Gaming/Streaming CPU Motherboard Combination??

[RiceKris_py]

I am planning on building a pc with a Ryzen 5 2600 and a GTX 1060 from either MSI or ASUS.

I am just wondering would I be better off using an ASUS ROG Strix B450-F with this CPU or an MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon?

With the motherboard, should I get an ASUS Strix 1060 OC or MSI 1060 Gaming X?

Also, I noticed the MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon has an extra 4-pin CPU connector so I am wondering if that is optional for extra overclocking or if it's mandatory? If it is mandatory, would I be able to buy maybe a Molex adapter or something or would I need a different power supply? (Current PSU is Corsair CX450 Non-Modular)

 

[PatXioPC]

 

If you are gonna be overclocking your 2600, you better be looking up a good VRM profile like a 4 + 4 or better if 6 + 4. The b450-f is a 4 + 4, which might not be enough for extreme overclocking. Talking from my experience with the 1600x (although I don't know what kind of power it consumes under certain voltage and clock), at 4.0ghz 1.43V, the VRM couldn't stabilize it but a 6 + 2 did it and besides that they ran super hot, hitting up to 123C. And here's the thing, although these -f gaming boards look pretty impressive on paper but their heatsinks are not certainly the best. Now coming onto Msi, the pro-gaming carbon does look like it is a 6 + 2 phase but indeed it's the tricky layout of the VRMs and digging into the functions of the Mosfets, you will see this is actually a 4 + 4, but that kind of layout helps to dissipate the heat better since it has a larger surface area.

 

Now I like MSI's hardware, but their BIOS is only what killing it. Where I'm not a huge fan of their UEFI interface and BIOS features, like most of which doesn't even have an offset dial-up, but I basically recommend it over the b450-f gaming if you don't care about Asus's features of the BIOS Utility, specifically offsets.