Which cheapo B450?

SB118 · 1 Oct 2018 at 17:27

Building a cheapo rig for my cousin, got cpu (2600), nvme (960 evo oem), ram (3000mhz stuff that's on special) & gpu (RX580 from MM), just mobo to go.

OcUK have 3 basic B450 boards for £70, MSI B450M PRO-VDH, Gigabyte B450M-DS3H and Asus Prime B450M-A

Not looking at the Asus Prime-K version, it's only got 2 dimm slots and he might want to add to it later.

Are they all pretty much the same, single m.2, 4 dimms, 3 pci-e slots (the Gigabyte has a pair of 16x slots, the others only have 1, but crossfire is a bit pants so i doubt he'd need that instead of getting a stronger single gpu.

Would have put a few quid in to get the Asrock Pro4 for the second nvme slot but it's been out of stock for a while.

Is there anything to choose between them or just toss a coin?

Cheers

Jamin280672 · 1 Oct 2018 at 18:55

SB118 said:
Building a cheapo rig for my cousin, got cpu (2600), nvme (960 evo oem), ram (3000mhz stuff that's on special) & gpu (RX580 from MM), just mobo to go.

OcUK have 3 basic B450 boards for £70, MSI B450M PRO-VDH, Gigabyte B450M-DS3H and Asus Prime B450M-A

Not looking at the Asus Prime-K version, it's only got 2 dimm slots and he might want to add to it later.

Are they all pretty much the same, single m.2, 4 dimms, 3 pci-e slots (the Gigabyte has a pair of 16x slots, the others only have 1, but crossfire is a bit pants so i doubt he'd need that instead of getting a stronger single gpu.

Would have put a few quid in to get the Asrock Pro4 for the second nvme slot but it's been out of stock for a while.

Is there anything to choose between them or just toss a coin?

Cheers

MSI has the best VRM's where B450 is concerned, personally id completely rule out the ASUS just for the lack of VRM heatsink, The ASRock Pro 4 is supposed to be a good one too.

giulio · 1 Oct 2018 at 20:12

MSI B450-A PRO. Good VRM and overall quality, and has Flashback+ which allows BIOS update/recovery without cpu or ram

SB118 · 1 Oct 2018 at 21:56

giulio said:
MSI B450-A PRO. Good VRM and overall quality, and has Flashback+ which allows BIOS update/recovery without cpu or ram

My bad, should have said he's got a mATX case.

pandem0nium · 2 Oct 2018 at 15:39

SB118 said:
Would have put a few quid in to get the Asrock Pro4 for the second nvme slot but it's been out of stock for a while.

Cheers

That board has two M.2 slots but only one is nvme, the other is sata.

You'd need a B450 Mortar for two nvme m.2 slots in mATX. Or use a pcie adapter with any board that has the second x4 lane slot.

orbitalwalsh · 3 Oct 2018 at 10:35

Gigabyte has UK RMA and rep support on here .
asrock and asus has nicer BIOS currently

SB118 · 3 Oct 2018 at 13:21

pandem0nium said:
That board has two M.2 slots but only one is nvme, the other is sata.

You'd need a B450 Mortar for two nvme m.2 slots in mATX. Or use a pcie adapter with any board that has the second x4 lane slot.

Oooh, close call there, thanks for the warning.

adidan · 3 Oct 2018 at 13:26

When I was toying with an upgrade the B450M Mortar was the mATX I was veering towards, mainly because of the VRMs and general board support.

orbitalwalsh · 3 Oct 2018 at 13:33

SB118 said:
Oooh, close call there, thanks for the warning.

check what speed the second m.2 is running at, may find you go through the pcie slot for full speed

GuruJockStrap · 6 Oct 2018 at 11:41

I have the ASRock B450 M Pro4 with a Ryzen 2600 in a Micro ATX case.

Not overclocking but absolutely zero complaints with everything running at stock. Although I do have my Patriot RAM running at 3000Mhz without any issue.