How's the b450 Tomahawk?

[okkee]

Planning a system upgrade and this deal for a b450 tomahawk just popped up on marketplace. Currently running a 4790 with a biostar b85z5 hifi. Getting the parts piecemeal but this would lock in a am4 build which i think makes a lot of sense considering my budget isn't all that high to begin with (about 300 usd). Just wanna know if the board is alright and if there's no issues with am4. 

 

Another worry was maybe wait to see price drops in july but  this just popped upout of nowhere. Also not in a first world country so would have to import alternatives and the prices on that are not pretty (About 12% tax + shipping  - would estimate about 40 to 50 usd)

 

Sorry for the rambling

[RONOTHAN##]

4 minutes ago, okkee said:

Just wanna know if the board is alright and if there's no issues with am4. 

Yeah this board is fine, its one of the better B450 boards out there. There's no issues with AM4 in general, and if your budget is about $300 USD this is the platform I'd recommend going with. 

[OddOod]

I agree with everything RONO says and would also recommend keeping an eye on the used market for something like a 5600X. I would not recommend buying new unless there is *nothing* in you area

[Somerandomtechyboi]

1 hour ago, okkee said:

Planning a system upgrade and this deal for a b450 tomahawk just popped up on marketplace. Currently running a 4790 with a biostar b85z5 hifi. Getting the parts piecemeal but this would lock in a am4 build which i think makes a lot of sense considering my budget isn't all that high to begin with (about 300 usd). Just wanna know if the board is alright and if there's no issues with am4. 

 

Another worry was maybe wait to see price drops in july but  this just popped upout of nowhere. Also not in a first world country so would have to import alternatives and the prices on that are not pretty (About 12% tax + shipping  - would estimate about 40 to 50 usd)

 

Sorry for the rambling

what country btw?

and where are you buying the board?

 

for cheap used cpus look at the 3100/3300x and 3600(x), new is not reccomended unless its the only choice

 

for rams probs just buy a generic 3200c16/3600c18 kit new but if there are ppl selling used 2133-2666 bare pcbs on fb marketplace or something like that then itd be a good way to save money and get abit of extra performance while you are at it (run at 3800-4000), 2133 generally tends to be dirt cheap and comes with 4gbit ics samsung and hynix in particular have good ones (4000+ capable) with the only exception being samsung 4gbit t die so id reccomend 2133 bins for both 4gb and 8gb sticks if possible

[okkee]

1 hour ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

what country btw?

and where are you buying the board?

Botswana (Southern Africa) and i'm getting the board off some guy on facebook. 

1 hour ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

for cheap used cpus look at the 3100/3300x and 3600(x)

Almost impossible to find used. Was looking at the 5600(x) though. Hopefully, July brings some clearance sale. Or something pops up.