits from dual channel and i plan to add another stick in the future(yes i know im dumb, why didnt i get 2x4 and later another 2x4).

Will i be bottlenecked by anything or is it fairly balanced?

 

Thanks for any pointers :)

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5 minutes ago, Slottr said:

110% get the Tomahawk

Can I offer to make a better list?

not the gaming plus?

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Just now, LukeSavenije said:

not the gaming plus?

I managed to use both of them like about a month or two ago for two of my friends builds and got fairly better oc's with the tomahawk

 

Could have just been a shittier 2600 than the other or something

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I'm running a B450 Tomahawk and 2600 currently, signature for the full list.  It works well.  I hit 4.1 Ghz all cores with minimal voltage.  Runs great for 1080p Gaming with my 1070.  If you can afford it hit a dual channel kit 2x8GB and bump that video card up a notch to at least a 6GB 1060, 1660, or better yet a 1070 with 8GB of VRAM.

CPU:  AMD Ryzen 5 3600(Stock Clock)

Cooler: EVGA CLC 280 

Motherboard: ASUS X570 TUF Gaming Plus WiFi

GPU: Gigabyte RTX 2070 Super Windforce OC3

RAM: 32GB(2x16GB) G.Skill TridentZ RGB 3600

SSD: WD Blue 3D NAND M.2 250 GB

HDD: Seagate BarraCuda 2TB  

Case:  Fractal Design Meshify C

PSU:  Seasonic Focus 650W 80+ Gold

 

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Tomahawk.

Desktop: Slick

CPU: Ryzen 5 2600    Motherboard: Asus Prime X470-Pro    RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200mhz CL16   GPU: GTX 1080 8GB 

Storage: Samsung PM981 256GB (970 EVO)    PSU: Corsair TX650M   Case: Lian-Li PCO11 Dynamic - White  Fans: Deepcool RF120mm RGB

Peripherals: HP Omen X 35 Ultrawide (3440x1440, 100hz, G-Sync), Logitech g903, mdr-1000x, umc22 + AKG D5, Drevo Blademaster 87K RGB (Gateron Browns)

Laptop: Surface Laptop 2 Platinum - i5 8250u, 8gb ram, 256gb nvme, 13 inch pixelsense touch display

Phone: Huawei Mate 20 pro 128gb Black + iphone 6s 32gb gold

 

 

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1 hour ago, Slottr said:

110% get the Tomahawk

Can I offer to make a better list?

Sure, go ahead :)

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28 minutes ago, EQuiPeX said:

Sure, go ahead :)

How much are you willing to spend? And what country are you from? 

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29 minutes ago, Slottr said:

How much are you willing to spend? And what country are you from? 

From slovenia, and i was already at an end with the tomahawk at ~100€.. want to spend as little as i can :D

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7 minutes ago, EQuiPeX said:

From slovenia, and i was already at an end with the tomahawk at ~100€.. want to spend as little as i can :D

I just noticed that you already have like 80% of the parts haha my bad.

 

Yeah you're in the right ball park. This is what I would get

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor €129.90 @ Alternate
Motherboard MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard €99.00 @ Amazon Deutschland
Memory Patriot - Viper Elite 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory €36.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €265.89
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-08 20:10 CEST+0200  

 

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does anyone have Crosshair VI Hero (X370) with new Ryzen 3000 and working? could be an option too. 114€ in Germany

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2 hours ago, Slottr said:

I just noticed that you already have like 80% of the parts haha my bad.

 

Yeah you're in the right ball park. This is what I would get

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor €129.90 @ Alternate
Motherboard MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard €99.00 @ Amazon Deutschland
Memory Patriot - Viper Elite 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory €36.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €265.89
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-08 20:10 CEST+0200  

 

Yeah sounds about right but i already got 1 stick of vengeance lpx 3000mhz.. i bought it because i thought it was fairly cheap and i just wanted to get at least 1 new part so i actually commit to buying the whole thing, because i am saying i will buy a new pc for over 6 months and never had the money. This was the lowest cost part but still something to get me started and get my motivation up

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