MSI b350 tomahawk vs ASUS PRIME X370-PRO

[S1mpleQ]

Not sure what Motherboard should I get MSI b350 tomahawk or Asus PRIME X370-PRO. Most of the reviewers suggest getting X370 board for Ryzen 7. I can't see that much difference between these boards expect x370 supports SLI other doesn't. I personally not planning to use SLI.

 

Planning to buy Ryzen 1700 and Corsair Vengeance 2x8GB DDR4 3200MHz

[PCGuy_5960]

Don't get an MSI board, their Ryzen boards are just bad. Get an ASUS or an AsRock board

[Damascus]

I'd avoid msi boards in the AM4 space, the prime is a great option as @Princess Cadence can attest.

[VivashTech]

The asus prime motherboard is a better quality motherboard but it really depends on your build theme and colors that go as one f the motherboards is black and the other white! In my opinion i would aways take an asus motherboard over a MSI as MSI and their motherboards can be very inconsistant.

[stealth80]

I would say go with X370 - People don't tend to plan on SLI, it's something that can be an option later down the line if your current GPU aint quite cutting it, it wasn't for me when I got my 970GTX, I added another a year later.

 

Don't overlook the GIgabyte Gaming K5  it's available for +$4 on the prime here:

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/xQQRsY/gigabyte-ga-ax370-gaming-k5-atx-am4-motherboard-ga-ax370-gaming-k5

[S1mpleQ]

26 minutes ago, Damascus said:

I'd avoid msi boards in the AM4 space, the prime is a great option as @Princess Cadence can attest.

Thanks 

[Ordinarily_Greater]

What about ASRock Fatal1ty? In my opinion they just look amazing

[S1mpleQ]

6 minutes ago, Ordinarily_Greater said:

What about ASRock Fatal1ty? In my opinion they just look amazing

I'm not planning to buy a new case so I will be putting new parts in a 4-5 year old case with a small window. So motherboard's looks are not important for me.

[Princess Luna]

1 hour ago, S1mpleQ said:

Thanks 

Yes I can assure you the Prime Pro x370 will do every thing you wish it to do, my 1800x is 4ghz stable across all cores and memory on 2933mhz without complications, I'm pretty sure it would allow me to get even better memory OC should I bother to try setting the profiles for it or had a better RAM at hand.

 

Can't go wrong with it, while AsRock also does great Ryzen boards you should avoid MSi, there is not a single day at least someone comes here complaining about MSi boards with Ryzen, mostly memory issues but other types of issues are known to be MSi "exclusive".

[lukart]

7 hours ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Don't get an MSI board, their Ryzen boards are just bad. Get an ASUS or an AsRock board

Get a X370 Killer, or if you can afford, X370 Taichi, the very best AM4 mobo.

[lukart]

6 hours ago, Ordinarily_Greater said:

What about ASRock Fatal1ty? In my opinion they just look amazing

The Asrock Fatal1ty is actually the same board as taichi, just have the missing 5Gbp Lan port and the colors are different. Great board indeed.