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BIOSTAR Racing B550GTQ

Slight43
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BIOSTAR Racing B550GTQ AMD AM4/B550/microATX. Can't find much info on this board. Maybe I'm just not looking hard enough. Looking for VRM data. Or someone that can tell me if I should buy or pass. My other options are the b550 MSI TOMAHAWK, ASUS TUFF, or the Gigabyte Elite or Pro. 

 

The only reason I'm even considering this option is because I found the board for 139.00. If it's as good as the rest I could save a few bucks on the build. I have a strick budget I have to adhere to. 

 

I'm really leaning towards the Gigabyte Aurous Pro. Because the TOMAHAWK at it's price would make me drop a tier lower in CPU power. I found the PRO for 159.00 which seems to be a really good price. Anyway any help would be appreciated!

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The GTQ has 6 ISL99390's for the vcore, those are 90A SPS, the board has pretty good vrm, the board over all is a decent board. 

You could also check the b550 a pro or the b550 strix f on top of these boards, and those are also 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).

 

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Which Aorus Pro? The mATX one is awful, ATX one is decent. Also what CPU do you want to use?

 

GTQ's hardware isnt bad, better than many boards below $180 (unless you use APUs), problem is software optimization because Biostar is small and software optimization is expensive (time consuming). Not against it, just know there's a reason why they have to sell it cheaper than competitors.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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The ATX not mAtx, also the cpu I'd like to use is to be determined. But most likely it'll be the Ryzen 5800x. If I can get one. But, even If I can't it'll be in the same price/tier. But, I've found allot of info. And I'm gonna go with the Gigabyte Aurous Pro B550. Not the micro. After going through review after review. Comparison after comparison. I liked the options you get with the Pro. And the price isn't outrageous. Coming in at about 159.00, 20 less than the TOMAHAWK. Thanks though for the consideration, I just need to learn how to slow down and research alittle better.

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