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Hey guys which motherboard would go well with my build? 

 

AMD AM4 Ryzen 5 1600X Hex Core 4.0GHz CPU (No Heatsink included)    
Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED Turbo CPU Heatsink and Fan PN RR-212TR-16PR-R1    
MSI AM4 ATX B350 Tomahawk Motherboard    
16GB DDR4 (2x8G) G.Skill Trident Z RGB F4-3200C16D-16GTZR 3200MHz DDR4 Ram kit    
240GB Kingston 2.5" SSDNow UV400 SATA 6Gb/s SSD Drive PN SUV400S37/240G    
1TB Seagate 3.5" 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s BarraCuda HDD PN ST1000DM010    
MSI GTX1070 8GB GAMING X PCIe Video Card    
24" ASUS VG248QE 144Hz LED Eyecare Monitor with Speakers    
Thermaltake ATX View 31 TG RGB Tempered Glass Case (No PSU) PN CA-1H8-00M1WN-01    
620 Watt Antec HCG-620M High Current Gamer Modular Power Supply    
Integrated Sound Card    
TP-Link Archer T9E Wireless-AC1900 PCIe Network Card    
2 x 140mm HD140 RGB LED High Performance PWM Fan with Controller PN CO-9050069-WW  

 

Is there a better and more recommended motherboard besides the MSI AM4 ATX B350 Tomahawk?

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ROG STRIX B350-F GAMING is a better option

My Rig

CPU - Ryzen 5 1600@3.8ghz          GPU - XFX XXX RX580 8g          Cooler - Arctic Freezer 33 eSports edition green          Motherboard - Gigabyte AB350 Gaming 3          Ram -  G.Skill 2x8 Ripjaws 5 2666                   Case - Pahntecs P400s TGE Modded with Green accents          PSU - Seasonic M1211 evo 620w          SSD - Samsung 960 evo 500 GB          HDD - Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 2tb       

 Fans - 2 be quiet SilentWings 3         OS - Windows 10 Home 64-Bit         Cables - Cable Mod Green Cable Extension

 Peripherals

Mouse - Logitech G502          Keyboard - k95 Platinum Brown          Headset - Philips SHP9500s + Vmoda Boom Pro          Monitor - LG 29UM69GB

Webcam - USB webcam for Wii Fitness game xD

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Just now, dave_k said:

avoid clones of Shittyhawk, avoid Gigabyte mobos.

Get either MSI B350 Carbon (i had painful issues) or Asus Strix B350-F (i got instead of Carbon) and i fairly highly recommend it

Why dont you like gigabyte boards?

My Rig

CPU - Ryzen 5 1600@3.8ghz          GPU - XFX XXX RX580 8g          Cooler - Arctic Freezer 33 eSports edition green          Motherboard - Gigabyte AB350 Gaming 3          Ram -  G.Skill 2x8 Ripjaws 5 2666                   Case - Pahntecs P400s TGE Modded with Green accents          PSU - Seasonic M1211 evo 620w          SSD - Samsung 960 evo 500 GB          HDD - Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 2tb       

 Fans - 2 be quiet SilentWings 3         OS - Windows 10 Home 64-Bit         Cables - Cable Mod Green Cable Extension

 Peripherals

Mouse - Logitech G502          Keyboard - k95 Platinum Brown          Headset - Philips SHP9500s + Vmoda Boom Pro          Monitor - LG 29UM69GB

Webcam - USB webcam for Wii Fitness game xD

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Just now, Stages said:

I hear a lot of good reviews for the Tomahawk board though?

Oh my focken gawd.

Forget nooby reviews where they "measure oc performance" with comparing Cinebench score difference

Tomahawk is pure asstrash from both hardware (VRM) and Software (BIOS) depts

 

Don't buy Apple M1 computers with 8GB of RAM

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25 minutes ago, Vandorlot said:

Why dont you like gigabyte boards?

I saw a few posts recently cautioning people away from Gigabyte because they had a bios or two which was overvolting chips massively (1.6v).

CPU - Ryzen Threadripper 2950X | Motherboard - X399 GAMING PRO CARBON AC | RAM - G.Skill Trident Z RGB 4x8GB DDR4-3200 14-13-13-21 | GPU - Aorus GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition | Case - Inwin 909 (Silver) | Storage - Samsung 950 Pro 500GB, Samsung 970 Evo 500GB, Samsung 840 Evo 500GB, HGST DeskStar 6TB, WD Black 2TB | PSU - Corsair AX1600i | Display - DELL ULTRASHARP U3415W |

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Just now, Carclis said:

I saw a few posts recently cautioning people away from Gigabyte because they had a bios or two which was overvolting chips massively (1.6v).

And because their quality is poor

 

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11 minutes ago, Stages said:

I'm looking for a motherboard that is for overclocking and mainly for gaming

Asus Strix B350-F or MSI B350 Carbon.

I would pick Asus, it has clear lead on the software side of things

 

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8 minutes ago, Stages said:

I'm looking for a motherboard that is for overclocking and mainly for gaming

I'd say there are better options than the Tomahawk at a similar price. I mean, it will cut it, but the VRMs would run much hotter than usual.

 

For boards similar to price as the Tomahawk, the ASRock AB350 Pro4/Gaming K4, and the Asus Prime B350 Plus have pretty solid VRM for their price points. I suppose a 1600X would OC to 4GHz fine on those, but it'll kinda be a stretch with an R7 at 4GHz tho, should you so desire to upgrade, without putting a fan over the VRMs.

 

If you want the better ones, yea, the Asus Strix B350-F or the MSI B350 Gaming Pro Carbon/Krait Gaming are the best B350 boards, power delivery-wise.

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7 minutes ago, Fillypino Pride said:

I'd say there are better options than the Tomahawk at a similar price. I mean, it will cut it, but the VRMs would run much hotter than usual.

 

For boards similar to price as the Tomahawk, the ASRock AB350 Pro4/Gaming K4, and the Asus Prime B350 Plus have pretty solid VRM for their price points. I suppose a 1600X would OC to 4GHz fine on those, but it'll kinda be a stretch with an R7 at 4GHz tho, should you so desire to upgrade, without putting a fan over the VRMs.

 

If you want the better ones, yea, the Asus Strix B350-F or the MSI B350 Gaming Pro Carbon/Krait Gaming are the best B350 boards, power delivery-wise.

Any other board that you might recommenddd?

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3 minutes ago, Stages said:

Any other board that you might recommenddd?

No, X370s then.

These are the only usable B350s.

Asus Strix/ MSI Krait and Carbon

The ASRock has worse onboard LAN, Audio and VRM, basically everything, but stil better than GBT and cheap MSI

 

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6 minutes ago, dave_k said:

No, X370s then.

These are the only usable B350s.

Asus Strix/ MSI Krait and Carbon

The ASRock has worse onboard LAN, Audio and VRM, basically everything, but stil better than GBT and cheap MSI

Okay either the Asus Strix B350 or the Asus Prime X370-PRO 

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