Best motherboard for Ryzen 7 3700X??

[StarbirdX]

Hi!

I'm currently working on building my desktop PC for video editing and playing Minecraft. I'm totally new to this and have gotten a bit confused while trying to decide on a motherboard. I was originally going to use an Intel chip but then decided to go with Ryzen. The articles I read all agreed that the 3700X was a better value for video editing than the i7. The part that I got confused about is that I've heard alot of the motherboards for Ryzen have bugs or other problems with their BIOS. Other people said they were great. So far, the board that looks the best that I've seen is the Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE.

 

I don't know if this is the wrong place to put this, but I would appreciate any other feedback on the parts I've selected so far. FYI, I don't really want to deal with overclocking and am looking to spend around $1,000. I also don't have WIFI because I have a 0.15 to 0.3 MB/sec internet speed (I know, that's living in the country apparently.)

 

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor

 

Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory

 

Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/nMWN3b

[Lurick]

I would go with the Gaming X from Gigabyte instead, cheaper and has better VRMs over the Aorus elite so if you ever decide to dabble with overclocking you'll have a better experience. Also swapped the RAM for some LPX 3600 memory because it's $1 less than the 3200 kit.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$328.90 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 GAMING X ATX AM4 Motherboard	$169.89 @ OutletPC
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$81.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$119.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$700.77
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-12 18:23 EDT-0400

 

[Princess Luna]

14 minutes ago, Lurick said:

I would go with the Gaming X from Gigabyte instead, cheaper and has better VRMs over the Aorus elite so i

Then again for the price point if VRM is a must concern the ASUS Prime-P wins the cake

 

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[StarbirdX]

So it looks like the ASUS Prime-P and the Gigabyte X570 GAMING X are the exact same price right now and I can't find any real differences from the Asus or Gigabit websites. Is there something I'm missing?

 

I think why I chose the 3600 memory is because of the greater latency (18 vs 16), but I never was able to figure out if latency is even something to worry that much about. I guess the greater clock speed makes up for that?

[Lurick]

2 minutes ago, StarbirdX said:

So it looks like the ASUS Prime-P and the Gigabyte X570 GAMING X are the exact same price right now and I can't find any real differences from the Asus or Gigabit websites. Is there something I'm missing?

 

I think why I chose the 3600 memory is because of the greater latency (18 vs 16), but I never was able to figure out if latency is even something to worry that much about. I guess the greater clock speed makes up for that?

Yah, I don't think there is much difference between the boards. Nothing that stands out to me anyway.

For memory I think 2ns of latency will more than be made up for by the additional clock speeds from 3200 to 3600, especially with Ryzen.

[StarbirdX]

Should I just go with what looks best to me then?  (which I'm not even sure about) Or would waiting until I've chosen a GPU (yikes) help inform a decision, mabey?

[Lurick]

14 minutes ago, StarbirdX said:

Should I just go with what looks best to me then?  (which I'm not even sure about) Or would waiting until I've chosen a GPU (yikes) help inform a decision, mabey?

I would go with whichever you think looks best in this case

[StarbirdX]

46 minutes ago, Lurick said:

I would go with whichever you think looks best in this case

Guess I'll go with the Gigabyte then.

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