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B450 or X470/X570 for Ryzen 7 3700X?

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17 minutes ago, ukyo13 said:

Cool, so I don't necessarily need a X470/X570? The Tomahawk should be able to handle the 3700X just fine?

My mistake, the Mortar and tomahawk use the same power delivery. Your original selection is fine.

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I've decided to upgrade from my old A10-5800k and build a new PC.

I initially thought about getting a Ryzen 5 3600 but thought that it might be better to just get a Ryzen 7 3700X. I'll mostly be gaming but also do some productivity stuff (like edit photos, videos, audio recording, programming, etc).

I have a Zowie XL2411 Monitor (1080p 144Hz) so I plan on getting an AMD RX 5700 XT as well. 

My main concern though is the motherboard. Would a B450 motherboard be fine? Or do I need to invest on a X470/X570 board?

 

Here's my planned build:

CPU Ryzen 7 3700X
MOBO MSI B450M Mortar
MEMORY Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB 16GB 3200Mhz
M.2 Adata XPG SX6000 256GB NVME M.2
PSU Cooler Master MWE Gold 650W Semi Modular

Note: I know there are some parts missing since I'll be reusing some parts from my old PC like the HDD

 

Thanks!

 

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6 minutes ago, ukyo13 said:

MOBO  MSI B450M Mortar

The mortar is weaksauce, shoot for the tomahawk. It's more feature rich with better power delivery.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

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i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 10 and Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

How many watts do I need? ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 spec, PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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40 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

The mortar is weaksauce, shoot for the tomahawk. It's more feature rich with better power delivery.

Cool, so I don't necessarily need a X470/X570? The Tomahawk should be able to handle the 3700X just fine?

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The Mortar is fine.

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12 minutes ago, ukyo13 said:

Cool, so I don't necessarily need a X470/X570? The Tomahawk should be able to handle the 3700X just fine?

Yes, don't expect a hefty overclock but it has decent delivery to allow Precision Boost to increase the clocks a fair amount.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 10 and Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

How many watts do I need? ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 spec, PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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17 minutes ago, ukyo13 said:

Cool, so I don't necessarily need a X470/X570? The Tomahawk should be able to handle the 3700X just fine?

My mistake, the Mortar and tomahawk use the same power delivery. Your original selection is fine.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 10 and Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

How many watts do I need? ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 spec, PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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Awesome, thanks for the replies!

I don't really plan to overclock, precision boost might be fine with me and I don't really need the extra PCIe slot so I didn't want to pay extra for the Tomahawk

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