Do I need a B550

[James Hough]

Hi everyone, 

Building my first build and I have been waiting for B550 just so I have a good upgrade route in the future. 

 

Is it worth or should I just get a b450 for now and get a b550 when the price drops? 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 3.8 GHz Quad-Core Processor	£119.99 @ Amazon UK
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	£69.12 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Crucial P1 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£63.43 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 4 GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card	£170.48 @ Amazon UK
Case	Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case	£52.47 @ Scan.co.uk
Power Supply	Corsair CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	£52.56 @ CCL Computers
Wireless Network Adapter	TP-Link TL-WN881ND PCIe x1 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter	£11.99 @ Amazon UK
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£540.04
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-10 16:26 BST+0100

 

[Haro]

Just now, James Hough said:

Is it worth or should I just get a b450 for now and get a b550 when the price drops? 

 

B450 will support zen 3 with a beta bios

If you need a PC now get b450 if you can wait then wait for b550

They will most likely have a more robust vrm solution

[IntMD]

Pretty sure it's next week they are supposed to be released. Personally, I'd wait and see, but a decent B450 would be fine for what you have there, too.

[5x5]

Wait. The B550 boards are a substantial upgrade and closer to what X470 is in terms of quality and features

[SupaKomputa]

16 minutes ago, 5x5 said:

Wait. The B550 boards are a substantial upgrade and closer to what X470 is in terms of quality and features

also come with price premium.

[Haro]

31 minutes ago, SupaKomputa said:

also come with price premium.

Are you talking about x470 or b550?

B550 will cost just slightly more than b450 and will offer dmi 4 with the cpu and a more robust vrm solution paying the extra 20 dollars is worth it imo 

[5x5]

46 minutes ago, SupaKomputa said:

also come with price premium.

Not really. B550 pricing is very close to B450 for a vastly superior product

[redfoot12]

I'm stuck in limbo right now with my PC upgrade-- I have a CPU (Ryzen 5 3600), RAM, and a new case but no motherboard. 

The impatient part of me has been scouring Microcenter, Newegg, and other sites on the off-chance a decent motherboard becomes available. The rational part of me just says to wait until the B550's are released in less than a week.

That all said, I tracked down a Microcenter that has an Aorus Elite Wifi X570 in stock for $210. It would be a 4-hour drive round-trip.

Is that a decent enough motherboard or should I just wait for the (cheaper) B550's?

I'd like to go for the B550 Tomahawk, which should be about $30-40 cheaper.

I'm also just wondering about in-stock availability for the new boards on launch day. It may be a bloodbath/free-for-all!

[Haro]

Just now, redfoot12 said:

X570 in stock for $210. It would be a 4-hour drive round-trip.

4 hour drive and a 210 dollar price tag ?

Not Worth it imo

1 minute ago, redfoot12 said:

Is that a decent enough motherboard or should I just wait for the (cheaper) B550's

It's a decent board but b550 will have better options that are cheaper

[redfoot12]

Cool deal. I was a little put off by the fact that the Aorus Elite didn't have USB-c. Not a deal-killer but a little disconcerting at that price point.

 

On a side note, what really kicked all of this off was my wanting to move my current rig (i7-3770K) into a new case. I bought your current fave, the Meshify C!

This will be my first AMD build for myself (I did build a PC for my brother in 2003 and used an Athlon XP 2600). I had always gone with Intel previously and at least one of those times I definitely should have gone AMD.