[Amazon US] X470 Gaming Pro @ $83.84

[Herman Mcpootis]

Link: 

https://www.amazon.com/MSI-Performance-X470-Motherboard-PRO/dp/B07CBKRF61/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=x470+gaming+pro&qid=1573568176&s=electronics&sr=1-1

 

For $83.81, you're getting a board that's a step up from the MSI B450 boards while paying less. Note that the X470 Gaming Pro doesn't have BIOS flashback so you may have to ask amazon support for the BIOS revision if you're pairing it up with a zen 2 CPU, but you can also just order a bootkit from AMD for that.

[Firewrath9]

That's a good sale, that's basically a B450 GPC with smaller heatsinks, no rgb, no wifi, and SLI support

[FriedEngineer]

That looks like the the X470 Gaming Pro not the X470 Gaming Plus, but they're honestly not that different.

 

This is also not the MAX version, which means that due to size limitations of the BIOS ROM chip, MSI had to slim down the BIOS for Zen 2 on this board (the MAX version of the board has a larger chip and doesn't have this problem) as well as remove support for a few older Athalon chips.

 

If you don't mind that limitation and those noted above, it's a pretty decent price.

[Herman Mcpootis]

1 minute ago, FriedEngineer said:

That looks like the the X470 Gaming Pro not the X470 Gaming Plus. This is also not the MAX version, which means that due to size limitations of the BIOS ROM chip, MSI had to slim down the BIOS on this board (the MAX version of the board has a larger chip and doesn't have this problem) for Zen 2 chips. 

could have sworn i typed in the gaming pro, it's fixed now.

[FriedEngineer]

5 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

could have sworn i typed in the gaming pro, it's fixed now.

They don't look all that different so not that big of a deal 

I cannot see any spec difference between on the AM4 Motherboard Comparison. The only thing I see is some color differences and a sort of I/O shroud (but not an integrated shield) so why MSI even makes both is beyond me...

[Herman Mcpootis]

2 minutes ago, FriedEngineer said:

They don't look all that different so  (why MSI even makes both is also beyond me...)

a more questionable decision imo is the motherboard companies all selling multiple copies of the same motherboard with a different chipset, so you end up with shit like the pro4 boards being exactly the same from A320 to X370