Mobo b450 help

[CriSis_]

Hey, thoughts on this mobo? 

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus-rog-strix-b450-f-gaming-socket-am4-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-6cc-as.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjwh8jrBRDQARIsAH7BsXc4lgEAVfwMmvtE1MZy9xPuZXnI8Z9Wj_WTxNG2qcvFpWnhAPQOfaMaAnPyEALw_wcB#tech_specs

 

Any recommendations for better ones with the same features at a lower price? (Need to get the price of my oard down to £100 or less). Its for a 2600 + 16gb 3200mhz ram if that helps  

 

Thanks for the help, 

Lex. 

[Jurrunio]

not a board I'd buy. I put overclocking potential first, and this board is electrically the same as what you get on much cheaper boards, say the Prime B450 Plus, with better heatsinks. Still noticeably worse than the MSI B450 ATX boards, let alone AMD X chipset boards bearing the Strix (or even the entry level Asus X570, the X570-P) name.

[CriSis_]

6 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

not a board I'd buy. I put overclocking potential first, and this board is electrically the same as what you get on much cheaper boards, say the Prime B450 Plus, with better heatsinks. Still noticeably worse than the MSI B450 ATX boards, let alone AMD X chipset boards bearing the Strix (or even the entry level Asus X570, the X570-P) name.

Could you possibly recommend a board with good oc capability or a good x series board? I don't plan to upgrade to ryzen gen 3 so x470 / b450 is fine , 

Budget is £110 or under

    

 

Many thanks, 

Lex

Edited September 7, 2019 by Alexander Underwood

[Jurrunio]

1 hour ago, Alexander Underwood said:

I don't plan to upgrade to ryzen gen 3

B450 and X470 boards can run Gen 3. I'd faulting the B450-F in terms of handling CPU power draw for the price, that's it. Even memory OC is something you should only consider with greater budgets.

 

Cheapest decent option is the MSI B450M Gaming Plus at 78 pounds. ATX version cost 85 pounds. Then there's the Tomahawk at 109 pounds (feature upgrade mostly).