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Hey so I've decided to upgrade my i5 6600k to a Ryzen 7 1700 So I just need some good motherboards around the 200$ price (Looks are also important)

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Why x370? 

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Asus Prime X370 and MSI X370 Gaming Pro Carbon are both quite good options. The AsRock Taichi should be around that price range too.

I would suggest you check memory compatibility with the set you're planning to buy, as it has gotten better but isn't perfect across the board.

 

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4 minutes ago, AlenMustang said:

Hey so I've decided to upgrade my i5 6600k to a Ryzen 7 1700 So I just need some good motherboards around the 200$ price (Looks are also important)

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12 minutes ago, Minibois said:

Asus Prime X370 and MSI X370 Gaming Pro Carbon are both quite good options. The AsRock Taichi should be around that price range too.

I would suggest you check memory compatibility with the set you're planning to buy, as it has gotten better but isn't perfect across the board.

 

My CL16 3200Mhz set can only run at 2933Mhz with my MSI Gaming Pro Carbon.

MSI Pro Carbon has awful VRM for the price

 

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15 minutes ago, AlenMustang said:

Hey so I've decided to upgrade my i5 6600k to a Ryzen 7 1700 So I just need some good motherboards around the 200$ price (Looks are also important)

For that money, Asus Strix X370-F is a steal.

 

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14 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Why x370? 

Please not these people. VRMs on B350 arent good enough for anything but a R7 fully stock non overclocked

 

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X370 STRIX or PRIME. ASRock is also nice

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6 minutes ago, dave_k said:

MSI Pro Carbon has awful VRM for the price

What kind of 'level' should the price be for these types of VRM? Are we talking 100 USD board type of VRM?

Also, what places do you recommend for more elaborate reviews of (AM4) motherboards and their VRM? Been looking for a place to get some more information on it, but all reviews don't go into more depth than just the basics of overclocking the CPU and memory..

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Just now, Minibois said:

What kind of 'level' should the price be for these types of VRM? Are we talking 100 USD board type of VRM?

Also, what places do you recommend for more elaborate reviews of (AM4) motherboards and their VRM? Been looking for a place to get some more information on it, but all reviews don't go into more depth than just the basics of overclocking the CPU and memory..

Basically, this is just a bit glorified Tomahawk type VRM which is sorta trash, uses cheapo parts (under $0.5 piece). These parts were on the failing AM3+ MSI mobos.

Noone talks about that because noone knows, normal reviewers will recommend Tomahawk for R7 OC because they have no idea that the VRM runs hot or even the parts. This info is inside the deep digging and overclocking community, mainly overclock.net 

It is "fine" but there is no reason for buying that until you have mental disorder including carbon fiber fetish (lel). Asus's and ASRock's solutions are way more efficient and powerful.

For comparison, MSI X370 Xpower has so bad VRMs (Tomahawk same parts), that it has maximum of 252A at 64W of heat (we are talking full Ryzen CPU here), while Asus Prime X370 Pro tops with same amount of phases for the CPU (and actually 2 more for SoC) out at 240A with much higher efficiency (the mosfets are rated 90% under 25A current drain) and costs 1/2 of the Xpower.

The same parts as on X370 Pro are on C6Hero (8 phase) and Taichi/Professional Gaming(12phase). For comparison, Crosshair 6 Hero has 46°C hot VRM heatsink with R7 at 1.4V and X370 Carbon has 75°C on the heatsink with R7 - same parameters

 

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