B550 vs A520 ? Is the difference noteworthy?

[Hi P]

I'm trying to build an entry-level PC for 1080p gaming, I plan to use:

• AM4
• Ryzen 5600
• RX 6600 / RX 7600
• 1x SSD
• 2x 8GB RAM

 

I'm aware that the price difference between A520 and B550 MOBOs is very small, but I still wonder which one does above build actually needs.

[Eigenvektor]

A520 only has PCIe 3.0, while B550 has PCIe 4.0 for the GPU and one NVMe.

 

Could make a small difference for the GPUs, since both only have 8 lanes.

 

If the difference is small enough I'd definitely go B550.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

16 minutes ago, Hi P said:

I'm trying to build an entry-level PC for 1080p gaming, I plan to use:

• AM4
• Ryzen 5600
• RX 6600 / RX 7600
• 1x SSD
• 2x 8GB RAM

 

I'm aware that the price difference between A520 and B550 MOBOs is very small, but I still wonder which one does above build actually needs.

Dont waste your money on a new am4 board or a new ryzen that isnt the 5700x3d

 

Used midranger b3/450 like the gaming plus/tomahawk are ~50$ and will be far superior to any a520 board or any <100$ b550 board

 

Used 5600(x) are 80-100$ with 5700x/5800x at 120-150$ and 5800x3d at 200-250$

 

 

What country?

Budget?

Any usecases outside of gaming?

 

A used am4 build with the specs you mentioned with everything but the storage, rams, cooler being used is around 450$