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Hi all! What do you think the best mobo would be which would support some decent overclocking (beginner to hobbyist level) with PCIe 4.0 for down the line and m.2 gen 4 slots and bios can be flashed as I dont have an old ryzen. my budget is around £200 with a bit of leeway.

 

I'm currently looking at this but anything better in the same price range would be great!

 https://www.morecomputers.com/a?pid=MAG X570 TOMAHAWK WIFI-XPX>>MSI&referer=PCPart

 

thanks for your time and efforts :)

PC Specs: Motherboard: MSI Tomahawk X570  CPU: Ryzen 5900X  CPU Cooler: NZXT 240 mm Kraken Series AIO     GPU: Asus Strix ROG 1080 TI OC Edition    PSU: Corsair RM850 850W   Storage: 2 X 4TB, 2 X 1TB HDD And 1 X 1tb m.2 samsung 980 pro Case:  NZXT H440 2015 Edition

 

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The best, probably ASUS ROG Crosshair board, while also the most expensive ones you can find at the moment. The Tomahawk is a pretty good choice as are GigaByte's Aorus Pro and Master boards. ASUS ROG, MSI Tomahawk and Aorus have bios flashing functionality built in. 

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12 minutes ago, Abzilla said:

my budget is around £200 with a bit of leeway.

For around 200 pounds: 

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard £134.99 @ Amazon UK
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £134.99
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-12-14 15:43 GMT+0000  
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard Gigabyte B550 AORUS PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard £159.36 @ Amazon UK
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £159.36
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-12-14 15:43 GMT+0000  
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard £161.40 @ Alza
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £161.40
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-12-14 15:44 GMT+0000  
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard MSI MPG B550 GAMING EDGE WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard £143.99 @ AWD-IT
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £143.99
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-12-14 15:44 GMT+0000  

 

To name some boards, The B550 gaming edge WIFI is basically a B550 tomahawk but with wifi, though it's cheaper on UK pcpp right now. 

Or the X570 tomahawk (The board that you linked) all of these are decent and will handle a 5900x just fine. 

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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2 minutes ago, Haro said:

For around 200 pounds: 

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard £134.99 @ Amazon UK
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £134.99
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-12-14 15:43 GMT+0000  
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard Gigabyte B550 AORUS PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard £159.36 @ Amazon UK
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £159.36
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-12-14 15:43 GMT+0000  
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard £161.40 @ Alza
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £161.40
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-12-14 15:44 GMT+0000  
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard MSI MPG B550 GAMING EDGE WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard £143.99 @ AWD-IT
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £143.99
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-12-14 15:44 GMT+0000  

 

To name some boards, The B550 gaming edge WIFI is basically a B550 tomahawk but with wifi, though it's cheaper on UK pcpp right now. 

Or the X570 tomahawk (The board that you linked) all of these are decent and will handle a 5900x just fine. 

What are the major differences between the 550 and 570? I thought the 570 has the best parts available, I want that because this CPU is the last AM4 model so I want to have lots of choices for upgrades

PC Specs: Motherboard: MSI Tomahawk X570  CPU: Ryzen 5900X  CPU Cooler: NZXT 240 mm Kraken Series AIO     GPU: Asus Strix ROG 1080 TI OC Edition    PSU: Corsair RM850 850W   Storage: 2 X 4TB, 2 X 1TB HDD And 1 X 1tb m.2 samsung 980 pro Case:  NZXT H440 2015 Edition

 

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16 hours ago, Abzilla said:

What are the major differences between the 550 and 570?

The main difference between B550 and X570 is that on B550, the lanes that are wired to the cpu are gen 4, but the lanes that are wired to the chipset are gen 3, on X570, the lanes that are wired to both the cpu and chipset are gen 4, so unless you need the extra gen 4 lanes that X570 offers, you're not missing out by going with a B550 board. 

 

19 minutes ago, BTGbullseye said:

It's a great board, for a decently low price.

What exactly is a decently low price? Because at least in UK PCPP, it's 180 quid and that isn't really a good deal for that board compared to other boards at this price range. 

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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).

 

Build Log: 

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I like the Strix B550-f.

It all depends on what your I/O needs are.

 

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CPU: AMD 5900x || GPU: nVidia RTX 3080 || RAM: 32gb Trident Z Neo CL16 || Case: Fractal Torrent Compact || CPU Cooler: Scythe Fuma 2 || PSU: Corsair RM850 Gold || Storage: ADATA SX8200 Pro (1TB), 2x Samsung Evo 870 (2TB)

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A lot of people on here ignoring the AsRock X570 Steel Legend... It's a great board, for a decently low price.

CPU: Ryzen 7 5800X Cooler: Arctic Liquid Freezer II 120mm AIO with push-pull Arctic P12 PWM fans RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws V 4x8GB 3600 16-16-16-30

Motherboard: ASRock X570M Pro4 GPU: ASRock RX 5700 XT Reference with Eiswolf GPX-Pro 240 AIO Case: Antec P5 PSU: Rosewill Capstone 750M

Monitor: ASUS ROG Strix XG32VC Case Fans: 2x Arctic P12 PWM Storage: HP EX950 1TB NVMe, Mushkin Pilot-E 1TB NVMe, 2x Constellation ES 2TB in RAID1

https://hwbot.org/submission/4497882_btgbullseye_gpupi_v3.3___32b_radeon_rx_5700_xt_13min_37sec_848ms

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Thanks all for the help! 

 

15 hours ago, BTGbullseye said:

A lot of people on here ignoring the AsRock X570 Steel Legend... It's a great board, for a decently low price.

how does your 5800x hold up with your 120mm AIO?

PC Specs: Motherboard: MSI Tomahawk X570  CPU: Ryzen 5900X  CPU Cooler: NZXT 240 mm Kraken Series AIO     GPU: Asus Strix ROG 1080 TI OC Edition    PSU: Corsair RM850 850W   Storage: 2 X 4TB, 2 X 1TB HDD And 1 X 1tb m.2 samsung 980 pro Case:  NZXT H440 2015 Edition

 

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7 minutes ago, Abzilla said:

Thanks all for the help! 

 

how does your 5800x hold up with your 120mm AIO?

Very stable. Goes to 4.95GHz just fine on lightly threaded workloads, and drops down to 4.45GHZ when absolutely maxed out in the worst possible scenario for the chip. It goes up to its PBO target temp of 90°c almost immediately, but there's nothing wrong with that, as it's not thermal throttling. (all of this is quite normal for this CPU)

CPU: Ryzen 7 5800X Cooler: Arctic Liquid Freezer II 120mm AIO with push-pull Arctic P12 PWM fans RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws V 4x8GB 3600 16-16-16-30

Motherboard: ASRock X570M Pro4 GPU: ASRock RX 5700 XT Reference with Eiswolf GPX-Pro 240 AIO Case: Antec P5 PSU: Rosewill Capstone 750M

Monitor: ASUS ROG Strix XG32VC Case Fans: 2x Arctic P12 PWM Storage: HP EX950 1TB NVMe, Mushkin Pilot-E 1TB NVMe, 2x Constellation ES 2TB in RAID1

https://hwbot.org/submission/4497882_btgbullseye_gpupi_v3.3___32b_radeon_rx_5700_xt_13min_37sec_848ms

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On 12/15/2020 at 12:29 AM, Abzilla said:

Hi all! What do you think the best mobo would be which would support some decent overclocking (beginner to hobbyist level) with PCIe 4.0 for down the line and m.2 gen 4 slots and bios can be flashed as I dont have an old ryzen. my budget is around £200 with a bit of leeway.

 

I'm currently looking at this but anything better in the same price range would be great!

 https://www.morecomputers.com/a?pid=MAG X570 TOMAHAWK WIFI-XPX>>MSI&referer=PCPart

 

thanks for your time and efforts :)

Buildzoid just did a video talking about this very topic. Watch this to make your own opinion weighing your budget vs your needs

 

https://youtu.be/VUwjxNEe26I

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