Motherboard for Ryzen 5 3600

[rochjie]

I'm planning to upgrade my cpu from I5 6500 to Ryzen 5 3600. I'm planning on getting an x470 motherboard but don't know which model is the best in terms of low budget. I'm also considering b450 or a cheap but good x570

 

CPU - i5-6500

Motherboard - Maximus 8 Hero

GPU - GTX 1660ti

RAM - G.skill ddr4 3600 mhz 8x2 cl16

SSD'S - Samsung 850 Evo 500gb 

            - Kingston A400 480gb (planning to replace this with Samsung 970 Pro/Evo 500gb considering the bad performance in the benchmark in the link below, thoughts?)

HDD - WD Blue 1tb (2012)

         - Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1tb

 

Benchmark link - https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRUn/19505217

[Jurrunio]

just check the motherboard tier list

 

1 hour ago, rochjie said:

- Kingston A400 480gb (planning to replace this with Samsung 970 Pro/Evo 500gb considering the bad performance in the benchmark in the link below, thoughts?)

it might be slow on paper and even for me, but unless you think it's not fast enough there's no need to replace it. My old 128GB slow SSD (Toshiba XG5 I think) in my laptop isnt noticeably slower than my current HP EX920 1TB in real world use, I only replace it because its capacity is too low and I filled it all up, killing its lifespan awfully quickly.

[rochjie]

Tnx bro, will check the mobo tier list first.

[Tom H]

4 hours ago, rochjie said:

I'm planning to upgrade my cpu from I5 6500 to Ryzen 5 3600. I'm planning on getting an x470 motherboard but don't know which model is the best in terms of low budget. I'm also considering b450 or a cheap but good x570

 

CPU - i5-6500

Motherboard - Maximus 8 Hero

GPU - GTX 1660ti

RAM - G.skill ddr4 3600 mhz 8x2 cl16

SSD'S - Samsung 850 Evo 500gb 

            - Kingston A400 480gb (planning to replace this with Samsung 970 Pro/Evo 500gb considering the bad performance in the benchmark in the link below, thoughts?)

HDD - WD Blue 1tb (2012)

         - Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1tb

 

Benchmark link - https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRUn/19505217

If you are going to B450 or x470, you will need to update the bios first to support the new Ryzen 3000s, so bios flashback (update bios via usb flash drive without CPU installed) is something that you should look at. Here is a list of Am4 boards with bios flashback:

 

https://premiumbuilds.com/motherboards/list-of-motherboards-with-usb-bios-flashback/

 

I've built 2 new ryzen systems (3600 and 3700x) on MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon AC's. This board I can recommend...it has probably the best VRM's for B450 and is the most feature packed B450 that I know of. It has bios flashback and it maxes out my 3700x no problems

 

If you want to move up to 3900 or higher in the future, I'd consider going with X570.

The best board VRM wise and feature wise per price/performance that I researched was the ASUS X570 TUF Plus (wifi). It is only marginally more expensive than the cheap x570s, but was rated highly by reviewers.