The 3 best motherboards under 200$ for Ryzen 9 5900X

[trzasku]

After few hours of research I can tell you, that If you are looking for the best B550 motherboard under 200$ choose one of these:

Gigabyte Aorus Elite V2

Asus TUF Gaming Plus

MSI MAG Tomahawk

 

The Gigabyte and Asus ones have the best OC capabilities in various test.

I do not consider the X570 chipsets because they are more expensive, have a chipset fan and mainly make sense if you use more than 1 NVMe PCIE Gen 4 SSDs.

 

Which of these 3 models looks the best in your opinion?

[dizmo]

IMO if you're buying a top tier CPU, you might as well get a better motherboard.

[Shimejii]

if you are buying a 5900x, buy a x570 board. It really doesnt make any sense to spend 550$ and a cpu then get a budget board. 

 

b550 is really only worth it for 5700x and below. Get the most out of your cpu. 

 

 

Out of that list, avoid Gigabyte as their motherboard support teams arent great and their Ram QVL and what they actually support are different. 

[trzasku]

3 minutes ago, dizmo said:

IMO if you're buying a top tier CPU, you might as well get a better motherboard.

There are no benefits though, except more features that I will not use. Or am I wrong?

[thedangerine]

2 minutes ago, trzasku said:

There are no benefits though, except more features that I will not use. Or am I wrong?

I mean VRM is a big thing for a high end cpu but something like the MSI B550 tomahawk's VRM can likely handle any cpu you could throw at it

[Shimejii]

2 minutes ago, trzasku said:

There are no benefits though, except more features that I will not use. Or am I wrong?

there are benefits, like the PCIE breakdown for 4.0 and 3.0 lanes, you will use them in a year or two when they implement direct storage unless you are using this computer for something else. Really its up to you, i just did it because down the line i knew id eventually get a 5900x or 5950x and better ram, i have a x570 Aorus Master and 3800x.

[Dubious]

If one is getting a top tier mobo, one might not afford the top tier cpu..

But if money isn't an issue, go top