What the difference between B350 vs x370 vs x470 motherboards

[Jaok]

Besides having to update the bios on b350 and x470 for ryzen of course

[Biggerboot]

6 minutes ago, Jaok said:

Besides having to update the bios on b350 and x470 for ryzen of course

Generally better VRMs, more reliable overclocking.  Some X boards support SLI and more sata ports, but not all.

I would compare board to board rather than chipset to chipset.

[Mamonos]

 

Full article

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3175005/computers/amd-ryzen-motherboards-explained-the-crucial-differences-in-every-am4-chipset.html

[Crunchy Dragon]

1 minute ago, Swiss said:

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I thought B350 did support multiple GPUs, just not through SLI.

[Biggerboot]

1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

I thought B350 did support multiple GPUs, just not through SLI.

I think so too.  Crossfire doesn't really rely on the motherboard's features the same way SLI does.  Generally as long as it's got two PCIe slots it can do CF.  

[seon123]

The differences vary by which board you're talking about. For example, the B350 Pro4 is identical to the X370 Pro4. But the B350-F is completely different from the X370-F. Some X470 boards are upgrades from X370 boards. 

[Crunchy Dragon]

Just now, Biggerboot said:

I think so too.  Crossfire doesn't really rely on the motherboard's features the same way SLI does, as long as it's got two PCIe slots it can do CF.  

Then why would they say no multi-GPU support....

[Mamonos]

1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

I thought B350 did support multiple GPUs, just not through SLI.

From the article linked above here's AMD statement on that

 

“Only AMD’s X370 and X300 chipsets [and now X470—ed.] support two PCIe 3.0 x8 graphics card slots with direct access to the processor. If multi-GPU setups are used on other socket AM4 chipsets, they will not have the same PCIe 3.0 bandwidth, and those configurations are not officially supported.”

[Jaok]

19 hours ago, Swiss said:

From the article linked above here's AMD statement on that

 

“Only AMD’s X370 and X300 chipsets [and now X470—ed.] support two PCIe 3.0 x8 graphics card slots with direct access to the processor. If multi-GPU setups are used on other socket AM4 chipsets, they will not have the same PCIe 3.0 bandwidth, and those configurations are not officially supported.”

 

19 hours ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Then why would they say no multi-GPU support....

 

19 hours ago, seon123 said:

The differences vary by which board you're talking about. For example, the B350 Pro4 is identical to the X370 Pro4. But the B350-F is completely different from the X370-F. Some X470 boards are upgrades from X370 boards. 

 

19 hours ago, Biggerboot said:

I think so too.  Crossfire doesn't really rely on the motherboard's features the same way SLI does.  Generally as long as it's got two PCIe slots it can do CF.  

 

19 hours ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

I thought B350 did support multiple GPUs, just not through SLI.

 

19 hours ago, Swiss said:

 

Full article

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3175005/computers/amd-ryzen-motherboards-explained-the-crucial-differences-in-every-am4-chipset.html

 

19 hours ago, Biggerboot said:

Generally better VRMs, more reliable overclocking.  Some X boards support SLI and more sata ports, but not all.

I would compare board to board rather than chipset to chipset.

Thanks!