B450 and X570

[Wingfan]

What are the main differences in these?

[GoldenLag]

2 minutes ago, Wingfan said:

What are the main differences in these?

chipset, cost, IO, and PCIe 4.0

 

x570 usually has some better VRMs, tho this doesnt apply to all units

[Bombastinator]

The thing that bugs me most about x570 in general is that they’ve usually got fans on the mobo.  Frequently custom difficult to replace fans.  Fans are moving parts.  They eventually go bad.  They do this because the PCIE 4.0 chip has a really high wattage for a motherboard component.  The whole north bridge/southbridge thing back in the day used to have similar issues and the better boards were the ones that had big tower heat sinks instead of fans to deal with the problem.  Not seeing any of those so far though.  There is one x570 that does a heat pipe to another radiator to solve the problem and one that has custom watercooling for it but they’re both very expensive.

[Mathieu9836]

B450 doesnt support SLI/Crossfire, X570 and X470 does

B450 Usually have less powerful VRMs, Most X570 have more power then CPUs will ever need

B450 usually have less features on the boards, Most X570 have features you don't need

B450 have PCIe gen 3, X570 have PCIe Gen 4, useful for really really fast storage

B450 is what most people need, X570 is what most people don't need it's an enthusiast thing so far.

 

IMO if you are asking the question you don't NEED X570 chipset.

[Firewrath9]

I agree with the 2 people above. Generally imo, you should pay roughly ~1/2 of the price of your CPU on your Mobo. So if you get a R5 3600, you should look for a decent 100-120$ board (B450)

If you have get a 3700X, you should look for a decent 150-180$ board (X470/X570)

3900X, look for a good 200-250$ board (X570)

3950X, look for a great 300-350$ board (X570)

 

More expensive boards generally have:

-Better VRMs

-More RGB

-Metal plated slots on useless things like dram and 24-pins

-MORE RGB

-More sata/m.2/USB

-better networking

[Wingfan]

On 11/14/2019 at 9:34 AM, Mathieu9836 said:

B450 doesnt support SLI/Crossfire, X570 and X470 does

B450 Usually have less powerful VRMs, Most X570 have more power then CPUs will ever need

B450 usually have less features on the boards, Most X570 have features you don't need

B450 have PCIe gen 3, X570 have PCIe Gen 4, useful for really really fast storage

B450 is what most people need, X570 is what most people don't need it's an enthusiast thing so far.

 

IMO if you are asking the question you don't NEED X570 chipset.

Dont plan on dual cards, kinda pointless. Money could be spent elsewhere.

Less VRMs could be  problem.

B450 looks like it would have all the features i would need.

I plan on getting an Intel 660p, will that take advantage of PCIe 4?

[Mathieu9836]

On 11/16/2019 at 5:02 AM, Wingfan said:

I plan on getting an Intel 660p, will that take advantage of PCIe 4?

If it's PCIe Gen 3, it will run on PCIe Gen 3 speed even if you board is PCIe Gen 4

[Wingfan]

1 minute ago, Mathieu9836 said:

If it's PCIe Gen 3, it will run on PCIe Gen 3 speed even if you board is PCIe Gen 4

Good to know, looks like i get X570. Thining Aurus 5X70 Elite, price aint band and could go on sale thei Fall.

[Mathieu9836]