Which Mobo Should for Ryzen and enough to last 3 Generations of Ryzen?

[SolidRedIron]

I am deciding between the ASUS Prime B350-Plus or the ASUS Prime X370-Pro.  I've heard good reviews from the B350, but I'm not sure if it will handle a Ryzen 3600.  I am not sure if the X370 will have a similar story or it will be able to handle it ad is more expensive.  Which one should I get?

[johndms]

8 minutes ago, SolidRedIron said:

I am deciding between the ASUS Prime B350-Plus or the ASUS Prime X370-Pro.  I've heard good reviews from the B350, but I'm not sure if it will handle a Ryzen 3600.  I am not sure if the X370 will have a similar story or it will be able to handle it ad is more expensive.  Which one should I get?

It's questionable if any B350 board can properly handle a current Ryzen 7, eight-core processor due to the crappy VRMs. When overclocking, the VRMs get too hot and often require the addition of a fan to blow across the VRM heatsink. I shudder to think of B350 boards handling anything in the future. If I were planning for something like that, I'd go top-end x370 (crosshair 6 hero, taichi), just to make sure. But your choice of x370 board is also a good one.

[Streetguru]

13 minutes ago, SolidRedIron said:

 

Prime Pro all the way for more budget overclocking boards, otherwise you might as well get a $75 ASrock Pro 4 and slap a fan on the VRM
 

 

[SolidRedIron]

17 hours ago, Streetguru said:

Prime Pro all the way for more budget overclocking boards, otherwise you might as well get a $75 ASrock Pro 4 and slap a fan on the VRM
 

 

Sorry for the incredibly late response but will the Prime Pro be good enough to last 3 years worth of upgrades, or I should consider the $200 options?

[just_dave]

17 hours ago, Streetguru said:

75 ASrock Pro 4 and slap a fan on the VRM
 

 least futureproof  (and pretty dumb) solution

[Streetguru]

4 minutes ago, SolidRedIron said:

Sorry for the incredibly late response but will the Prime Pro be good enough to last 3 years worth of upgrades, or I should consider the $200 options?

They have newer chipsets that add some features on new chips, but by and large you should be able to go up to Ryzen 3 on a board like that, especially with the solid VRM.

[just_dave]

4 minutes ago, SolidRedIron said:

Sorry for the incredibly late response but will the Prime Pro be good enough to last 3 years worth of upgrades, or I should consider the $200 options?

prime x370 pro is a solid board, decent efficiency and parts

6+4 CSD 87350Q5D

[Streetguru]

Just now, dave_k said:

 least futureproof  (and pretty dumb) solution

As proven, it works "Fine"

Besides that's $50s saved towards your future CPU or motherboard upgrade.

[SolidRedIron]

5 hours ago, dave_k said:

prime x370 pro is a solid board, decent efficiency and parts

6+4 CSD 87350Q5D

One more thing, will the GIGABYTE AORUS GA-AX370-Gaming 5 work fine for the future?

[Cyborgsmith]

3 minutes ago, SolidRedIron said:

One more thing, will the GIGABYTE AORUS GA-AX370-Gaming 5 work fine for the future?

BUILDZOID did a pretty good overview of the "best" boards in each category and he touches on which ones help with getting good stable memory overclocks.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcqu-9Ejf60

[SolidRedIron]

2 minutes ago, Cyborgsmith said:

BUILDZOID did a pretty good overview of the "best" boards in each category and he touches on which ones help with getting good stable memory overclocks.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcqu-9Ejf60

I saw it, but it doesn't show all the options and the Gigabyte one in the is only for amazon prime members, which I don't have.  So I was considering other options, but I don't know much about it.