B450>B550

[Vic_Romano]

Debating upgrading from my B450 ITX board (ASRock B450 ITX) and picking up a new ATX B550 board for the PCI-E 4.0 capability (moved my setup into an ATX case a while ago). As they seem to be in demand I could in theory flip the ITX board to cover most/all of the new board cost (eyeing the ASUS Prime B550-PLUS at $139CAD right now). Am I crazy?

[GuiltySpark_]

What are you hoping to gain? You mention PCIe 4 but what are you actually hoping that support brings you?

[Ryuikko]

You wouldn't really need pcie gen 4 unless youre running a 6500 or 6400, everything would have a non noticeable effect with pcie gen 4 

[Vic_Romano]

11 minutes ago, GuiltySpark_ said:

What are you hoping to gain? You mention PCIe 4 but what are you actually hoping that support brings you?

 

My thinking is access to PCIE4 SSDs will extend the life of the system as games leave previous gen behind and PCIE4 SSDs in the new consoles become the "standard". Also, that if I am to make the move it might make sense to do it now while the B450 board is worth something.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

10 minutes ago, Vic_Romano said:

 

My thinking is access to PCIE4 SSDs will extend the life of the system as games leave previous gen behind and PCIE4 SSDs in the new consoles become the "standard". Also, that if I am to make the move it might make sense to do it now while the B450 board is worth something.

Gen4 ssds are worthless garbage, you wont notice a lower end <2k r/w and a higher end >3k r/w nvme just because games dont really use it yet, ps5 gen4 ssd requirement is arbitrary garbage so can be ignored

 

By the time youd need a gen4 you prob need to upgrade to a newer platform anyways

[GuiltySpark_]

1 minute ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

 

 

By the time youd need a gen4 you prob need to upgrade to a newer platform anyways

This. 

[Shimejii]

11 minutes ago, Vic_Romano said:

 

My thinking is access to PCIE4 SSDs will extend the life of the system as games leave previous gen behind and PCIE4 SSDs in the new consoles become the "standard". Also, that if I am to make the move it might make sense to do it now while the B450 board is worth something.

This whole PCIE SSD Futureproofing crap is by far one of the dumbest things theyve done. It BARELY makes a difference on consoles for load times compared to an SSD. On a Desktop computer compared to a normal SATA, let alone PCIE 3.0 NVME drive? There is pretty much no difference.

 

Direct storage with properly functioning and noticeable gains is STILL not here, and its been 2 years, and its gonna be another few years before the new game engines actually get used that somewhat benefit from it, let alone fully benefit and by then the drives are gonna be much cheaper. Unless theres another NAND shortage thats totally not orchestrated to run up prices.

[Vic_Romano]

Turns out I'm crazy, thanks for the quick replies!

[aisle9]

Imagine my disappointment when I showed up thinking this thread was going to be someone claiming B450 is a better chipset than B550.

[Vic_Romano]

2 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

Imagine my disappointment when I showed up thinking this thread was going to be someone claiming B450 is a better chipset than B550.

B450 is the superior chipset, B550 is wack.

[GuiltySpark_]

Just now, Vic_Romano said:

B450 is the superior chipset, B550 is wack.

How so? (rhetorical question, I already know that's not true)

 

That wasn't the point of this thread. It was specifically about upgrading because of something you thought you were missing with PCIe 4.

[Vic_Romano]

Just now, GuiltySpark_ said:

How so? (rhetorical question, I already know that's not true)

 

That wasn't the point of this thread. It was specifically about upgrading because of something you thought you were missing with PCIe 4.

I was just memeing