Basic x570 or good B550 for Ryzen 7 3700x

[Basil Bazzy]

Hello,

 

I am planning to build a PC with 3700x, just confused between MSI B550 Tomahawk and Asus Prime X570-P, don't have the budget for a high end x570.
Or will I be ok with B450 Tomahawk ? Is there any instance where 3700x will be better on an x570 than on b550 or b450 ? I don't think I will buy an expensive pcie 4 nvme either.

 

What is this chipset link which is mentioned as gen 3 for b550 and gen 4 for x570 ? does it make a difference for 3700x ?

 

Thanks

[Mateyyy]

Unless you need the extra PCIe 4.0 lanes, go with B550.

The B550 Tomahawk is solid. I'd also look for a B550 Aorus Pro or Strix B550-F at around the same price, unless you need the internal Type-C connector.

[Dravinian]

6 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

Unless you need the extra PCIe 4.0 lanes, go with B550.

The B550 Tomahawk is solid. I'd also look for a B550 Aorus Pro or Strix B550-F at around the same price, unless you need the internal Type-C connector.

I think the Tomahawk is the same price as the Asus Tuf gaming x570 and comes with 2.5gb LAN.

 

I am worried about Gen 4 though, who knows what is around the corner, and unless you are in a position to buy again, if something comes to light that is just a must have, then I think I would err towards an x570.

 

At the moment, almost utterly irrelevant, but in 3 months, 6 months, 12 months? I dunno.

 

Oh and just to add, this isn't some gimmick made up by a MB company to sell their product, this is PCIe lanes, they aren't going anywhere for awhile, so the opportunity for some company to provide some Gen 4 functionality that blows us all away, is definitely in existence.

[Haro]

Unless you need the gen 4 lanes from the chipset, b550 should be a decent option. 

For x570. 

The x570-p. 

Tomahawk. 

X570 tuf. 

For b550. 

Tomahawk. 

Mortar. 

Aorus pro. 

Strix f. 

Steel legend. 

A pro.

B450 will work just fine. And will power an 8 core (depending on the model of course.). But if budget allows. B550 is pretty much better in every way. 

[Mateyyy]

4 minutes ago, Dravinian said:

I think the Tomahawk is the same price as the Asus Tuf gaming x570 and comes with 2.5gb LAN.

 

I am worried about Gen 4 though, who knows what is around the corner, and unless you are in a position to buy again, if something comes to light that is just a must have, then I think I would err towards an x570.

 

At the moment, almost utterly irrelevant, but in 3 months, 6 months, 12 months? I dunno.

 

Oh and just to add, this isn't some gimmick made up by a MB company to sell their product, this is PCIe lanes, they aren't going anywhere for awhile, so the opportunity for some company to provide some Gen 4 functionality that blows us all away, is definitely in existence.

I mean, you still get enough 4.0 lanes for a graphics card and an NVMe drive, it's not like you're totally missing out on PCIe 4.0.

[Dravinian]

1 minute ago, Mateyyy said:

I mean, you still get enough 4.0 lanes for a graphics card and an NVMe drive, it's not like you're totally missing out on PCIe 4.0.

Ahh there you, I think in my head it was B450....dunno why.

[Basil Bazzy]

I live in UAE and B550 tomahawk and Asus prime x570p are around same price. But Tuf x570 is about 50$ more expensive.

 

B550 tomahawk had pcie 4 slot right ? but chipset link is gen 4. I do not understand this part. what is this chipset link gen 4 and 3 ? 

[SansVarnic]

-= Topic moved to CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory =-

[SFFDesigns]

I'd recommend a B550 Mobo.

 

I'd personally recommend the B550 A-Pro for a 3700X. My friend uses it and it works super well, has a Type-C connector I believe and has a decent feature set

[Mateyyy]

39 minutes ago, Basil Bazzy said:

I live in UAE and B550 tomahawk and Asus prime x570p are around same price. But Tuf x570 is about 50$ more expensive.

 

B550 tomahawk had pcie 4 slot right ? but chipset link is gen 4. I do not understand this part. what is this chipset link gen 4 and 3 ? 

With B550 you're just getting the PCIe 4.0 lanes from your CPU. In the case of Zen 2 (Ryzen 3100 all the way to the 3950X), you're getting enough to run a graphics card and NVMe SSD at full bandwidth (so 16x and 4x respectively).

The PCIe lanes from the chipset will be 3.0 though, so other expansion cards will run at 3.0. Not that that's too detrimental for performance in most cases mind you, if at all.