help choosing a motherboard

[urtv]

I've been recommended to get the MSI Tomahawk Max because it supports Ryzen out of the box but it's sold out everywhere. Any other motherboard supports Ryzen out of the box? Planning on getting a 3700x.

[mxk]

any x570 board should

 

or are you wanting older gen

[Jurrunio]

Technically all MSI B450 ATX boards can support 3rd gen without using another CPU for BIOS flashing, they can flash their BIOS on their own.

[mxk]

2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Technically all MSI B450 ATX boards can support 3rd gen without using another CPU for BIOS flashing, they can flash their BIOS on their own.

huh i didnt know that, thats cool that msi does that

[Streetguru]

21 minutes ago, urtv said:

I've been recommended to get the MSI Tomahawk Max because it supports Ryzen out of the box but it's sold out everywhere. Any other motherboard supports Ryzen out of the box? Planning on getting a 3700x.

For the 3700X you should just get one of the entry level X570 boards like the Prime

If you can afford a $300 CPU you can afford a $150 motherboard over a $100 motherboard

[LukeSavenije]

47 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

For the 3700X you should just get one of the entry level X570 boards like the Prime

and what difference would this make? unnecessary pcie 4?

[Vejnemojnen]

Any B450 MAX MSI board will suffice without BIOS update. ..

 

See no reason for purchasing X570 for eight cores..

[Streetguru]

19 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

and what difference would this make? unnecessary pcie 4?

A better VRM than a B450 board, maybe better memory overclocking

[LukeSavenije]

Just now, Streetguru said:

A better VRM than a B450 board, maybe better memory overclocking

a tomahawk can do 3600 without problem, and as the 3900x would pull about as much as a 2700x, which it has shown to be able to hold, i still don't see any reason here

[Streetguru]

4 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

a tomahawk can do 3600 without problem, and as the 3900x would pull about as much as a 2700x, which it has shown to be able to hold, i still don't see any reason here

It's also very likely to have a higher priority on bios support/updates.

[LukeSavenije]

14 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

It's also very likely to have a higher priority on bios support/updates.

well, msi has shown to do pretty well with the max series, which has the same bios chip size, so no problems there either

[SliceT]

I got a B450 Steel legend and runs solid, I did ask the shop (microcenter) to flash to the latest one and they were cool to do it.

[Aashirbad Thapa]

Using a cheap x570 motherboard will be great but i suggest you to get better x570 board with good VRM's. If you are willing to upgrade the 3700x to the 3900x then i would suggest you to buy the expensive motherboards if you won't upgrade the CPU then better get a Aorus x570 Master Motherboard which have better VRM's. There are also better option with MSI boards and even AsRock x570 boards.

[GoldenLag]

1 hour ago, Aashirbad Thapa said:

Using a cheap x570 motherboard will be great but i suggest you to get better x570 board with good VRM's

Certain x570 boards have good VRMs even tho they are really cheap. Such as the Prime P from Asus. 

 

B450 Max boards also has good enough VRM for even the most powerhungry AM4 chips to be overclocked decently.