Motherboard upgrade

[Rollo316]

Hi I'm looking for advice of which mobo I should get.  My current pc is a ryzen 1600x & x370 gaming 5 gigabyte.

 

I'm looking to upgrade to a amd 5900x cpu and x570 mobo.  Looking at the x570 mobo there seem to be so many different options, any suggestions on which is a good mid to top tier version of the x570?

 

Thanks 

[Chiyawa]

Many Tier A mobo should be good for Ryzen 9 5900X.

 

I personally use Gigabyte Aorus X570 Pro Wi-Fi (v1.0). It has quite a good I/O, good VRM, and overall good compatibility. BIOS is an issue however because I experience fTPM reset all the time (at one point before they fix the issue) and now my power button always lit even the system is off (BIOS version f34). But other than that, it is a decent board for the price it demands back when it first launch. I think I had it just a little under USD300 (when it launch couple of months later at 2018) which to many it is a bit expensive, but the feature it offers suit me well so I don't have any complain.

 

So, to break it out:

- It support BIOS upgrade even without a CPU install (known as Q-Flash +)

- Have basic 4 LED debug (CPU, RAM, GPU, Boot)

- 8 pin + 4 pin CPU12V input

- Standard 24 pin ATX power input

- 2x M.2 NVMe slots, 1 slot from CPU and 1 slot from chipset (yeah, it only has 2, which is a turn off for many)

- 3x PCIe x16 slots, where 2 slots from CPU side (1 x16 or 2 x8) and 1 slot from Chipset (running x4 only)

- 2x PCIe x1 slots

- Intel Wi-Fi AX200 with Bluetooth 5.1

- Intel I218 1Gbps Ethernet

- Rear I/O (4x USB 2.0, 3x USB 3.2 Gen 1 from CPU where 1 support Q-Flash, 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 from CPU, 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 from chipset, 1x USB-C USB 3.2 Gen 2 from chipset, 2 antenna, 1 HDMI, 5 audio jacks with 1 optical out)

- Internal header (2 USB 2.0 headers [4 USB 2.0 ports], 2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 header [4 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports], 1 USB-C header [can set to support USB 3.2 Gen 1 or Gen 2], 7 fan headers, 2 12VRGB LED, 2 ARGB, standard HD Audio and front panel, dedicated TPM 2x6 pin header, 6 SATA ports [all dedicated])

- Not Thunderbolt capable (v1.0 only), v1.1 and v1.2 supports Thunderbolt Add-In-Card.

 

Anyway, I'm sure a few MSI motherboards are quite good. Asus motherboards are cool but they can be a bit pricey. For Gigabyte, if you want 3 M.2 slots then you can try Aorus Ultra. You may want to refer to motherboard tier list to see those good motherboards. I recommend A-Tier or better.

 

Also, most X570 motherboards need to flash new BIOS before they can use Ryzen 9 5900X.

[Rollo316]

3 hours ago, Chiyawa said:

Many Tier A mobo should be good for Ryzen 9 5900X.

 

I personally use Gigabyte Aorus X570 Pro Wi-Fi (v1.0). It has quite a good I/O, good VRM, and overall good compatibility. BIOS is an issue however because I experience fTPM reset all the time (at one point before they fix the issue) and now my power button always lit even the system is off (BIOS version f34). But other than that, it is a decent board for the price it demands back when it first launch. I think I had it just a little under USD300 (when it launch couple of months later at 2018) which to many it is a bit expensive, but the feature it offers suit me well so I don't have any complain.

 

So, to break it out:

- It support BIOS upgrade even without a CPU install (known as Q-Flash +)

- Have basic 4 LED debug (CPU, RAM, GPU, Boot)

- 8 pin + 4 pin CPU12V input

- Standard 24 pin ATX power input

- 2x M.2 NVMe slots, 1 slot from CPU and 1 slot from chipset (yeah, it only has 2, which is a turn off for many)

- 3x PCIe x16 slots, where 2 slots from CPU side (1 x16 or 2 x8) and 1 slot from Chipset (running x4 only)

- 2x PCIe x1 slots

- Intel Wi-Fi AX200 with Bluetooth 5.1

- Intel I218 1Gbps Ethernet

- Rear I/O (4x USB 2.0, 3x USB 3.2 Gen 1 from CPU where 1 support Q-Flash, 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 from CPU, 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 from chipset, 1x USB-C USB 3.2 Gen 2 from chipset, 2 antenna, 1 HDMI, 5 audio jacks with 1 optical out)

- Internal header (2 USB 2.0 headers [4 USB 2.0 ports], 2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 header [4 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports], 1 USB-C header [can set to support USB 3.2 Gen 1 or Gen 2], 7 fan headers, 2 12VRGB LED, 2 ARGB, standard HD Audio and front panel, dedicated TPM 2x6 pin header, 6 SATA ports [all dedicated])

- Not Thunderbolt capable (v1.0 only), v1.1 and v1.2 supports Thunderbolt Add-In-Card.

 

Anyway, I'm sure a few MSI motherboards are quite good. Asus motherboards are cool but they can be a bit pricey. For Gigabyte, if you want 3 M.2 slots then you can try Aorus Ultra. You may want to refer to motherboard tier list to see those good motherboards. I recommend A-Tier or better.

 

Also, most X570 motherboards need to flash new BIOS before they can use Ryzen 9 5900X.

Thanks for the response man I'll check out the gigabyte one.  I can't fault my current mobo which is gigabyte.