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I heard that msi doesnt get along with motheeboards so i reconsodered my motherboard selectikn for my ryzen setup. I want to go with the gigabyte ax370 gaming k5 which is a nice premium mobo at 180euros. But my eye caught the same  motherboard without the k in the name at 200euros the difference was that it had golden colour (or whatever that was) around the audio jacks it had one extra pcie x16 3.0 lane (instead of a 2.0 one) and had white covers over the IOs and the chipset (instead of black) is that motherboard worth it as a premium/high end piece of hardware consodering my cpu will be ryzen 5 1600?is it dumb to buy a good motherboard ad expensive as your cpu?

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Yes, yes it is very dumb.

 

'Premium Mobo' What do you mean by 'premium'? RGB? M.2 cover?

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MSI makes good mobos they have the best Overclocking mobos for B350 (but same price or higher than some X370)

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Just now, Billy_Mays said:

MSI makes good mobos they have the best Overclocking mobos for B350 (but same price or higher than some X370)

I'm pretty sure all overclockable motherboards overclock the same (unless they are different form factors).

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So do you mean the Gaming 5 one? Why not ASRock?

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1 minute ago, Vespertine said:

I'm pretty sure all overclockable motherboards overclock the same (unless they are different form factors).

I know but for B350 MSIs Gaming Pro Carbon is good (Auctally Hardcore Overclocking did a video on B350 chipset VRM analysis)

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1 minute ago, LeinadTM said:

 

ASUS generally makes pretty premium quality boards.

I got a DOA from Asus (It was over 5 years old though)

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1 minute ago, Billy_Mays said:

I got a DOA from Asus (It was over 5 years old though)

'S why I said generally. No manufacturer is without the occasional RIP buyer.

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21 minutes ago, Vespertine said:

Yes, yes it is very dumb.

 

'Premium Mobo' What do you mean by 'premium'? RGB? M.2 cover?

premium as of expensive/high quality

or sturdy looking 

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23 minutes ago, Ordinarily_Greater said:

So do you mean the Gaming 5 one? Why not ASRock?

Ok i will make sure to check out asrock as well. Edit:and from what i can see they are pretty much at the same price range but i dont really like thier style

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1 minute ago, Fisting Master said:

premium as of expensive or sturdy looking 

Sturdy? Components are more durable than you think, you usually don't break them unless you physically snap them.

 

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2 minutes ago, Vespertine said:

Sturdy? Components are more durable than you think, you usually don't break them unless you physically snap them.

 

I said sturdy looking some motherboards are generally more pleasing to the eye. It is clear that some motherboards 'look' more high quality than others

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54 minutes ago, Fisting Master said:

Ok i will make sure to check out asrock as well. Edit:and from what i can see they are pretty much at the same price range but i dont really like thier style

Ok then, the K5 is what @Zando Bob likes, maybe he can help you

"Make it future proof for some years at least, don't buy "only slightly better" stuff that gets outdated 1 year, that's throwing money away" @pipoawas

 

-Frequencies DON'T represent everything and in many cases that is true (referring to Individual CPU Clocks).

 

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