Reliable m/b for ryzen 1600

[Habby]

I'm planning on getting a ryzen 1600 and I don't know which m/b I should buy, thinking about b350, saw a cheap msi "gaming bla blah" one, bbut I really want something reliable, what would you suggest?

[Princess Luna]

Asus PRIME B350-PLUS

[Fraser Cow]

I hate my ASUS prime X370 pro. I haven't seen a BIOS update in almost a month and I still can't run my RAM at it's proper speed and AURA is a steaming pile of poo. The only other AM4 board I've worked with was an MSI b350 one and it ran the RAM at full speed right away and the LEDs seem to work, but it only has 4 sata ports.

[Habby]

3 minutes ago, Fraser Cow said:

I hate my ASUS prime X370 pro. I haven't seen a BIOS update in almost a month and I still can't run my RAM at it's proper speed and AURA is a steaming pile of poo. The only other AM4 board I've worked with was an MSI b350 one and it ram the RAM at full speed right away and the LEDs seem to work, but it only has 4 sata ports.

that is actually one of my concerns, running my RAM at 3000+mhz cause I've heard ryzen loves fast RAM

[Fraser Cow]

I had some cheapo G.Skill RAM with a sticker for a heat spreader and I couldn't run it faster than 2666, now I have G.Skill RipjawsV and I get 3000/3200 so it's getting better but it's far from there.  The last time I updated the BIOS I had to revert back to an older version because my computer would crash every time I would play Battlefield. It seems like ASUS only cares about their top end board that all the reviewers are using.

[Habby]

what about gigabite mobos?? the  thing is i've had some bad experiences using msi mobos , power issues mostly, and I'd really hate to burn my mobo or cpu in a black out.

[smokefest]

13 minutes ago, Habby said:

what about gigabite mobos?? the  thing is i've had some bad experiences using msi mobos , power issues mostly, and I'd really hate to burn my mobo or cpu in a black out.

I had gigabytes boards, and asus boards in the past, and both are awesome, trustable brands..

If you have any doubts, you might wanna search for some reviews of some motherboards on google and youtube, after you have a good idea then you can pick the one that fits most your needs

[Habby]

19 minutes ago, smokefest said:

I had gigabytes boards, and asus boards in the past, and both are awesome, trustable brands..

If you have any doubts, you might wanna search for some reviews of some motherboards on google and youtube, after you have a good idea then you can pick the one that fits most your needs

I've watched some msi tomahawk reviews with ryzen 1600, it seems until you do some bios updates is a bit hard for  ryzen 5 to properly work there... also read that asus has been having some issues with high ram speed usage, all I have left is check some gigabyte mobos and prey they are not pricey af lol