3700x and B450

[thall320578]

Is an Asrock B450m Pro4 holding any performance back from a Ryzen 3700x?

 

Going by specs and compatibility lists, there should be no issues, but I have no way to compare the two myself.

 

I know, I know, very inexpensive board to pair with such a much more expensive CPU, comparatively speaking...

 

Specs are:

Motherboard: Asrock B450m Pro4

CPU: Ryzen 3700x

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 32gb (2x16gb) 3200

GPU: RX480 8gb (upgrading to an 5700 that should actually be in today according to NewEgg)

Storage: WD Black 500gb NVME M.2, Crucial MX500 1tb SATA SSD

PSU: Corsair CX750M

 

 

Running the CPU at stock speeds, and I really don't have an plans on manually overclocking. Coming from an FX 8350 system, at stock speeds the 3700x absolutely blows the old system out of the water, so I'm happy with it's stock speeds at this time. I know I'm not getting PCI-E 4.0 with the B450 platform, which is something that 5700 is spec'ed to, but from the testing videos I've seen that doesn't really seem to make much of a difference, as current GPU's are still not fully saturating PCI-E 3.0 speeds. And my WD Black NVME is only rated to PCI-E 3.0, so there would be no transfer speed benefits there over a B450 platform. I'm also aware that if I ever want to upgrade to a Zen 3 CPU, I'll need to step up to an X570 or B550 platform, but I plan to run this 3700x for a while. I'm not the type that has to have the latest and greatest every year when the next big thing releases, if that's not evident by the fact that up until a couple weeks ago I was still running my FX 8350 that I bought 7 years ago...

 

The system is working great, very snappy and stable, I just wanted to make sure I'm not holding the system back tremendously by pairing the CPU with a lower end motherboard. Honestly my reason for purchasing this board was half because of it's looks... Personally I can't stand the vast majority of these flashy "gamer" motherboards with the crazy heat spreaders and lit up lettering all over them. The Asrock B450m Pro4 was very plan looking, and spec wise it ticked all the boxes of what I was looking for. But If I could gain noticeable performance by stepping up to a B550 or X570 board, that may be something I would consider. But if nothing would change other than the addition of PCI-E 4.0, the ability to upgrade to Zen 3, and possibly some overclocking abilities, then I will just happily keep my B450 platform for now.

[Mateyyy]

Nah, the B450 Pro4 can handle an 8-core, you're fine. I just wouldn't put anything higher-end than that in it personally.

Update your BIOS and chipset drivers and enjoy.

[Haro]

6 minutes ago, thall320578 said:

Is an Asrock B450m Pro4 holding any performance back from a Ryzen 3700x?

no 

it's a good board and can handle an 8 core 

[thall320578]

Fantastic. Thank you guys for the assurance! I'll continue to rock it for now!

 

The only other reason I see I might swap boards at any time in the near future is for a full ATX board (since I have the room in the case) to gain some expansion slots if I run into a scenario that I need some, but I don't see that happening If I do, then I might consider one of the other chipsets just to help "future-proof" the rig a little.