AMD 3900X

[FewQuestions]

i Recently bought the 3900x and idk which high end motherboard i should pair it with , whats your thoughts ? i have two choices so far that are kinda available which is the X570 Meg Ace , X570 Aorus Master

Pairing with 32 GB 3600 MHZ CL 16 Ram , 4 sticks . please tell me the best way to make use of the ultimate power !

[Haro]

Budget ?

[FewQuestions]

400$ , also add in can get the X570 Taichi! @TofuHaroto

[Mateyyy]

X570 Unify. After that, you really don't get much of anything noteworthy for the extra money imo.

[Haro]

Just now, FewQuestions said:

400$ , also add in can get the X570 Taichi! @TofuHaroto

Well the aorus master and the taichi are good 

But how about b550 ?

The tomhawk mag has some of the best power delivery on  any am4 boards 

And it's probably a lot cheaper 

[FewQuestions]

@TofuHaroto , mainly going for the x570 since the next generations will probably be on it rather than the B550 , and @Mateyyy i appreciate your response about that but I'm also looking for build quality and looks , and @TofuHaroto how can i know if the x570 Taichi or Aorus Master could deliver the best power 

[Haro]

1 minute ago, FewQuestions said:

mainly going for the x570 since the next generations will probably be on it rather than the B550

B550 will support it as well but ok

 

1 minute ago, FewQuestions said:

how can i know if the x570 Taichi or Aorus Master could deliver the best power

They are both really good

If you want you can check the motherboard teir list on this subforum as an easy way

 

[Mateyyy]

4 minutes ago, FewQuestions said:

and @Mateyyy i appreciate your response about that but I'm also looking for build quality and looks 

The X570 Unify's about as solid as an X570 board gets before you get into stupid overpriced territory (unless you're subzero overclocking, where an Aorus X570 Extreme or X570 Godlike would have some useful features, but if you were you probably wouldn't be asking what board to go for here).

And if by looks you mean the lack of RGB, there's also the X570 Ace, which is the Unify but with eyesore LEDs. At that price you could also get an X570-E, but it's got slightly worse power delivery than the Unify/Ace. Not like you're going to notice that anyway, as any of these boards will handle even a PBO 3950X with ease.

[FewQuestions]

@Mateyyy , so out of those three which one would you recommend best ,  X570 Ace , X570 Aorus Master , X570 Taichi , as i have 4 Sticks of Ram , 3600 Mhz CL 16 .

[Mateyyy]

8 minutes ago, FewQuestions said:

@Mateyyy , so out of those three which one would you recommend best ,  X570 Ace , X570 Aorus Master , X570 Taichi , as i have 4 Sticks of Ram , 3600 Mhz CL 16 

I'd probably go for the Ace if these were my only options, but really they're all good boards. Just pick the cheapest one or the one that looks best to you, offers the best rear IO, etc.

3600MHz CL16 on four sticks should be easily doable on any of these boards, provided your CPU's IMC can keep up. MSI tends to have quite good memory compatibility (as in better than most), but all of these boards are more than capable. If anything, also consider B550, as particularly the higher-end boards might have slightly better memory topologies as Zen 2 has matured, but unless you're going for something like 4800MHz+ you probably won't notice a difference. On that note, around 3800MHz is the point of diminishing returns for memory for Zen 2, so it's not like it makes much sense going over that for a daily PC anyway.

[FewQuestions]

@Mateyyy Alright i appreciate your help !

[FewQuestions]

@Jurrunio , i was curious before i make the last decision of which mb i should get for my Ryzen 3900X , 32 GB 3600Mhz CL 16 4 Sticks Ram , can you help me out which one is the best to pick ? of the max budget 450$ on the mb , i was told the X570 Asus E-STRIX is the best on some websites and im quite unsure of everything rn as this is my first time going AMD!