b450 vs x370

[k.m.p]

hello, its black friday and I am planning on buying a ryzen 5 2600 and not sure which motherboard to go for. My budget is £90 (UK) and the choice is between a msi b450 tomahawk and either a ASRock Fatal1ty X370 Gaming K4 or any other x370.

 

Is it worth buying a older but higher end x370 motherboard or should I stay with b450 and go with the tomahawk. My main priorities are vrm quality, and higher audio quality (if possible an optical out)

 

thank you

[Crunchy Dragon]

Personally, I would take the Fatal1ty X370.

 

Asrock boards have really been growing on me since I bought one, lol.

[k.m.p]

1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Personally, I would take the Fatal1ty X370.

 

Asrock boards have really been growing on me since I bought one, lol.

what cpu are you using with it? and what are your oc results (if you have overclocked)

thank you

[Crunchy Dragon]

Just now, k.m.p said:

what cpu are you using with it? and what are your oc results (if you have overclocked)

thank you

I have an Asrock B350-Pro4 with a Ryzen 5 1600.

 

Stable overclock of 3.8Ghz at 1.3v. If I upped the voltage to ~1.4v, I could push into the 4Ghz range a little more.

The Pro4 is a really solid budget board, I like it a lot.

 

Asrock's BIOS is also pretty nice.

[Firewrath9]

there was a X370 Xpower Titanium for 100$ a couple days ago, that is by far the best.

[Jurrunio]

X370 K4 is a bit better than B450 Tomahawk, just don't expect big gains.

 

The Tomahawk does share VRM with the cheaper B450-A Pro and Gaming Plus though, with other features cut like RGB.

 

@Firewrath9 the X370 Xpower is NOT a high end board compared to other brands. It's merely a mid range board, performs like the Tomahawk electrically.

[TheDankKoosh]

28 minutes ago, k.m.p said:

hello, its black friday and I am planning on buying a ryzen 5 2600 and not sure which motherboard to go for. My budget is £90 (UK) and the choice is between a msi b450 tomahawk and either a ASRock Fatal1ty X370 Gaming K4 or any other x370.

 

Is it worth buying a older but higher end x370 motherboard or should I stay with b450 and go with the tomahawk. My main priorities are vrm quality, and higher audio quality (if possible an optical out)

 

thank you

Here's a gaming pro carbon that's perfect for your price. It's got a better vrm than both of those boards, it would hold the 2600 at 4.2ghz pretty well as long as the chip can handle it.

https://www.ebuyer.com/781522-msi-amd-x370-gaming-pro-carbon-am4-atx-motherboard-x370-gaming-pro-carbon?fo_c=951&fo_k=b86185bc1300472b83286476403b05ac&fo_s=webgains&wgu=267255_206719_15429992398203_40fdfe3a04&wgexpiry=1550775239&utm_source=webgains&utm_siteid=206719

[k.m.p]

18 minutes ago, TheDankKoosh said:

Here's a gaming pro carbon that's perfect for your price. It's got a better vrm than both of those boards, it would hold the 2600 at 4.2ghz pretty well as long as the chip can handle it.

https://www.ebuyer.com/781522-msi-amd-x370-gaming-pro-carbon-am4-atx-motherboard-x370-gaming-pro-carbon?fo_c=951&fo_k=b86185bc1300472b83286476403b05ac&fo_s=webgains&wgu=267255_206719_15429992398203_40fdfe3a04&wgexpiry=1550775239&utm_source=webgains&utm_siteid=206719

thank you, will probably be my choice