should i upgrade my mobo?

[rippy4500]

the mobo i have is really basic and im wondering if i should upgrade it.

 

my current mobo is a gigabyte b450m ds3h and its ok but idk if i should keep it or upgrade.

 

im looking at an asus b550-f strix for $178 usd and its alot better than the ds3h.

https://www.newegg.com/asus-rog-strix-b550-f-gaming/p/N82E16813119312?Description=b550f%20strix&cm_re=b550f_strix-_-13-119-312-_-Product&quicklink=true

 

it still works, it handled my r5 2600 for about a year and a half, and i got a 5600x last month and it has worked fine. but i know im missing out on some stuff and also future compatibility with my cheap mobo.

 

full specs:

b450m ds3h (latest bios f61c)

r5 5600x

gskill trident z rgb 3600mhz cl18 (running at 3200 cl16 because ds3h only supports 3200 max, 3600 causes bsods)

evga gtx 970 (+85 core +515 mem, hopefully i can get a 30 series gpu soon)

[Alex Atkin UK]

I doubt you are missing out on anything important.

[Cyracus]

It's unlikely that there will be any more am4 cpus. Would recommend checking buildzoids thoughts on mobos if you feel you must upgrade (Youtube channel Actually hardcore overclocking)
 

[Bombastinator]

Amphere doesn’t run pcie4 iirc.

[Gohardgrandpa]

Don't waste money. Save it for the next socket and upgrade everything 

Hell I'm using a i7 9700f/Rtx 2070 super at 1440p still. I wanted to upgrade but really don't need to, I started putting money up for the next socket upgrade

 

 

 

 

[rippy4500]

3 hours ago, Gohardgrandpa said:

Don't waste money. Save it for the next socket and upgrade everything 

Hell I'm using a i7 9700f/Rtx 2070 super at 1440p still. I wanted to upgrade but really don't need to, I started putting money up for the next socket upgrade

 

 

 

 

the thing under your message says your using a 10850k and a 3070 lmao

[Bombastinator]

9 minutes ago, rippy4500 said:

the thing under your message says your using a 10850k and a 3070 lmao

Doesn’t make what he said wrong.  Might have intended to upgrade to that but jumped the gun or something. I added mine somewhat randomly long ago immediately upon discovering that the option existed. I keep on intending to change or remove it but I never seem to get around to it.  Even if it is intentional crap it doesn’t make the advice false in this instance. I don’t recall the board being bad.  I’ve got an ancient z95 motherboard and there are ports I wish it had like UsbC but I get along fine with adaptors and stuff.  The only thing I’m truly and totally locked out of is thunderbolt. I’ve even got an m.2 port, (only 1 and I didn’t even know what it was till recently) though I don’t know what key it is. I wind up with some weirdly occasionally handy stuff too like ps/2 and I think there is even some ide on there somewhere though actually using it might create problems.  I suspect the first thing that is truly going to screw me is win11, and even if it does it was still a pretty good run. 

[Gohardgrandpa]

I've had signatures turned off on my screen for a while now so I don't even see it. I was running the 10850k with  rtx 3070. I sold that rig months ago for $2k, someone offered me $1200 for my 3070 so I sold it then sold the rest of the pc for $800 to someone I know

Sig is updated now

[Wingfan]

10 hours ago, rippy4500 said:

 

 

it still works, it handled my r5 2600 for about a year and a half, and i got a 5600x last month and it has worked fine. but i know im missing out on some stuff and also future compatibility with my cheap mobo.

 

 

What are you missing out on? Next Gen Ryzen wont be AM4. 
Do you want a better looking board? or just want to change for something to do?