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X570 Vs B450

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x570 has sli support and pcie 4. if you don't need any of these features, get a good b450 board and save some money

Another thing to note. If you go with a B450 board, you will need to go with either the MSI B450 Tomahawk Max, or the AsRock B450 Steel Legend. Other older B450 models do not come compatible with third gen Ryzen CPUs out of the box, and you would have to do a BIOS update to add support, which requires having an older second gen CPU inserted.

 

Both the MSI B450 Tomahawk Max and the Asrock B450 Steel Legend will still be cheaper than any X570 board you can get so I would recommend getting one of those two anyway.

I mostly speak from my own past experience from similar problems. My solution may not work for you, but I'll always try my best to help as much as I can. If you want me to see your reply, make sure to quote my comment or mention me @WaggishOhio383, and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.

 

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Just now, WaggishOhio383 said:

Another thing to note. If you go with a B450 board, you will need to go with either the MSI B450 Tomahawk Max, or the AsRock B450 Steel Legend. Other older B450 models do not come compatible with third gen Ryzen CPUs out of the box, and you would have to do a BIOS update to add support, which requires having an older second gen CPU inserted.

ye thx i read a lot of reviews and i chose the tomahawk max as every1 recommneds it. If u wanna see the build i want and see where I could improve u could check my other post out.

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One the reason to consider  X570 board is if you want overclock. Then generally have better Voltage management. and better cooler voltage management. X570 has gen 4 pci-e lanes. At the moment you would only get benefit of  from nmve ssd. Next gen GPU will most likely be Gen 4. Although doubt that gpu would really be able to use that bandwidth. 

I have machine built on b450 chipset and couple on x570. The system on x570 runs at higher pbo clockspeed. That may have nothing to do with the motherboard. Both systems run x3700, One cpu may be better then the other. Although the 3700x in b450 motherboard is actually the newer cpu. Though system on x570 is Cooler Master COSMOS II 25th Anniversary Edition XL-ATX and has 240mm watercoller . That is large case. The system in with b450 motherboard is large mid tower case run hyper 212 evo for cpu cooler . At the end of day if this built for gaming ,get motherboard b450 chipset. Then put that money into better gpu.

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