What Motherboard would you recommend for a 600 dollar Ryzen build?

[jakecongerlikesmemes]

I am looking for a good motherboard for a 600 dollar AMD Ryzen 3 3100 build 

 

[Mateyyy]

MSI's B450M PRO-VDH Max and Asrock's B450(M) Pro4 would be a couple solid, budget options that I would consider.

Boards cheaper than that sacrifice on a lot of things, while not really being that much less expensive to make them worthwhile.

[jakecongerlikesmemes]

1 minute ago, Mateyyy said:

MSI's B450M PRO-VDH Max and Asrock's B450(M) Pro4 would be a couple solid, budget options that I would consider.

Boards cheaper than that sacrifice on a lot of things, while not really being that much less expensive to make them worthwhile.

perfect this would be good 

[mariushm]

It depends what else is gonna be besides that cpu. 

You could have a 100$ video card or you could have a 300$ video card. 

it also depends if you plan to upgrade in the future to something more powerful and also if you need various features like usb 3.1gen2 (10gbps) or wireless - do you get a budget board with no wireless and which can barely handle a 12 core Ryzen, or would you pay 10-20$ more to get wireless and assurance it will support even 16 core processors in the future? 

It also depends if you will have money in the future or not - you could buy only a 500 GB SSD now, and buy a mechanical drive next month. 

You could buy a single stick of 8 GB ram and buy a 2nd 20-25$ stick next month - that 20-25$ can make a whole lot of difference in the motherboard selection or the video card choice (20$ extra on video card can really improve games)

 

Here's a build that stretches it to 617$  and you'll have to get a 2nd stick of ram later, but you get quality motherboard and decent video card : 

If you absolutely have to, though you shouldn't, you could cut corners at the psu, there's a Corsair CX 450w psu for 39$ after 15$ mail-in rebate at Newegg right now : pc part picker link

 

You get a solid mobo with wireless and support for Ryzen 5xxx processors, you get good video card, you get good nvme ssd etc 

 

Another option would be to go with an AMD 5500XT card, at around 180$, saving you 25$ to get the build at 600$ , or to buy the 2nd stick of ram. 

The 5500xt should be 5-10% slower than a 1660 card... here's a comparison between card models: https://www.techpowerup.com/review/msi-radeon-rx-5500-xt-gaming-x-8-gb/27.html

 

Example : 180$ (after 10$ mail-in rebate) : https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ybwkcf/msi-radeon-rx-5500-xt-8-gb-mech-oc-video-card-rx-5500-xt-mech-8g-oc

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 3100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$118.99 @ B&H
Motherboard	MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$109.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$29.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital Blue SN550 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$59.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	MSI GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card	$204.99 @ B&H
Case	Deepcool MATREXX 30 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$39.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	EVGA BQ 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$53.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$627.93
	Mail-in rebates	-$10.00
	Total	$617.93
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-28 10:48 EDT-0400

 

[Tostr4]

I can also recommend the asrock B450. Decent value for money without any fancy esthetics or heatsinks.

[jakecongerlikesmemes]

8 hours ago, mariushm said:

It depends what else is gonna be besides that cpu. 

You could have a 100$ video card or you could have a 300$ video card. 

it also depends if you plan to upgrade in the future to something more powerful and also if you need various features like usb 3.1gen2 (10gbps) or wireless - do you get a budget board with no wireless and which can barely handle a 12 core Ryzen, or would you pay 10-20$ more to get wireless and assurance it will support even 16 core processors in the future? 

It also depends if you will have money in the future or not - you could buy only a 500 GB SSD now, and buy a mechanical drive next month. 

You could buy a single stick of 8 GB ram and buy a 2nd 20-25$ stick next month - that 20-25$ can make a whole lot of difference in the motherboard selection or the video card choice (20$ extra on video card can really improve games)

 

Here's a build that stretches it to 617$  and you'll have to get a 2nd stick of ram later, but you get quality motherboard and decent video card : 

If you absolutely have to, though you shouldn't, you could cut corners at the psu, there's a Corsair CX 450w psu for 39$ after 15$ mail-in rebate at Newegg right now : pc part picker link

 

You get a solid mobo with wireless and support for Ryzen 5xxx processors, you get good video card, you get good nvme ssd etc 

 

Another option would be to go with an AMD 5500XT card, at around 180$, saving you 25$ to get the build at 600$ , or to buy the 2nd stick of ram. 

The 5500xt should be 5-10% slower than a 1660 card... here's a comparison between card models: https://www.techpowerup.com/review/msi-radeon-rx-5500-xt-gaming-x-8-gb/27.html

 

Example : 180$ (after 10$ mail-in rebate) : https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ybwkcf/msi-radeon-rx-5500-xt-8-gb-mech-oc-video-card-rx-5500-xt-mech-8g-oc

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 3100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$118.99 @ B&H
Motherboard	MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$109.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$29.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital Blue SN550 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$59.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	MSI GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card	$204.99 @ B&H
Case	Deepcool MATREXX 30 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$39.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	EVGA BQ 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$53.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$627.93
	Mail-in rebates	-$10.00
	Total	$617.93
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-28 10:48 EDT-0400

 

thank you