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United_Chi
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I'm planning on a build still and I'm questioning motherboard choice.

 

Budget still ~$1750. Planning on 2080 super.

 

I was planning on aorus elite since it has the capability of supporting everything I want and it's currently $150.


I was toying with idea of getting aorus ultra currently priced $199 which is what elite was normally. Looking around I saw the Asus Pro WS x570. Which is $250. Which is what the ultra normally is.

 

The Pro WS is at the S-Tier for motherboards.

 

Is it really worth the money to spend if the elite will run everything I need? Or is there benefit to having an S-tier? The elite is currently D-tier. Ultra is currently A-tier. I haven't ever heard of the WS Pro until now.

Links:

WS Pro https://pcpartpicker.com/product/n7PgXL/asus-pro-ws-x570-ace-atx-am4-motherboard-pro-ws-x570-ace

Ultra https://pcpartpicker.com/product/YTWBD3/gigabyte-x570-aorus-ultra-atx-am4-motherboard-x570-aorus-ultra

Elite https://pcpartpicker.com/product/nHxbt6/gigabyte-x570-aorus-elite-atx-am4-motherboard-x570-aorus-elite

 

 

Double Edit: Here is what i'm thinking. (PS. Do not need storage).

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $309.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE ATX AM4 Motherboard $149.99 @ Newegg
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $69.99 @ Newegg
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card $699.99 @ Newegg
Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case $89.99 @ Walmart
Power Supply SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $84.98 @ Newegg
Case Fan Fractal Design HF14-BK 118.2 CFM 140 mm Fan $19.89 @ SuperBiiz
Case Fan Fractal Design HF14-BK 118.2 CFM 140 mm Fan $19.89 @ SuperBiiz
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1484.71
  Mail-in rebates -$40.00
  Total $1444.71
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-29 12:54 EST-0500  

 

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2 minutes ago, United_Chi said:

I'm planning on a build still and I'm questioning motherboard choice.

what is the build? what cpu? what are you doing with the pc?

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You haven't stated what you will do with it all along, so it depends.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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The X570 Elite is a great motherboard, why is it at the "D-tier"? It'll handle a 3900X.

The Elite has 12 SIC634 powerstages, and at a 300A load they are 90.5% efficent.

The Aorus Ultra has 12x IR3553s, and at a 300A load they are 92% efficent.

The Elite is very similar to the Aorus Pro, and is definitely not a bad motherboard.

 

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7 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

The X570 Elite is a great motherboard, why is it at the "D-tier"?

The X570 elite is tier B

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 10 and Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

How many watts do I need? ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 spec, PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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I have no idea what S-tier and D-tier means.

 

Aorus Elite is a very solid motherboard. Its only downsides are

* single pci-e x16 slot (some higher end ones have option to split in 2 x8),

* no usb type-c on the IO shield

* only 1 gbps ethernet (it's Intel so good, but it's not 2.5g or 10g)

* if you care about onboard audio, only ALC1200 instead of ALC1220-VB

* only 2 m.2 connectors (standard, but higher end boards have 3)

 

x570 Pro adds a usb type C and a pci-e x8 slot. Same power stages as Ultra

x570 Ultra basically is a Pro plus wireless as far as I can see ( you can get Elite Wifi if you don't need 2nd pci-e x8 slot)

 

Asus Pro WS x570... don't see the excitement over this, it's only pluses are the 3 pci-e x8 slots and two gigabit network cards (meh) ...no wireless, no 2.5g .. nothing special.

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It's for a gaming pc, cpu will probably be either 3900x or 3700x. Consensus is elite is probably perfect..

 

Similar question. 3700x is probably more than enough?

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2 hours ago, United_Chi said:

It's for a gaming pc, cpu will probably be either 3900x or 3700x. Consensus is elite is probably perfect..

 

Similar question. 3700x is probably more than enough?

Yeah, for gaming, the 3700 in an elite board is plenty

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