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I am planning on going for a Ryzen 3 3300x build, and as of now I am not adding any m.2 drives, so the number of m.2 slots won't matter for me. With that in mind, should i go for the Asus TUF b450-m plus motherboard or the Msi B450 Tomahawk Max? 

 

Also, other options are Asus TUF b450-m pro gaming and the msi b450 Bazooka max wifi

 

Pleasee help me choose! Thanks a ton!!!

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What are they all priced at? and are you limited to these? budget? strictly out of these, the tomahawk is techincally the best, the b450m pro gaming is a new refresh board, so i'm not entirely sure what it's vrm is though. 

again, what are they all priced at? budget? and are you limited to these? 

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. 

 

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6 minutes ago, Haro said:

What are they all priced at? and are you limited to these? budget? strictly out of these, the tomahawk is techincally the best, the b450m pro gaming is a new refresh board, so i'm not entirely sure what it's vrm is though. 

again, what are they all priced at? budget? and are you limited to these? 

They are all priced under 150$, when converted, and that is my budget, but no, I am not limited to just these models, any recommendations will help :) 

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If you can, go for one of the refreshed B450 motherboards. They have a larger BIOS chip so they'll have room to support the 4000/5000 series.

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1 hour ago, CouRageRC said:

but no, I am not limited to just these models, any recommendations will help

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard ₹11599.00 @ Amazon India
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total ₹11599.00
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-06 12:11 IST+0530  
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ₹7814.00 @ Amazon India
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total ₹7814.00
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-06 12:11 IST+0530  
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ₹9299.00 @ Amazon India
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total ₹9299.00
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-06 12:11 IST+0530  
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ₹13529.00 @ Amazon India
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total ₹13529.00
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-06 12:12 IST+0530  

 

To name some boards, or the b450 a pro if you can find one, which is also decent or the mortar max. I'm going to assume it's Indian since your title says India. And all of these should be under 150 bucks i think. 

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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1 minute ago, dizmo said:

If you can, go for one of the refreshed B450 motherboards. They have a larger BIOS chip so they'll have room to support the 4000/5000 series.

So you suggest me to go for the tuf b450m pro?

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1 minute ago, CouRageRC said:

So you suggest me to go for the tuf b450m pro?

I don't know if that's a refresh board. IIRC Asus was putting a II after the name for the refreshes.

CPU: Ryzen 9 5900 Cooler: EVGA CLC280 Motherboard: Gigabyte B550i Pro AX RAM: Kingston Hyper X 32GB 3200mhz

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Monitor: LG 27GL83B Mouse: Razer Basilisk V2 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red Speakers: Mackie CR5BT

 

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PSU: Integrated Case: Shuttle XPC Slim

Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

Budget Rig 1 - Sold For $750 Profit

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RAM: Crucial LPX 16GB DDR4 Storage: Intel S3510 800GB GPU: Nvidia GTX 980

PSU: Corsair CX650M Case: EVGA DG73

Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

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1 minute ago, Haro said:
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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard ₹11599.00 @ Amazon India
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total ₹11599.00
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-06 12:11 IST+0530  
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ₹7814.00 @ Amazon India
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total ₹7814.00
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-06 12:11 IST+0530  
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ₹9299.00 @ Amazon India
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total ₹9299.00
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-06 12:11 IST+0530  
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ₹13529.00 @ Amazon India
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total ₹13529.00
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-06 12:12 IST+0530  

 

To name some boards, or the b450 a pro if you can find one, which is also decent or the mortar max. I'm going to assume it's Indian since your title says India. 

Well no actually I will be building it in Singapore where i got ^stuck^ so yea, also b450 a pro or the max variant? as I think only the Max ones support 3rd gen out of box

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Just now, dizmo said:

I don't know if that's a refresh board. IIRC Asus was putting a II after the name for the refreshes.

Oh alright i will just search up for some refreshed models, do you have any suggestions?

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1 hour ago, CouRageRC said:

also b450 a pro or the max variant?

Ah yea the max, it's the same thing. But the pro 4, a pro max (not the matx), pro vdh max, mortar max and the b550m pro vdh are all decent. 

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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4 minutes ago, Haro said:

Ah yea the max, it's the same thing. But the pro 4, a pro max (not the matx), pro vdh max, mortar max and the b550m pro vdh are all decent. 

Oh cool, I will check all of them out, and see what fits, and all of them have decent OCing support right? Cause this is my first build n I wanna stick to good brands like Asus or MSi

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1 hour ago, CouRageRC said:

and all of them have decent OCing support right?

Yes.

1 hour ago, CouRageRC said:

Cause this is my first build n I wanna stick to good brands like Asus or MSi

brand is not quality and it never was, all of these boards are decent and will easily handle a 3300x. 

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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