X399 Gigabyte or Asus?

[Pavilion]

I want to buy a new X399 motherboard but I don't know which one is better than the other? the prices are almost identical.

 

1 - Gigabyte X399 AORUS Xtreme (AMD Ryzen Thread Ripper TR4/E-ATX /3X M.2/WiFi/Front USB 3.1 Type C/Dual Intel LAN/Motherboard)

2 - ASUS ROG ZENITH EXTREME AMD Ryzen Threadripper TR4 DDR4 M.2 U.2 X 399 E-ATX HEDT Motherboard with onboard WiGig 802.11AD WiFi, USB 3.1, and AURA Sync RGB Lighting

 

If you tried both brands which one served you better?

 

Thanks

[Streetguru]

38 minutes ago, Pavilion said:

 

MSI Meg is the only correct answer. VRM is easily worth it.

[Jurrunio]

what CPU will be in there?

[Pavilion]

10 hours ago, Streetguru said:

MSI Meg is the only correct answer. VRM is easily worth it.

Really, I like the design of MSI but I heard a lot of bad things about MSI, no one recommend. because of the poor quality assurance.

[Pavilion]

10 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

what CPU will be in there?

Threadripper 1950x.

[Streetguru]

48 minutes ago, Pavilion said:

Really, I like the design of MSI but I heard a lot of bad things about MSI, no one recommend. because of the poor quality assurance.

All of them make good and bad boards.

This one's hard to beat in terms of an upgrade path.
 

 

[Jurrunio]

1 hour ago, Pavilion said:

Really, I like the design of MSI but I heard a lot of bad things about MSI, no one recommend. because of the poor quality assurance.

b350 and x370 really sucked, not the newer Ryzen boards though

 

1 hour ago, Pavilion said:

Threadripper 1950x.

These two options are equally good for the 1950x (and Gigabyte better than Asus, but still rubbish for 24/32 core overclocking). Gigabyte has VRM heatsink that looks like its meant to get rid of the heat (with fins) rather than a slab of art piece like that on the Asus. The actual current output is about equal though, so VRM capability are equally limiting when it comes to overclocking 24core or more.  Asus does have a better BIOS though.

[Pavilion]

28 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

b350 and x370 really sucked, not the newer Ryzen boards though

 

These two options are equally good for the 1950x (and Gigabyte better than Asus, but still rubbish for 24/32 core overclocking). Gigabyte has VRM heatsink that looks like its meant to get rid of the heat (with fins) rather than a slab of art piece like that on the Asus. The actual current output is about equal though, so VRM capability are equally limiting when it comes to overclocking 24core or more.  Asus does have a better BIOS though.

Other than the BIOS, are they the same? I want the best reliable one I never tried gigabyte but I heard good things about it.

[Pavilion]

54 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

All of them make good and bad boards.

This one's hard to beat in terms of an upgrade path.
 

 

 What do you mean by upgrade path? what features does this motherboard provide?

[Phentos]

1 minute ago, Pavilion said:

Other than the BIOS, are they the same? I want the best reliable one I never tried gigabyte but I heard good things about it.

Gigabyte Aorus boards are among the top tier as far as enthusiast boards are concerned. You won't go wrong by going with one.

[Streetguru]

3 minutes ago, Pavilion said:

 What do you mean by upgrade path? what features does this motherboard provide?

The giant VRM that'll support 32 core and up CPUs.
 

 

[Phentos]

1 hour ago, Streetguru said:

The giant VRM that'll support 32 core and up CPUs.
 

 

I will admit for an MSI board that's a really good one. Too bad they use that tacky looking plastic shroud design instead of the clean looks of their Carbon AC boards.

[Jurrunio]

7 hours ago, Pavilion said:

Other than the BIOS, are they the same? I want the best reliable one I never tried gigabyte but I heard good things about it.

I only know the power delivery and heatsink design, that's the only thing I can be objective on.

 

Gigabyte: 500A maximum from mosfets, good heatsink --> better for pushing high current (still not great though)

Asus: 480A max, bad heatsink --> not for overclocking more cores than 16 at all

 

so it depends on whether you'd want to up the core count in the future.

[Pavilion]

33 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

I only know the power delivery and heatsink design, that's the only thing I can be objective on.

 

Gigabyte: 500A maximum from mosfets, good heatsink --> better for pushing high current (still not great though)

Asus: 480A max, bad heatsink --> not for overclocking more cores than 16 at all

 

so it depends on whether you'd want to up the core count in the future.

for three years or more I will no upgrade the CPU I will keep using the 1950x but what I care about are stability and reliability, This is the most important factor to me, I don't like none stable motherboards. Do you think the Gigabyte will serve better than the Asus?

[Jurrunio]

11 minutes ago, Pavilion said:

for three years or more I will no upgrade the CPU I will keep using the 1950x but what I care about are stability and reliability, This is the most important factor to me, I don't like none stable motherboards. Do you think the Gigabyte will serve better than the Asus?

They are the same in that regard. The reliability of these big names are equally good, and both get annoyed customers.

[Pavilion]

1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

They are the same in that regard. The reliability of these big names are equally good, and both get annoyed customers.

I think I decided to go with the Gigabyte, I really like the design and I hope the reliability is good. Thanks for your response