Is X470 Aorus Ultra Gaming a good choice for me?

[TheJedi]

Hey guys.

 

I'm currently in the process of choosing and buying parts for my November build.

 

I'm going to use Ryzen 5 3600 which is already purchased. I also have a 650W PSU, it's tier S on our list.

 

I am not going to buy until November 27th Black Friday. I have a budget of around £90.

 

As in my question I want to know if Aorus X470 Ultra Gaming is a good choice for my processor. 

 

I love RGB and this board has lots of it.

 

What do you guys think. Are there any other boards that could compete?

[mariushm]

No, it's not a good choice.

Plenty of other boards with lots of RGB, which will have same price or a bit more expensive, but they'll have compatibility with 5xxx series as well.

x470 is old chipset, and they tried to keep costs down by using cheap components on the cpu vrm - it can power a lightweight 3600 but would have problems powering much more powerful cpus,

[TheJedi]

16 minutes ago, mariushm said:

No, it's not a good choice.

Plenty of other boards with lots of RGB, which will have same price or a bit more expensive, but they'll have compatibility with 5xxx series as well.

x470 is old chipset, and they tried to keep costs down by using cheap components on the cpu vrm - it can power a lightweight 3600 but would have problems powering much more powerful cpus,

Interesting, what would you suggest as an alternative considering my budget.

 

And even if the VRMs aren't the best, is it a good choice for its price buying used? Its about £85.

 

 

[191x7]

Not a good choice. I had a one and it suddenly stopped working with my 5700XT, got it RMA-d and got my money back. The board felt great at first, but it has issues.

[TheJedi]

7 minutes ago, 191x7 said:

Not a good choice. I had a one and it suddenly stopped working with my 5700XT, got it RMA-d and got my money back. The board felt great at first, but it has issues.

Hmm, did you buy new?

 

I haven't found as many other boards in my budget with the RGB.

 

Is this board really that bad that I shouldn't buy?

[VeganJoy]

seems like an average x470 board to me, at 85 bucks id consider it myself assuming its in good condition. ram speeds may not go above 3200mhz comfortably but it should support any 8 core ryzen if you upgrade in the future, and should get a beta bios in the future for zen 3 (sometime next year)

[191x7]

23 hours ago, CloudPC said:

Hmm, did you buy new?

 

I haven't found as many other boards in my budget with the RGB.

 

Is this board really that bad that I shouldn't buy?

Yeah, I did buy it new. Now I'm on a MSI B450 Tomahawk that I bought as a replacement since the RMA took a few months (that was during the last Covid spring/sumer spike), and since the RMA allowed for a new board and I didn't want Gigabyte I got an Asus X570-P that I'm still waiting to install (working in healthcare doesn't really give me enough time to upgrade the PC with the parts I have laying arround).

[Grabhanem]

23 hours ago, CloudPC said:

Is this board really that bad that I shouldn't buy?

Yes, it's really that bad. Gigabyte is using their "hybrid PWM" VRM design, which is essentially an analog voltage controller. This means very unreliable voltages and no fixed voltage settings, so any kind of overclocking is pretty iffy.

[TheJedi]

9 hours ago, Grabhanem said:

Yes, it's really that bad. Gigabyte is using their "hybrid PWM" VRM design, which is essentially an analog voltage controller. This means very unreliable voltages and no fixed voltage settings, so any kind of overclocking is pretty iffy.

But if I don't want to OC?

[Grabhanem]

14 hours ago, CloudPC said:

But if I don't want to OC?

It's still not a great choice. It'll have thermal struggles with most chips, and the voltages will be all over the place.