MSI Vs ASUS : Z390 ITX

[Aristotle2019]

I've finally decided to go with an i5-9600K on a Noctua NH-L9i low profile CPU cooler. It's an ITX build. 

Should I choose the MSI MPG Gaming Edge AC ITX or the ASUS ROG Strix Z390-I ITX motherboard. The MSI one saves me a hell lot of money. Like a lot. For that price u cud get an 8gb ram stick. So. Which one wud u say (I'm not into overclocking much, and it's an ITX which needs air cooling, not RGB - so yea that's not a point of difference between the two)

[Likwid]

5 minutes ago, Aristotle2019 said:

I've finally decided to go with an i5-9600K on a Noctua NH-L9i low profile CPU cooler. It's an ITX build. 

Should I choose the MSI MPG Gaming Edge AC ITX or the ASUS ROG Strix Z390-I ITX motherboard. The MSI one saves me a hell lot of money. Like a lot. For that price u cud get an 8gb ram stick. So. Which one wud u say (I'm not into overclocking much, and it's an ITX which needs air cooling, not RGB - so yea that's not a point of difference between the two)

Go with ryzen 3600, no reason to pay for intel right now

[Aristotle2019]

2 hours ago, Likwid said:

Go with ryzen 3600, no reason to pay for intel right now

Oh wow ok. I find two X570 ITX motherboards, both are costlier than Z390 ITX motherboards. 

But anyhow, in X570 ITX, there's Gigabyte and ASRock. 

 

Argh I don't feel like getting the Ryzen  5 3600, I mean, literally all X570 motherboards are  (much) costlier than their Z390 counterpart. 

[Gegger]

Just now, Aristotle2019 said:

Oh wow ok. I find two X570 ITX motherboards, both are costlier than Z390 ITX motherboards. 

But anyhow, in X570 ITX, there's Gigabyte and ASRock. 

 

Argh I don't feel like getting the Ryzen  5 3600, I mean, literally all X570 motherboards are  (much) costlier than their Z390 counterpart. 

you don't need a x570 board, a quality b450 or x470 board will do.

[Aristotle2019]

4 minutes ago, Gegger said:

you don't need a x570 board, a quality b450 or x470 board will do.

Oh. So I checked B450 ITX motherboards. There's ASUS ROG Strix, Gigabyte Aorus Pro, MSI Performance Gaming Plus, and ASRock Fatal1ty (in decreasing price). 

X470 ITX is still costlier than the Z390 competition and I have Asus and ASRock available. 

What's the difference between B450 and X470 or X570? And which among these would you recommend. I'm using a 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD and Team T Force Dark Z 2×8GB 3000MHz memory. 

[Gegger]

X570 is like top of the line stuff, i'd only get it if you were running a 3700X or higher

 

X470 is last gen top of the line

 

B450 is a budget chipset (mostly) and you should find a board with USB bios flash for ryzen 3600

 

 

b450 if you aren't doing any crazy overclocking which you aren't, so yea