Is this combo good ?

[Teixeira79_]

So, I was planning to do a white build with a Ryzen 7 3700x, and wanted to get a X570 ASRock Steel Legend.

I won't do much overclocking, but I have heard mixed opinions on that motherboard.

Are the VRMs good enough, or will they heat up too much?

Is the power delivery bad/not enough?

Are the M.2 SSDs going to get too hot?

Cheers.

[justjamie9]

if you dont need do do much overclocking go with the b550 boards they have gen 4. and what cpu cooler are you going with

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2 minutes ago, Teixeira79_ said:

So, I was planning to do a white build with a Ryzen 7 3700x, and wanted to get a X570 ASRock Steel Legend.

I won't do much overclocking, but I have heard mixed opinions on that motherboard.

Are the VRMs good enough, or will they heat up too much?

Is the power delivery bad/not enough?

Are the M.2 SSDs going to get too hot?

Cheers.

The steel legend would be perfectly fine for your build. I wouldn't really recommend it though. If you want as cheap of a decent board you can get, the MSi b550-pro vdh wifi will serve you perfectly fine provided you won't do more than enabe PBO. A step up above that would be the B550-A pro. Great budget board, great vrms. If you really want something white, I'd go for the strix b550-a. Comparable vrms to the a-pro, I beileve it has better IO.

[Teixeira79_]

6 minutes ago, justjamie9 said:

if you dont need do do much overclocking go with the b550 boards they have gen 4. and what cpu cooler are you going with

I am going with the stock one, I've heard it is good enough and it looks good.

[Teixeira79_]

6 minutes ago, Brok3n But who cares? said:

The steel legend would be perfectly fine for your build. I wouldn't really recommend it though. If you want as cheap of a decent board you can get, the MSi b550-pro vdh wifi will serve you perfectly fine provided you won't do more than enabe PBO. A step up above that would be the B550-A pro. Great budget board, great vrms. If you really want something white, I'd go for the strix b550-a. Comparable vrms to the a-pro, I beileve it has better IO.

I wanted to go for a X570 one tho.

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1 minute ago, Teixeira79_ said:

I wanted to go for a X570 one tho.

How come?

[justjamie9]

the stock is good for very light overclocking 

[Teixeira79_]

3 minutes ago, justjamie9 said:

the stock is good for very light overclocking 

 

3 minutes ago, Brok3n But who cares? said:

How come?

Thunderbolt 3, PCI/e 8x for m.2 and the IOs tend to be a lot better. Also they're kind of more future proof right?

Sorry if I sound dumb, I've just been told X570 are better boards in general and wanted help choosing chipsets and motherboards. Thanks.

[Teixeira79_]

5 minutes ago, justjamie9 said:

the stock is good for very light overclocking 

Yeah, I won'tt mess much with overclocking so it will be fine.

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Just now, Teixeira79_ said:

 

Thunderbolt 3, PCI/e 8x for m.2 and the IOs tend to be a lot better. Also they're kind of more future proof right?

Sorry if I sound dumb, I've just been told X570 are better boards in general and wanted help choosing chipsets and motherboards. Thanks.

Thunderbolt 3, uhhh not very common iirc. 8x for m.2's, Not an issue I beileve unless you want to use multiple drives, Io, depends on the board, how much of what do you need? "Future proof" isn't really a word we like to use here, but from what I beileve you mean, it might help in some cases? 

[justjamie9]

1 minute ago, Teixeira79_ said:

 

Thunderbolt 3, PCI/e 8x for m.2 and the IOs tend to be a lot better. Also they're kind of more future proof right?

Sorry if I sound dumb, I've just been told X570 are better boards in general and wanted help choosing chipsets and motherboards. Thanks.

well if your going with more future proofing go with the x570 they can be more stable than the b series boards and yes the io can be better 

[Teixeira79_]

Just now, Brok3n But who cares? said:

Thunderbolt 3, uhhh not very common iirc. 8x for m.2's, Not an issue I beileve unless you want to use multiple drives, Io, depends on the board, how much of what do you need? "Future proof" isn't really a word we like to use here, but from what I beileve you mean, it might help in some cases? 

I think I meant "better on future upgreadabilty", sorry if I used words that are bad around here. I do want to use multiple drives. 

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1 minute ago, justjamie9 said:

well if your going with more future proofing go with the x570 they can be more stable than the b series boards and yes the io can be better 

... Stable? 

[Teixeira79_]

1 minute ago, justjamie9 said:

well if your going with more future proofing go with the x570 they can be more stable than the b series boards and yes the io can be better 

Cheers bro, thank you for your opinion. 

[Teixeira79_]

6 minutes ago, Brok3n But who cares? said:

... Stable? 

So... I haven't reached a conclusion, won't that X570 board be better for my system? I have a 225€ budget for the board. Sorry for making so many questions. 

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1 minute ago, Teixeira79_ said:

So... I haven't reached a conclusion, won't that X570 board be better for my system? I have a 225€ budget for the board. Sorry for making so many questions. 

We usually don't judge by chipset. That board in particular isn't that great of a value. What specifically are you looking for in your motherboard and what's the rest of your build like?

[Teixeira79_]

4 minutes ago, Brok3n But who cares? said:

We usually don't judge by chipset. That board in particular isn't that great of a value. What specifically are you looking for in your motherboard and what's the rest of your build like?

 I've been recomended the Aorus Elite and TUF Gaming X570 variants, but here they are more expensive than the Steel Legend. 

My build would be:

CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X 

Cooler: Stock

Motherboard: -------

RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB 8X2 White

Case: Corsair 220t Airflow White

Storage: 2X 500GB NVME Crucial P5 and a 1TB WD Blue HDD

GPU: ASUS Pheonix 1050Ti (will upgrade once GPU's are available in mu country)

PSU: Corsair CX750f Black 80+ bronze

 

 

[justjamie9]

1 hour ago, Brok3n But who cares? said:

... Stable? 

less prone to crashes when overclocking

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24 minutes ago, justjamie9 said:

less prone to crashes when overclocking

Not how VRM setups work. The chipset doesn't affect the performance of VRMs. Specifically, there are actually very few x570's that outperform several b550s, none at the same pricepoint, and none by a significant amount. The B550 motherboards I'm referring to are the b550 aorus master and b550-unify/x They run for under $300. The x570's I'm regarding Crosshair VIII Hero/dark, $600-ish boards iirc, the Gigabyte x570 aorus extreme (a board that's over 1000 USD), and the MSI x570 godlike, a ~$650 board iirc. The Master surpasses the b550's, the rest of the x570's more or less trade blows with the b550s.