Can't decide on a ~200$ MB for Ryzen 3700x

[Lirux]

I'm about to pull the trigger on CPU - MB - MEM upgrade for my system, but I can't decide on which MB to get for Ryzen 3700x.

My budget is around 200$ but I don't mind stretching it if it will yield major improvement.

 

My top contenders for now:

 

X570:

ASRock X570 STEEL LEGEND (or the WIFI ver)

ASUS TUF GAMING X570-PLUS

GIGABYTE X570 AORUS ELITE (or the WIFI ver)

 

* On-board WIFI is not a factor for me.

 

X470:

ASRock X470 Taichi

 

B350/B450:

Should this even be considered?

 

Does any of these stands out as a clear winner?

Should something that is not in the list be considered?

 

Thanks ahead

[5x5]

Definitely X570 at this price point. I'd avoid Gigabyte, though, for AM4. Get the TUF or SL

[Herman Mcpootis]

All 3 of the x570 boards aren't bad tbh. I'd get the elite for bios flashback.

[LukeSavenije]

26 minutes ago, 5x5 said:

I'd avoid Gigabyte

and i wouldn't

 

aorus elite or tuf as best sub-200's

 

and the prime p just below that for x570

 

but even something like a tomahawk will easily do, so you can spend your money elsewhere

[Stormseeker9]

34 minutes ago, 5x5 said:

Definitely X570 at this price point. I'd avoid Gigabyte, though, for AM4. Get the TUF or SL

I wouldn’t either.

 

out of those 3 X570 boards I would recommend the aurus elite 

 

as for B450 board a tomahawk (max) would be my recommendation 

[Morgan MLGman]

Don't go ASRock for X570 pretty much besides the Taichi, and even that has its own problems.
Gigabyte or ASUS are your best bet, both boards are pretty similar.

I personally went with an older chipset (X370) and didn't have any issues but I'm yet to play with overclocking.

[Triboal]

1 hour ago, 5x5 said:

Definitely X570 at this price point. I'd avoid Gigabyte, though, for AM4. Get the TUF or SL

Yeah, not sure why you wouldn't recommend Gigabyte. 

 

For the ones the OP suggested I'd go either X570 TUF as it's probably the best ~$200 X570 board for its money. The Aorus Elite WiFi is a close second.

[5x5]

I've seen a lot of people having issues with Gigabyte firmware - the board itself is good but I'm not certain the BIOS issues are resolved.

[Wahaab]

I would go for the ASUS TUF GAMING X570-PLUS, as it seems to have a smarter power delivery than the Gigiabyte one (would probably yield better results for over clocking).

The only problem with the ASUS TUF is that it has a realtek lan which is said to be inferior in comparison with intel lan present on the gigabyte one.

[James300]

Genuine question: Are you going to get the use out of the extra 2 cores/4 threads over the 3600/3600X? The price difference is somewhere in the region of 16GB RAM. I bought a 3700X and am happy (Although will be buying an AIO because my stock fan just loves running at 2700RPM), although would likely have been just as happy with a 3600X

 

I'm using a B450 Tomahawk with no issues (Upgraded the BIOS myself, didn't buy the max version).

[xg32]

x570 elite gets my vote here.

[SliceT]

9 hours ago, Morgan MLGman said:

Don't go ASRock for X570 pretty much besides the Taichi, and even that has its own problems.
Gigabyte or ASUS are your best bet, both boards are pretty similar.

I personally went with an older chipset (X370) and didn't have any issues but I'm yet to play with overclocking.

The Steel Legend has been running really good, don't know which problems are you talking about.

Besides great price for the features it has been rock solid, running 24/7 with overclock.

Not to mention it's one of the best looking mobos of it's price in my opinion, but that's personal.

[The Torrent]

10 hours ago, Lirux said:

I'm about to pull the trigger on CPU - MB - MEM upgrade for my system, but I can't decide on which MB to get for Ryzen 3700x.

My budget is around 200$ but I don't mind stretching it if it will yield major improvement.

 

My top contenders for now:

 

X570:

ASRock X570 STEEL LEGEND (or the WIFI ver)

ASUS TUF GAMING X570-PLUS

GIGABYTE X570 AORUS ELITE (or the WIFI ver)

 

* On-board WIFI is not a factor for me.

 

X470:

ASRock X470 Taichi

 

B350/B450:

Should this even be considered?

 

Does any of these stands out as a clear winner?

Should something that is not in the list be considered?

 

Thanks ahead

b450 just doesnt have dual gpu crossfire is amd? so deffo consider

[Morgan MLGman]

2 minutes ago, SliceT said:

The Steel Legend has been running really good, don't know which problems are you talking about.

Besides great price for the features it has been rock solid, running 24/7 with overclock.

Not to mention it's one of the best looking mobos of it's price in my opinion, but that's personal.

It's inferior in terms of components used compared to the competition at its price point. That's enough of a reason to go for another board since they pretty much cost the same.

[Lirux]

Ended up going with the ASRock X570 Steel Legend WiFi ax (and Ballistix sport lt in white to match it

 

Main reasons:

• Difference in VRM shouldn't be an issue for 3700X
• Better audio
• Intel lan
• looks
• ax wifi (although not super important for me)
• I have great past experience with ASRock (currently running Z77 extreme4)

Thanks for the help!