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should I go for Asus EX A320M-GAMING or not?

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I've been hearing that A320M motherboards are of cheap quality and B450M is a better choice but still I am not going to overclock CPU or RAM nor am I going to add dual GPU to the build.

I just wanted to know whether Asus EX A320M-GAMING is worth buying https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/EX-A320M-GAMING/

or are there any good A320M motherboards in the market?

 

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2 minutes ago, anirudh99 said:

I've been hearing that A320M motherboards are of cheap quality and B450M is a better choice but still I am not going to overclock CPU or RAM nor am I going to add dual GPU to the build.

I just wanted to know whether Asus EX A320M-GAMING is worth buying https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/EX-A320M-GAMING/

or are there any good A320M motherboards in the market?

 

I am thinking of ryzen 5 1600 for CPU and gtx 1060 for GPU

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A320 mobos are very bad and you should avoid them. Pick good b450 board like msi b450 tomahawk.

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Just look at how cheap B350 boards go, and think about how much stuff they have to further remove to achieve even lower price points. A320 idea is stupid for both customer and AMD, they should have made A300 more widespread. A300 btw means not having a chipset at all, relying on the SOC portion of the CPU for all expansion and connectivity.

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A320 boards are utter garbage. Do not waste money on them.

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A320 really bad. b450 pro 4 from asrock its decent actually

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26 minutes ago, anirudh99 said:

I am not going to overclock CPU or RAM

In order to get max performance, you will need to enable XMP at least otherwise your ram is stuck at 2133, so an overclock is a given. On top of that, B450 boards and the like offer XFR 2.0 to automatically boost CPU performance without an overclock, so even the cheapest B450 board is better than A320. 

 

Not to mention, the cheapest B350 or B450 boards are almost always the same price as A320 boards.

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

 

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so is the Gigabyte B450M Gaming okay? or Asus PRIME B450M-A?

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