Difference between B450 and A320?

[Brozzy]

I am going to make a PC with a 3400g in, is it worth saving the money and going for an A320 or getting a B450?

[Haro]

Depends. 

What b450 board and what a320 board exactly? 

And budget for a board?

[Brozzy]

MSI A320M-A PRO or MSI B450M PRO-M2 MAX

£40 - £65

 

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[Fatih19]

I'd get the B450 just so I have better upgrade path. Motherboard is one of the few things you can actually future proof by getting a good one so you don't need to buy something new should you decide to upgrade your CPU.

[Brozzy]

It is for a friend who almost certainly won't upgrade.

[SupaKomputa]

Difference:

B450

- overclocking

- support storemi (like it's still a thing)

- Support up to (maybe) 4th gen.

 

A320

- No overclocking

- Up to 3rd gen (require bios update)

 

[Haro]

9 minutes ago, Brozzy said:

MSI A320M-A PRO or MSI B450M PRO-M2 MAX

Wow these are both pretty crap. 

They'll probably handle an apu just fine but that's about it, budget for a board? You can probably find something like..

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
Motherboard	ASRock B450M Pro4-F Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£67.97 @ CCL Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£67.97
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-06 08:15 BST+0100

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450M S2H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£57.81 @ CCL Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£57.81
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-06 08:15 BST+0100

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£62.93 @ CCL Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£62.93
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-06 08:17 BST+0100

 

Which are pretty decent. 

[Brozzy]

Ok thanks y'all