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Hi I'm planning on buying new Ryzen 4000 CPU and pair it with one of these 2 mobos. I like both MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk and GIGABYTE B550 AORUS ELITE but a just can't decide, would be really nice is someone could help and maybe say which one is better in what way. Thank you

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What are you going to be powering? budget? what are these priced at? and are you limited to them? 

strictly out of these, the tomahawk has the better vrm (10 ISL99360's).

PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

Audio: Logitech G432, Moondrop Starfield, Mic: Razer Siren Mini (White).

 

Phone: Pixel 3a (Purple-ish).

 

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Just now, TofuHaroto said:

What are you going to be powering? budget? what are these priced at? and are you limited to them? 

strictly out of these, the tomahawk has the better vrm (10 ISL99360's).

Probably 4800x (3800x) some 8core zen 3 CPU, in terms of budget I would ideally like to stay about 150-170€ (I'm from EU) they are both priced the same in my country at 150€ and I'm not limited to them, is there something better you reckon?

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3 minutes ago, SirGh0st said:

Hi I'm planning on buying new Ryzen 4000 CPU and pair it with one of these 2 mobos. I like both MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk and GIGABYTE B550 AORUS ELITE but a just can't decide, would be really nice is someone could help and maybe say which one is better in what way. Thank you

They are both pretty good boards and will do great for any CPU, moth people will have a fit about which has a better vrms and say your not going to get much out of the other vrms, most a320 budget solutions would runs a 3950x, all be it pretty hot it would be fine, either way both these boards are good, I personally prefer the aurous elite due to looks but they are very similar in features and capability, don't worry too much about vrms and those sorts of things

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Just now, Stargaze obama said:

most a320 budget solutions would runs a 3950x

No way. A B450 Tomahawk, the (2nd?) best B450 board has vrms at 110c with a 3950x. 

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10 hours ago, SirGh0st said:

is there something better you reckon?

Location exactly? 

but to name some boards..

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard €150.63 @ Alza
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €150.63
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-12 17:38 CEST+0200  
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard Gigabyte B550 AORUS PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard €174.80 @ Mindfactory
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €174.80
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-12 17:38 CEST+0200  
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard €152.63 @ Alza
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €152.63
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-12 17:38 CEST+0200  
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard €180.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €180.90
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-12 17:38 CEST+0200  

Are pretty decent, 

you could also look for the b550 steel legend as well.

 

 

PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

Audio: Logitech G432, Moondrop Starfield, Mic: Razer Siren Mini (White).

 

Phone: Pixel 3a (Purple-ish).

 

Build Log: 

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1 minute ago, TofuHaroto said:

Location exactly? 

but to name some boards..

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/nNh4TC

 

alza.de is exactly where I will be buying from. So this one is even better than those 2? I don't want to waste your time but can you say why exactly? Thank you

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2 minutes ago, gloop said:

No way. A B450 Tomahawk, the (2nd?) best B450 board has vrms at 110c with a 3950x. 

Greg Salazar did a video on it, it was fine, probably not great long term but it worked, if you heatsinked them even better, what I've done to my a320, I only run a 1200 atm, but temps are below 30 under load

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10 hours ago, SirGh0st said:

Thank you

i edited my post, accidently posted it before i wanted to, but all the boards i listed above are good. 

PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

Audio: Logitech G432, Moondrop Starfield, Mic: Razer Siren Mini (White).

 

Phone: Pixel 3a (Purple-ish).

 

Build Log: 

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1 minute ago, Stargaze obama said:

Greg Salazar did a video on it, it was fine, probably not great long term but it worked, if you heatsinked them even better, what I've done to my a320, I only run a 1200 atm, but temps are below 30 under load

I’d personally trust Hardware Unboxed over Greg Salazar when it comes to important components in my PC. 

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Just now, gloop said:

I’d personally trust Hardware Unboxed over Greg Salazar when it comes to important components in my PC. 

Same but I wouldn't say he's not trustworthy, either way a 3950x would run ok not that I'm recommending it, but people think way too much about a boards vrms when most of the time they are all pretty capable of running most of the chips available, they usually run hotter and less stable though

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9 minutes ago, SirGh0st said:

150-170€

for the whole pc? or just the cpu

PC specs:

Ryzen 9 3900X overclocked to 4.3-4.4 GHz

Corsair H100i platinum

32 GB Trident Z RGB 3200 MHz 14-14-14-34

RTX 2060

MSI MPG X570 Gaming Edge wifi

NZXT H510

Samsung 860 EVO 500GB

2 TB WD hard drive

Corsair RM 750 Watt

ASUS ROG PG248Q 

Razer Ornata Chroma

Razer Firefly 

Razer Deathadder 2013

Logitech G935 Wireless

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1 minute ago, eeeee1 said:

for the whole pc? or just the cpu

Motherboard only

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Just now, SirGh0st said:

Motherboard only

i see

PC specs:

Ryzen 9 3900X overclocked to 4.3-4.4 GHz

Corsair H100i platinum

32 GB Trident Z RGB 3200 MHz 14-14-14-34

RTX 2060

MSI MPG X570 Gaming Edge wifi

NZXT H510

Samsung 860 EVO 500GB

2 TB WD hard drive

Corsair RM 750 Watt

ASUS ROG PG248Q 

Razer Ornata Chroma

Razer Firefly 

Razer Deathadder 2013

Logitech G935 Wireless

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10 hours ago, SirGh0st said:

Motherboard only

as said..

10 hours ago, TofuHaroto said:

Location exactly? 

but to name some boards..

PCPartPicker Part List
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Type Item Price
Motherboard MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard €150.63 @ Alza
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €150.63
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-12 17:38 CEST+0200  
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard Gigabyte B550 AORUS PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard €174.80 @ Mindfactory
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €174.80
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-12 17:38 CEST+0200  
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard €152.63 @ Alza
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €152.63
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-12 17:38 CEST+0200  
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard €180.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €180.90
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-12 17:38 CEST+0200  

Are pretty decent, 

you could also look for the b550 steel legend as well.

 

 

 

Are all decent boards.

PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

Audio: Logitech G432, Moondrop Starfield, Mic: Razer Siren Mini (White).

 

Phone: Pixel 3a (Purple-ish).

 

Build Log: 

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