Best motherboard for Ryzen 7 7800X3D?

[Valfrik]

Hey,

 

I've spent hours trying to research this but every website has a different opinion, so I'm hoping the fine people at Linus can reach a semi-consensus. Here's the build:

 

CPU: Ryzen 7 7800X3D

GPU: Sapphire RX 7800 16GB

RAM: Corsair 16GB

PSU: Corsair 850W RM

1.5TB SSD (Two units)

 

In terms of budget, I'm not a cheapskate but at the same time I only want to pay for what I need, which is a mobo that will handle the above with ease. Not interested in RGB or anything like that, and my only purpose is to game. 

 

Thanks in advance!

 

 

 

[PDifolco]

10 minutes ago, Valfrik said:

Hey,

 

I've spent hours trying to research this but every website has a different opinion, so I'm hoping the fine people at Linus can reach a semi-consensus. Here's the build:

 

CPU: Ryzen 7 7800X3D

GPU: Sapphire RX 7800 16GB

RAM: Corsair 16GB

PSU: Corsair 850W RM

1.5TB SSD (Two units)

 

In terms of budget, I'm not a cheapskate but at the same time I only want to pay for what I need, which is a mobo that will handle the above with ease. Not interested in RGB or anything like that, and my only purpose is to game. 

 

Thanks in advance!

 

 

 

If you don't need fancy features any B650 will do, usually the Gigabyte Gaming and Elite boards are deemed best value

[Valfrik]

5 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

If you don't need fancy features any B650 will do, usually the Gigabyte Gaming and Elite boards are deemed best value

Thanks. If you had to pick your favourite value B650 model, which would it be?

[venomtail]

These 5 models are usually consistently the cheapest and safe to go options:

Asrock B650M

Asrock B650 Livemixer

Asrock B650M Pro

Gigabyte B650 Eagle

Msi B650 Gaming Plus

 

Where do you live?

[PDifolco]

3 minutes ago, Valfrik said:

Thanks. If you had to pick your favourite value B650 model, which would it be?

Gigabyte Elite I think, I've had no issue with this brand, use a X570 Aorus Pro since 4 years

Now I'm targeting an higher tier mobo for AM5 later this year, some Strix B650E-E but they're 350EUR...

[Dedayog]

10 minutes ago, Valfrik said:

Thanks. If you had to pick your favourite value B650 model, which would it be?

Gigabyte's B650 AUROS Pro AX is my pick, it's got a little more power delivery than the Elite AX and was same price though at MC.  If they're significantly priced apart, get the ELite AX.

 

But honestly, most any B650 is going to provide no difference in performance.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

29 minutes ago, Valfrik said:

RAM: Corsair 16GB

get a 32gb kit since 8gb ddr5 sticks perform like shit, something 6000c30/32 unless 6400c32 is cheaper though have to manually set 6000 after enabling xmp but you also get guaranteed 10000+ capable hynix a die

 

33 minutes ago, Valfrik said:

GPU: Sapphire RX 7800 16GB

get a 7900 gre instead

 

33 minutes ago, Valfrik said:

1.5TB SSD (Two units)

waste of money and uneccesarily takes up more m.2 slots + pcie lanes, just buy a single 2tb ssd and partition it if you really want os and data to be seperate for whatever reason

 

 

what country?

budget for the entire build?

mobo budget?

prices for the parts + partlist?

and what i/o or features do you need on the mobo?

 

b650m hdv is baseline for am5 with 14 usb a + 2 usb c, vrms capable of handling an overclocked 7950x, and ddr5 10000+ capability, so you wont really see much improvement going for a more expensive board aside from things like more/faster i/o, eclk for x3d overclocking, postcode, etc. since the hdv can do more that what most ppl actually need out of their board and not many ppl are gonna be using that many usb ports (if they did then theyd have bought a b650 livemixer instead with 21 usb a ports)

[GuiltySpark_]

37 minutes ago, Valfrik said:

RAM: Corsair 16GB

Do not buy this. 2x16GB minimum for DDR5, 8GB sticks perform like crap. Corsair will be likely the most expensive option and offer zero benefits, avoid if possible.

[Valfrik]

1 hour ago, venomtail said:

These 5 models are usually consistently the cheapest and safe to go options:

Asrock B650M

Asrock B650 Livemixer

Asrock B650M Pro

Gigabyte B650 Eagle

Msi B650 Gaming Plus

 

Where do you live?

England. Thanks.

[Valfrik]

1 hour ago, GuiltySpark_ said:

Do not buy this. 2x16GB minimum for DDR5, 8GB sticks perform like crap. Corsair will be likely the most expensive option and offer zero benefits, avoid if possible.

Ok thank you. I bought that RAM years ago so it's just what I've ended up with. Is there a particular no thrills model you'd recommend?

[Valfrik]

1 hour ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

get a 32gb kit since 8gb ddr5 sticks perform like shit, something 6000c30/32 unless 6400c32 is cheaper though have to manually set 6000 after enabling xmp but you also get guaranteed 10000+ capable hynix a die

 

get a 7900 gre instead

 

waste of money and uneccesarily takes up more m.2 slots + pcie lanes, just buy a single 2tb ssd and partition it if you really want os and data to be seperate for whatever reason

 

 

what country?

budget for the entire build?

mobo budget?

prices for the parts + partlist?

and what i/o or features do you need on the mobo?

 

b650m hdv is baseline for am5 with 14 usb a + 2 usb c, vrms capable of handling an overclocked 7950x, and ddr5 10000+ capability, so you wont really see much improvement going for a more expensive board aside from things like more/faster i/o, eclk for x3d overclocking, postcode, etc. since the hdv can do more that what most ppl actually need out of their board and not many ppl are gonna be using that many usb ports (if they did then theyd have bought a b650 livemixer instead with 21 usb a ports)

Thanks. Yeah the RAM and SSDs are just what I've ended up with over time, but I will prioritise replacing them.

 

Re: the GPU, I'll have a look at that other one, thanks.

 

No budget for the mobo but as I say I only need something that will work with the other specs, nothing fancy. Oh and I'm from the UK.

[Valfrik]

1 hour ago, Dedayog said:

Gigabyte's B650 AUROS Pro AX is my pick, it's got a little more power delivery than the Elite AX and was same price though at MC.  If they're significantly priced apart, get the ELite AX.

 

But honestly, most any B650 is going to provide no difference in performance.

Thanks man. The price difference was quite noticeable so I'll probably go with the Elite.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

32 minutes ago, Valfrik said:

Thanks. Yeah the RAM and SSDs are just what I've ended up with over time, but I will prioritise replacing them.

 

Re: the GPU, I'll have a look at that other one, thanks.

 

No budget for the mobo but as I say I only need something that will work with the other specs, nothing fancy. Oh and I'm from the UK.

what parts do you currently have btw?

 

as for the mobo

b650m hdv at 107£

 

you wont really get much more from spending extra on the mobo aside from a different formfactor and wifi at best cause the extra dimm slots are useless and i have my doubts that youd br able to use 14 usb ports let alone 17 or 21 of em, maybe the extra usb3 could be nice but the hdv already has 6 usb3

 

if you really want atx theres the b650 pg lightning at 152£ (17 usba with 9 of em being usb3) and if you want wifi theres the b650 gaming plus at 150£ (13 usb a with 9 usb3, also b650m pg lightning has weaker vrms compared to the hdv)

[Valfrik]

17 minutes ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

what parts do you currently have btw?

 

as for the mobo

b650m hdv at 107£

 

you wont really get much more from spending extra on the mobo aside from a different formfactor and wifi at best cause the extra dimm slots are useless and i have my doubts that youd br able to use 14 usb ports let alone 17 or 21 of em, maybe the extra usb3 could be nice but the hdv already has 6 usb3

 

if you really want atx theres the b650 pg lightning at 152£ (17 usba with 9 of em being usb3) and if you want wifi theres the b650 gaming plus at 150£ (13 usb a with 9 usb3, also b650m pg lightning has weaker vrms compared to the hdv)

So the plan is:

 

CPU: Ryzen 7 7800X3D (Not bought yet)

GPU: Sapphire RX 7800 16GB (Not bought yet)

RAM: Corsair 16GB (Researching replacement)

PSU: Corsair 850W RM (Just bought this)

1.5TB SSD Two units - Already owned.

 

Based on previous replies about the mobo I'm 99% set on the Gigabyte AMD B650M AORUS ELITE AX AM5 Micro-ATX

[venomtail]

1 hour ago, Valfrik said:

I bought that RAM years ago

30 minutes ago, Valfrik said:

RAM: Corsair 16GB (Researching replacement)

Where did you get this?

Pretty sure your old RAM won't work cause 7800X3D uses new DDR5 RAM. DDR5 only made an appearance max 2 years ago and barely anyone bought it cause it cost a few kidneys. I bet, am 99% sure your "old" ram is DDR4 that you can't use anyways.

[Valfrik]

11 minutes ago, venomtail said:

Where did you get this?

Pretty sure your old RAM won't work cause 7800X3D uses new DDR5 RAM. DDR5 only made an appearance max 2 years ago and barely anyone bought it cause it cost a few kidneys. I bet, am 99% sure your "old" ram is DDR4 that you can't use anyways.

Yep the more I look into this the more I realise that every single component will need to be replaced, especially the DDR4 RAM. I've been doing a lot of research and think I've settled on G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO 32GB 6000MHz CL30 DDR5. Unless you can spot anything wrong with that?

[venomtail]

15 minutes ago, Valfrik said:

G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO 32GB 6000MHz CL30 DDR5

Top tier but also likely as expensive as it gets.

All these are compatible for 7800X3D and the minimum you should go for, so in a way pick whichever's the cheapest and you like the look off.

[Valfrik]

2 hours ago, Valfrik said:

 

get a 7900 gre instead

 

Just a follow up to this. It does seem slightly more powerful but having only one HDMI port put me off as I like to connect to both my monitor and TV. Unless I'm misunderstanding something.

[Valfrik]

24 minutes ago, venomtail said:

Top tier but also likely as expensive as it gets.

All these are compatible for 7800X3D and the minimum you should go for, so in a way pick whichever's the cheapest and you like the look off.

That's great, thanks for that.

[GuiltySpark_]

56 minutes ago, Valfrik said:

G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO 32GB 6000MHz CL30 DDR5

Great, but their Flare X5 in the same speed/timings is usually cheaper.

[Valfrik]

7 minutes ago, GuiltySpark_ said:

Great, but their Flare X5 in the same speed/timings is usually cheaper.

Ok I'll check it out, many thanks.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

4 hours ago, Valfrik said:

Based on previous replies about the mobo I'm 99% set on the Gigabyte AMD B650M AORUS ELITE AX AM5 Micro-ATX

at 182£ still damn pricey for having basically the same i/o as the b650 pg lightning but ill just assume you just want matx + the i/o of a b650 pg lightning + wifi so still a decent board

 

3 hours ago, Valfrik said:

Just a follow up to this. It does seem slightly more powerful but having only one HDMI port put me off as I like to connect to both my monitor and TV. Unless I'm misunderstanding something.

sapphire pure 7900 gre has 2 hdmi out

 

4 hours ago, Valfrik said:

.Skill Trident Z5 NEO 32GB 6000MHz CL30 DDR5.

good but you are just paying for the brand name and heatspreader since itll still be using the same hynix a die as any other 6000c30/32 bin ram

 

heres some cheaper tforce rams, should still be hynix a die cause apparently teamgroup prefers to use a dies so itll still have the same 10000+ capability just incase future cpus do go past 8000 which i kinda doubt