In need for new motherboard...

[NargilaGorilla]

Hey everyone, 

My Aorus B650 Pro AX is done, after only one year...
So I need a new one, I heard horror stories about ASUS B650 motherboards, is it still true? 
Im opting for MSI B650 Tomahawk...

Any suggestions?

 

Other components are 

7900XTX 

7900X

G. Skill 32GB DDR5 

[RONOTHAN##]

3 minutes ago, NargilaGorilla said:

heard horror stories about ASUS B650 motherboards, is it still true? 

The issues they had were related to the SOC voltage being too high, every manufacturer had that issue, Asus was just the most aggressive about it. This has been fixed with BIOS updates though. 

 

The tomahawk is fine, though I'd probably look at ASRock's lineup, it's usually very cheap for some very good boards. B650 LiveMixer is a good example of this, usually $150 for a very feature complete board. 

[filpo]

6 minutes ago, NargilaGorilla said:

is it still true?

they fixed it in a bios update. But if you're not OK with it then there's definitely alternatives

 

6 minutes ago, NargilaGorilla said:

My Aorus B650 Pro AX is done, after only one year...

it was from this thread wasn't it? 

 

6 minutes ago, NargilaGorilla said:

Im opting for MSI B650 Tomahawk...

not a bad option but the gaming plus wifi has many of the same features for about $30 cheaper MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard (B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI) - PCPartPicker

B650 livemixer can be had for quite cheap though and it's got heaps of USB

[NargilaGorilla]

6 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

The issues they had were related to the SOC voltage being too high, every manufacturer had that issue, Asus was just the most aggressive about it. This has been fixed with BIOS updates though. 

 

The tomahawk is fine, though I'd probably look at ASRock's lineup, it's usually very cheap for some very good boards. B650 LiveMixer is a good example of this, usually $150 for a very feature complete board. 

Im getting it from UK, and prices there a quite different. For example B650 Elite AX is 266$ where Tomahawk is 218$

[NargilaGorilla]

9 minutes ago, filpo said:

they fixed it in a bios update. But if you're not OK with it then there's definitely alternatives

 

it was from this thread wasn't it? 

 

not a bad option but the gaming plus wifi has many of the same features for about $30 cheaper MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard (B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI) - PCPartPicker

B650 livemixer can be had for quite cheap though and it's got heaps of USB

Yes mate, that is me... I took it to service, we exchanged everything and when motherboard was swapped it started right up. B650 GAMING PLUS was 202$ and B650 Tomahawk is 218$ so I taught it might be better to get Tomahawk?

[Dedayog]

17 minutes ago, NargilaGorilla said:

Hey everyone, 

My Aorus B650 Pro AX is done, after only one year...
So I need a new one, I heard horror stories about ASUS B650 motherboards, is it still true? 
Im opting for MSI B650 Tomahawk...

Any suggestions?

 

Other components are 

7900XTX 

7900X

G. Skill 32GB DDR5 

can you RMA the Gigabyte?

[RONOTHAN##]

3 minutes ago, NargilaGorilla said:

Im getting it from UK, and prices there a quite different. For example B650 Elite AX is 266$ where Tomahawk is 218$

Ok, the Live Mixer isn't really cheap there. Still, other ASRock boards are still worth looking at. The B650 Lightning is pretty good for cheap, and the B650M-HDV/M.2 is one of the cheapest B650 boards while also being very well rated if you don't need a ton of features. 

[filpo]

2 minutes ago, NargilaGorilla said:

so I taught it might be better to get Tomahawk?

on pcpartpicker it's $180. Unless you want to buy it in person. If so then get the tomahawk

 

6 minutes ago, NargilaGorilla said:

m getting it from UK

the Livemixer should be a good idea (unless you need wifi) 

though the b650 gaming plus wifi is still quite cheap over here, about £20 less than the tomahawk MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard (B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI) - PCPartPicker

MSI MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard (MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI) - PCPartPicker

[NargilaGorilla]

10 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

Ok, the Live Mixer isn't really cheap there. Still, other ASRock boards are still worth looking at. The B650 Lightning is pretty good for cheap, and the B650M-HDV/M.2 is one of the cheapest B650 boards while also being very well rated if you don't need a ton of features. 

 

7 minutes ago, filpo said:

on pcpartpicker it's $180. Unless you want to buy it in person. If so then get the tomahawk

 

the Livemixer should be a good idea (unless you need wifi) 

though the b650 gaming plus wifi is still quite cheap over here, about £20 less than the tomahawk MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard (B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI) - PCPartPicker

MSI MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard (MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI) - PCPartPicker

I'll give it a look, I still have time to cancel the order. 
 

only thing is I'm getting it from Amazon so choices are limited, thats why I don't look at PcPartPicker. 
I'll definitely take a look LiveMixer and few other models as I don't need a WiFi and I don't really do overclocking apart from XMP, even that doesn't yield a lot of performance. 
Mostly its gaming and recording as I recently decided to start a YouTube channel.

 

[filpo]

5 minutes ago, NargilaGorilla said:

only thing is I'm getting it from Amazon so choices are limited, thats why I don't look at PcPartPicker. 

the b650 tomahawk 

5 minutes ago, NargilaGorilla said:

I'll give it a look, I still have time to cancel the order. 

livemixer is around £200 in the UK though (£243 on amazon) so don't go for that at that price ASRock B650 LiveMixer ATX AM5 Motherboard (B650 LiveMixer) - PCPartPicker

[NargilaGorilla]

9 minutes ago, filpo said:

the b650 tomahawk 

livemixer is around £200 in the UK though (£243 on amazon) so don't go for that at that price ASRock B650 LiveMixer ATX AM5 Motherboard (B650 LiveMixer) - PCPartPicker

Ah yes, forgot to mention I transferred currency to dollars so if you convert 179£=228$ 

[filpo]

Just now, NargilaGorilla said:

Ah yes, forgot to mention I transferred currency to dollars so if you convert 179£=228$ 

are you in the US?

[NargilaGorilla]

1 minute ago, filpo said:

are you in the US?

No l, I actually live in Middle East. I travel a lot, so this is how I have access to both markets. 
 

so I transfer everything to USD as it tells me if something is cheaper of more expensive. Just for my brain

[filpo]

2 minutes ago, NargilaGorilla said:

No l, I actually live in Middle East. I travel a lot, so this is how I have access to both markets. 
 

so I transfer everything to USD as it tells me if something is cheaper of more expensive. Just for my brain

So are you buying from UK because shipping is cheaper? Shipping from Germany or even from US could be cheaper cuz or Brexit over here. I’m not 100% sure tho

[NargilaGorilla]

Just now, filpo said:

So are you buying from UK because shipping is cheaper? Shipping from Germany or even from US could be cheaper cuz or Brexit over here

I didn't know that. 

I will definitely look into it! 
 

[NargilaGorilla]

5 minutes ago, filpo said:

So are you buying from UK because shipping is cheaper? Shipping from Germany or even from US could be cheaper cuz or Brexit over here. I’m not 100% sure tho

Its 100$ extra with shipping and VAT. So I'll have to get it from UK, and with difference of 20$ between Tomahawk and GAMING PLUS.

 

However I saw this

650M D3HP might be an option 

[filpo]

1 minute ago, NargilaGorilla said:

However I saw this

650M D3HP might be an option 

I'd say it's better to get one of the MSI boards from UK. the D3HP isn't a great board

[NargilaGorilla]

3 minutes ago, filpo said:

I'd say it's better to get one of the MSI boards from UK. the D3HP isn't a great board

So I'll stick to Tomahawk since 20$ wont make much difference for me.

 

One more time thanks for replying so fast mate!