Poll: What AM4 motherboard will you be getting?

What manufacturer AM4 will you be buying?

  • Asus

    Votes: 93 33.0%
  • Asrock

    Votes: 66 23.4%
  • Gigabyte

    Votes: 81 28.7%
  • MSI

    Votes: 37 13.1%
  • other.

    Votes: 5 1.8%

  • Total voters
    282
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Got the Asrock X370 Professional Gaming AMD on pre-order after reading all the positive reviews on Newegg. A lot of the AM4 motherboards seem to have issues with the BIOS or the DDR4 they support.
 
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What sub £200 do you guys think is the best option. Im thinking either Gigabyte Aorus GA-AX370-Gaming 5 for £205 or MSI X370 Gaming Pro Carbon

I've ordered the Asrock X370 Fatality Gaming K4. Should have it built next week, but for £150 I think that's pretty good value.
 
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Personally I think the Biostar Racing X370GT7 is the best value 'TOP' board out there, sadly Ocuk don't stock it, gets a great review on Tweaktown. But then I may be biased. ;)
When u say it gets a good review you presume the reviewer has a clue... Be careful in the hardware industry with such statements.

If it is was me I would spend 230 and get Taichi and save on cpu with none X versions.
 
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When u say it gets a good review you presume the reviewer has a clue... Be careful in the hardware industry with such statements.

If it is was me I would spend 230 and get Taichi and save on cpu with none X versions.
Ok 8 Pack, you know a helluva lot more about boards than I do, but the guy was asking for sub £200, the Taichi is £229.99 and whilst it is probably the best X370 board out there it fails the criteria whereas the GT7 fits, mine was £179.99 and I think it is very good value as I have it and am using it and that's my opinion and that's all it is. As for 'Be careful in the hardware industry with such statements' that's a bit heavy to be honest the guy is looking for options and seeking opinions for best value for under £200. :)
 
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ON AM4 I am advocating buying the best board you can and keep dropping in upgrades via new CPU's. The AM4 socket has a long lifespan and current chips are pushing the VRM on most boards. When you add more cores and more frequency this will push them even harder.

I am saying invest in the board and go none X CPU's which can OC to the same level as the X counterpart.

Taichi
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ON AM4 I am advocating buying the best board you can and keep dropping in upgrades via new CPU's. The AM4 socket has a long lifespan and current chips are pushing the VRM on most boards. When you add more cores and more frequency this will push them even harder.

I am saying invest in the board and go none X CPU's which can OC to the same level as the X counterpart.

Taichi
Crosshair

Maybe so! But the warranty's are the same with cheaper to the dearest
 
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If you care about Linux support, avoid Gigabyte. Not compatible, and not willing to help. Just asked OCUK if I can return my AB350M Gaming 3 - will be swapping it with the MSI AB350M Mortar board. Hopefully the efi stuff is less crappy too. Also holy crap first post in 6 years!
 
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Agree on the efi, but once set up I do not spend numerous hrs looking at my efi, ha! I had the asus micro but that felt cheap and only 2 fan headers, it failed on me, hence the giga :D
 
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b350 gaming 3 gigabyte
no real issue, had to set timings for ram manually to run 2933mhz with corsairs 3000mhz ram.
oc to 3.8ghz using a 1600.
happy camper
 
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