X370 Or B450 Mobo

[akialwayz]

Hi guys, I'm planning a new ryzen build and I was looking for a new MOBO and I came upon a cheap X370 one and B450 one.I know X series mobo is better but B450 is the latest and might have new features.I dont know which one to choose.Which one do you guys think I should buy and why?

x370 mobo-Rs.5.9k- Buy Asrock X370M-HDV at Lowest Price in India - mdcomputers.in

B450 mobo-Rs.6.6K- https://mdcomputers.in/msi-b450m-pro-m2.html

N.B-B450 mobo is currently out of stock but I can wait.

Proccesor I chose is R5 2400G

[bleedblue]

Between those two? Neither.

 

Get an asrock b450m pro 4

[akialwayz]

2 minutes ago, bleedblue said:

Between those two? Neither.

 

Get an asrock b450m pro 4

Its Rs.8K,messes with my budget.

[onlybuilt4cubanxlinx]

x370's have better VRMs generally.

[Jurrunio]

29 minutes ago, akialwayz said:

X series mobo is better

not necessarily. Some X370 boards are straight out B350 boards with a different chipset.

 

The first thing to look for on a motherboard are VRM heatsinks. They are used to provide cooling to the VRMs (they supply power to the CPU). Without them, your CPU will throttle down its speed so as to not run the VRM to unsafe temperatures.

Spoiler

picture for reference on 'what is a VRM heatsink'.

 

Because you're using an APU, you will need heatsinks on both the left (for the CPU core VRMs) and top (for the GPU VRMs) of the CPU socket. In other words, both boards you listed failed the exam.

 

If your budget is too low for a board with heatsinks all around, go cheap and get the 2200G instead. Saving money on a motherboard to the point of buying crap boards is sacrificing future upgradability.

4 minutes ago, onlybuilt4cubanxlinx said:

x370's have better VRMs generally.

it's not even general, there are too many X370s that recycled VRMs from B350 boards.