Ryzen - MSI X370 SLI Plus vs MSI B350 Krait Gaming

[Weyburn]

I'm looking at upgrading my motherboard, and after talking with people it seems like I don't know much about motherboards, so I was hoping someone here might have more knowledge that could help me out.

 

Currently, I am running a 1600 with good 3200 ram, I am using this rig mostly for gaming. I doubt I'll SLI in the future, but computers stay alive for years and you can't say you'll never do something so the option to SLI is nice, but not a deal breaker (the Krait looks like it can crossfire, so that's a bonus and who knows in the future AMD will be the top card).

 

The two boards I'm looking at are:

 

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/X370-SLI-PLUS.html#productFeature-section

 

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B350-KRAIT-GAMING.html#productFeature-section

 

The X370 is actually cheaper right now, but it looks like Krait is more gaming performance. Would it be more worth while to buy the krait for gaming? Or would the x370 have more OC support in the bios?

 

The x370 says:
GAMING CERTIFIED: 24-hour on- and offline game and motherboard testing by eSports players

b350 Krait says:
Audio Boost: Reward your ears with studio grade sound quality for the most immersive gaming experience
GAMING LAN with LAN Protect: The best online gaming experience with lowest latency and bandwidth management
GAMING CERTIFIED: 24-hour on- and offline game and motherboard testing by eSports players

[LienusLateTips]

Preferably a ASRock model. Fatality?

[LienusLateTips]

And also, motherboards don't contribute to performance.

[Guest]

X370 supports for SLI so that means it will also support for Crossfire. Right now all AMD Ryzen boards support crossfire, except A320 series

[WereCat]

I wouldn't choose any currently made MSI board for Ryzen, they are quite lacking compared to the competition.

[Princess Luna]

Asus Prime either the b350 or the x370 is preferable.

[Weyburn]

36 minutes ago, WereCat said:

I wouldn't choose any currently made MSI board for Ryzen, they are quite lacking compared to the competition.

quite lacking in which way?

 

39 minutes ago, JDE said:

And also, motherboards don't contribute to performance.

 

 

mobos contribute to OC stability, and bad mobo wiring can lead to bad audio. From what I can tell they don't necessarily add towards peformance, but can lack in your ability to fully utilize your other hardware. It's kinda like saying just buy what ever PSU cuz they all provide power, better components and other things can lead to better performance, I'm just not fully immersed in MOBO's and hoping to get some feedback.

 

28 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

Asus Prime either the b350 or the x370 is preferable.

 

asus prime b350's are only 4 phase, not sure on the x370 varient tho. the one's i'm interested in are 4x2+2 or 6 phase boards, and in the $140 or less price range...

[WereCat]

7 minutes ago, Weyburn said:

quite lacking in which way?

 

 

If you plan on overclocking they have quite subpar power delivery for the price... they seem like they have 8 phases but they actually have only 4+4 and not even high quality which is barely enough for the R5 1600/1600X OC, not to mention if you plan on going with the R7, you will have to actively cool the VRMs.

[Weyburn]

23 minutes ago, WereCat said:

If you plan on overclocking they have quite subpar power delivery for the price... they seem like they have 8 phases but they actually have only 4+4 and not even high quality which is barely enough for the R5 1600/1600X OC, not to mention if you plan on going with the R7, you will have to actively cool the VRMs.

based on this page:

 

https://www.hardwareluxx.de/community/f12/am4-mainboard-vrm-liste-1155146.html

 

they actually have 4x2+2 board, for reasonable prices, which is better than most other 4+2 or 4+3 phase boards that people use, but worse than the 6 phase.

[Ginger_]

I would agree with the above posts, stay away from msi ryzen boards. Asus and asrock seem to have the best as of now

[Gaussen]

1 hour ago, Weyburn said:

I'm looking at upgrading my motherboard, and after talking with people it seems like I don't know much about motherboards, so I was hoping someone here might have more knowledge that could help me out.

 

Currently, I am running a 1600 with good 3200 ram, I am using this rig mostly for gaming. I doubt I'll SLI in the future, but computers stay alive for years and you can't say you'll never do something so the option to SLI is nice, but not a deal breaker (the Krait looks like it can crossfire, so that's a bonus and who knows in the future AMD will be the top card).

 

The two boards I'm looking at are:

 

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/X370-SLI-PLUS.html#productFeature-section

 

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B350-KRAIT-GAMING.html#productFeature-section

 

The X370 is actually cheaper right now, but it looks like Krait is more gaming performance. Would it be more worth while to buy the krait for gaming? Or would the x370 have more OC support in the bios?

 

The x370 says:
GAMING CERTIFIED: 24-hour on- and offline game and motherboard testing by eSports players

b350 Krait says:
Audio Boost: Reward your ears with studio grade sound quality for the most immersive gaming experience
GAMING LAN with LAN Protect: The best online gaming experience with lowest latency and bandwidth management
GAMING CERTIFIED: 24-hour on- and offline game and motherboard testing by eSports players

both can run 1600 ryzen smoothly coz 6 cores dont need much vrm like 8 cores