Deciding on a motherboard for a Ryzen 3600X

[___A Person___]

Hello,

 

I have been doing some research into PC parts and I am looking to build my first PC with a Ryzen 3600X and a GTX 1660, however I am still questioning the difference between X570, X470, and B450 boards and if X570/X470 is worth it to future proof, or if I should just settle for a B450.

 

Any suggestions for boards?

[Slottr]

Plan on overclocking much? Using PCIe 4?

[___A Person___]

1 minute ago, Slottr said:

Plan on overclocking much? Using PCIe 4?

I'm hoping to do a little bit of overclocking to learn how, so when I get to a higher end CPU I don't fry it.

I don't think I'll be getting a 2080 Ti or Super anytime soon, but I might have a higher end M.2 SSD so It would be nice to have gen 4 but not crucial 

[Slottr]

20 minutes ago, ___A Person___ said:

I'm hoping to do a little bit of overclocking to learn how, so when I get to a higher end CPU I don't fry it.

I don't think I'll be getting a 2080 Ti or Super anytime soon, but I might have a higher end M.2 SSD so It would be nice to have gen 4 but not crucial 

Is getting an r7* chip a plan you have? I'd maybe get an X570 board then if so.

[___A Person___]

5 minutes ago, Slottr said:

Is getting an r9 chip a plan you have? I'd maybe get an X570 board then if so.

If by R9 you mean the Radeon R9 GPUs, no

[Slottr]

Just now, ___A Person___ said:

If by R9 you mean the Radeon R9 GPUs, no

Sorry R7 lol, like the top of the line Ryzen chips.

[___A Person___]

Just now, Slottr said:

Sorry R7 lol, like the top of the line Ryzen chips.

OH you mean Ryzen, Yes I plan on getting a R7 3800X or R9 3900X after I finish the build.

[Mathieu9836]

X570- Insane power delivery, actually more power then most X399 boards and some X299 boards... PCIe Gen 4 if you want insane fast storage, other then that it's useless for anyone gaming. Can run 2 GPUs in SLI/Crossfire

X470- Some High-end boards have very good power delivery, usually to overclock a 8+ cores CPU, do not have PCIe Gen 4, many of these boards have good power delivery, some don't... These board can run SLI/Crossfire

B450- What most people need. 1 GPU supported, no PCIe gen 4, some of them have good power delivery, most don't, so you want to choose your board carefully (MSI boards are the best on B450 chipset)

 

[TheBahrbarian]

 

3 minutes ago, Mathieu9836 said:

X570- Insane power delivery, actually more power then most X399 boards and some X299 boards... PCIe Gen 4 if you want insane fast storage, other then that it's useless for anyone gaming. Can run 2 GPUs in SLI/Crossfire

X470- Some High-end boards have very good power delivery, usually to overclock a 8+ cores CPU, do not have PCIe Gen 4, many of these boards have good power delivery, some don't... These board can run SLI/Crossfire

B450- What most people need. 1 GPU supported, no PCIe gen 4, some of them have good power delivery, most don't, so you want to choose your board carefully (MSI boards are the best on B450 chipset)

 

Also I think b450 boards are limited to 3200mhz ram speed, might be wrong about that though. I've been looking at boards for my next build as well (mostly ASUS boards, not sure how they are), I think b450 will be enough for most people.

[Mathieu9836]

Just now, TheBahrbarian said:

 

Also I think b450 boards are limited to 3200mhz ram speed, might be wrong about that though. I've been looking at boards for my next build as well, I think b450 will be enough for most people.

Memory frequency is limited to CPUs more then the motherboard itself.