Mobo question?

[Hendricks3]

can my msi b450i gaming plus be enough to support a 5900x?

[Grabhanem]

4 minutes ago, Hendricks3 said:

can my msi b450i gaming plus be enough to support a 5900x?

If you're not overclocking you should be fine power-delivery-wise, but you'd have to wait for MSI to release a 5000 ready BIOS for that board-- not sure whether that's happened yet on B450.

[Hendricks3]

2 minutes ago, Grabhanem said:

If you're not overclocking you should be fine power-delivery-wise, but you'd have to wait for MSI to release a 5000 ready BIOS for that board-- not sure whether that's happened yet on B450.

and if i wanna oc?

[Grabhanem]

Just now, Hendricks3 said:

and if i wanna oc?

What cooling do you have? With an ITX system I'd guess you'll run out of cooling headroom before your VRM maxes out. In any case, with some direct cooling (e.g. a downdraft cooler or a tower cooler whose fan hangs below the heatsink) you'll likely be fine.

[Hendricks3]

2 minutes ago, Grabhanem said:

What cooling do you have? With an ITX system I'd guess you'll run out of cooling headroom before your VRM maxes out. In any case, with some direct cooling (e.g. a downdraft cooler or a tower cooler whose fan hangs below the heatsink) you'll likely be fine.

i have a deepcool captain 240 aio

[Grabhanem]

Just now, Hendricks3 said:

i have a deepcool captain 240 aio

What case do you have? I'd try to set up the AIO as top exhaust and get some airflow around the socket with your case fans, if possible, but it should handle it alright.

[Hendricks3]

1 minute ago, Grabhanem said:

What case do you have? I'd try to set up the AIO as top exhaust and get some airflow around the socket with your case fans, if possible, but it should handle it alright.

cooler master q300l

[Grabhanem]

Just now, Hendricks3 said:

cooler master q300l

That case has some airflow struggles, which will affect both CPU and VRM temps-- if you have a bit left in your upgrade budget, I'd try to go for a case with a bit more airflow. If not, the CPU cooling will probably be more of a limiting factor anyway, so I wouldn't consider it a major worry.

[Hendricks3]

Just now, Grabhanem said:

That case has some airflow struggles, which will affect both CPU and VRM temps-- if you have a bit left in your upgrade budget, I'd try to go for a case with a bit more airflow. If not, the CPU cooling will probably be more of a limiting factor anyway, so I wouldn't consider it a major worry.

i have plenty of case fans for it 

[Grabhanem]

1 minute ago, Hendricks3 said:

i have plenty of case fans for it 

The problem is that the perforations for airflow aren't really large enough, so fans tend to get choked and not move as much air as they should.

 

To your original question, though-- your motherboard shouldn't be a major limiting factor.

[Hendricks3]

1 minute ago, Grabhanem said:

The problem is that the perforations for airflow aren't really large enough, so fans tend to get choked and not move as much air as they should.

 

To your original question, though-- your motherboard shouldn't be a major limiting factor.

so far i havent had any temps issues with it