Future planning question

[oldguygammer]

If I go with a ryzen 5600x now and plan on upgrading to a 5900x or 5950x in the future would a Asus rog B550f handle the upgrade or would you just go with a 570 chipset like gigabyte X570 UD?

Not sure what the pros and cons are between the two chipsets.

Thanks again....

 

[Dr0idGh0sT]

B550 doesn't have good overclocking support and doesn't support more than 1 Gen 4 SSD, That's all.

You can go with B550 and upgrade later without any problems. Make sure you'll get good PSU as well.

[FruitOfTheLum]

To the best of my knowledge the B550 chipset should have no issues hosting 5900X/5950X processors.

 

The main differences between the two chipsets, at least so far as you or I is likely concerned, are that the X570 chipset can support more PCIe Gen 4 devices than the B550, and has greater overclocking potential. Unlike the B550, the X570 chipset requires active cooling (i.e. a little fan) however, especially if you've loaded it up with multiple Gen 4 components.

 

So for example, if you have a B550 motherboard, you'll only be able to load one modern graphics card and a single Gen 4 NVME SSD and that'll be as much as it can support. Any further Gen 4 devices you install will default to Gen 3 speeds. On an X570 motherboard, however, you can install a graphics card and a couple of Gen 4 NVMEs with no problems. 

 

On the downside, X570 chipsets require active cooling in the form of a little fan, as they run hotter (especially when put in charge of multiple PCIe Gen 4 components). Personally I can't hear when mine spins up, but other people say that they can and it annoys them.

 

If you don't have any intention of running multiple PCIe Gen 4 components (whether there's a real-world benefit to Gen 4 NVMEs is a matter of debate, though it might become more important when DirectStorage arrives in a couple of months), and you don't plan to do any overclocking, the B550 chipset will probably be perfectly fine for your needs. 

[Chris Pratt]

41 minutes ago, Dr0idGh0sT said:

B550 doesn't have good overclocking support and doesn't support more than 1 Gen 4 SSD, That's all.

You can go with B550 and upgrade later without any problems. Make sure you'll get good PSU as well.

What? There's B550 boards that overclock better than X570s. Chipset doesn't matter for overclocking on the AMD side. The only things that matter for that are stuff like VRMs and VRM cooling, which is a function of a premium board, not any one particular chipset.

 

[Guest]

43 minutes ago, Dr0idGh0sT said:

B550 doesn't have good overclocking support

As mentioned above, that is not correct. The B550 Aorus Master for example has a better VRM than nearly all X570 boards (It has the same VRM setup as the X570 Aorus Xtreme). You also have boards like the B550-XE, B550 Unify and Unify X.

[Dr0idGh0sT]

23 minutes ago, Chris Pratt said:

What? There's B550 boards that overclock better than X570s. Chipset doesn't matter for overclocking on the AMD side. The only things that matter for that are stuff like VRMs and VRM cooling, which is a function of a premium board, not any one particular chipset.

 

 

18 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

As mentioned above, that is not correct. The B550 Aorus Master for example has a better VRM than nearly all X570 boards (It has the same VRM setup as the X570 Aorus Xtreme). You also have boards like the B550-XE, B550 Unify and Unify X.

That was meant for B550F gaming, it's good board, But certainly not high end overclocking one. You can overclock it well enough, But it's not meant for serious overclocking.

Only reason for getting high end X570 board will be if u want better Gen 4 support and overclocking, Can you say I'm wrong? 

[Chris Pratt]

12 minutes ago, Dr0idGh0sT said:

 

That was meant for B550F gaming, it's good board, But certainly not high end overclocking one. You can overclock it well enough, But it's not meant for serious overclocking.

Only reason for getting high end X570 board will be if u want better Gen 4 support and overclocking, Can you say I'm wrong? 

PCIe 4.0 on the chipset lanes. That's the primary difference by going to X570. There is no appreciable difference in overclocking between B550 and X570 chipsets at all, though. What makes a board good or not for overclocking is the board design itself, not what chipset it has. At least for AMD. With Intel, of course, you do actually need an X series board to OC, but that's down to Intel artificially limiting the capabilities of the other chipsets.

[Dr0idGh0sT]

6 minutes ago, Chris Pratt said:

PCIe 4.0 on the chipset lanes. That's the primary difference by going to X570. There is no appreciable difference in overclocking between B550 and X570 chipsets at all, though. What makes a board good or not for overclocking is the board design itself, not what chipset it has. At least for AMD. With Intel, of course, you do actually need an X series board to OC, but that's down to Intel artificially limiting the capabilities of the other chipsets.

It's Z series, Not X for intel.

I already mentioned  Gen 4 support and most better overclocking boards tend to be build on X series chipsets, as it is higher end board and since you are paying good amount of money for it, Why get B550? 

[GoldenLag]

6 minutes ago, Dr0idGh0sT said:

most better overclocking boards tend to be build on X series chipsets, as it is higher end board

Not actually the case at all for B550 and X570. If the prime target is overclocking, then you would actually go for a B550 board. The only reason to go for X570 is for the chipset connectivity. 

 

8 minutes ago, Dr0idGh0sT said:

It's Z series, Not X for intel.

Actually its both. 

8 minutes ago, Dr0idGh0sT said:

Why get B550?

Because, for the price, ignoring chipset connectivity, its usually the better offering. 

[Guest]

26 minutes ago, Dr0idGh0sT said:

 

That was meant for B550F gaming, it's good board, But certainly not high end overclocking one. You can overclock it well enough, But it's not meant for serious overclocking.

Only reason for getting high end X570 board will be if u want better Gen 4 support and overclocking, Can you say I'm wrong? 

It can handle an overclocked 3950X. The temps are the same as the B550 Gaming Edge and B550 Taichi. So overclocking isn't an issue on this board.