Shopping for a motherboard for my friend.

[_Grid21]

My friend's motherboard died today, Press F, and he needs an AMD motherboard. He has an AMD 1700, and wants to upgrade his ram, which he already bought. The new ram he wants to put in is G.Skill F4-3600c18q-32vgk. He also needs it to have an m.2 drive for his m.2 SSD. So it needs to be combatable. His price point is about $100 to $140. He needs this board ASAP because he does streaming and content creation so down time is not an option. I'd like to get him an Asus board because I know their good quality and I also am familiar with troubleshooting them too. 

 

Thank you in advance!

[bellabichon]

Asus's boards aren't inherently better quality than the competition. I'd recommend the MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX if he needs an ATX board, and the Asus TUF GAMING B450M-PRO S if he wants mATX. 

[_Grid21]

11 minutes ago, bellabichon said:

Asus's boards aren't inherently better quality than the competition. I'd recommend the MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX if he needs an ATX board, and the Asus TUF GAMING B450M-PRO S if he wants mATX. 

any other Asus boards that will work with the parts he has? I don't remember what GPU he has but chances are it should be fine. I know it was a GTX something or another.

[MarvintheParrot]

20 minutes ago, _Grid21 said:

My friend's motherboard died today, Press F, and he needs an AMD motherboard. He has an AMD 1700, and wants to upgrade his ram, which he already bought. The new ram he wants to put in is G.Skill F4-3600c18q-32vgk. He also needs it to have an m.2 drive for his m.2 SSD. So it needs to be combatable. His price point is about $100 to $140. He needs this board ASAP because he does streaming and content creation so down time is not an option. I'd like to get him an Asus board because I know their good quality and I also am familiar with troubleshooting them too. 

 

Thank you in advance!

https://rog.asus.com/us/motherboards/rog-strix/rog-strix-b450-f-gaming-ii-model/

 

New B450 MoBo from ASUS. Most problems with the original B450-F have been fixed. Such as the new VRM heatsink.

[svmlegacy]

Just now, _Grid21 said:

any other Asus boards that will work with the parts he has? I don't remember what GPU he has but chances are it should be fine. I know it was a GTX something or another.

Pretty much any B450 or X470 board will run a Ryzen 7 1700.

[bellabichon]

35 minutes ago, _Grid21 said:

any other Asus boards that will work with the parts he has? I don't remember what GPU he has but chances are it should be fine. I know it was a GTX something or another.

Again, I don't necessarily think you have to stick with Asus. They make good boards, but they're often on the pricier end for the features you're getting, and brand loyalty is pretty much always a negative thing. Almost any B450 board will do you just fine, but if you're still feeling stuck I'd recommend you take a look at the VRM Tier List.