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Asus x570 rog crosshair v111 dark hero looks very nice, but i bet it has a hefty price tag too
Agreed, for the vast majority of users a decent B550 makes the most sense. PCIe 4.0 on the primary GPU and one NVME should be enough. Not worth spending ~£50+ for extra PCIe and support for older Zen processors for most people.Not at all, a B550 is fine, just be aware not pcie4 on all nvme slots and some restrictions with disabling of certain other ports (board specific) when using the chipset nvme.
The only caveat is to ensure it is a decent amount cheaper than a similarly featured X570, or else there is little point.
The Msi Tomahawk B550 looks to have the same VRM's as the X570 Tomahawk, and comes in at £50 less so its certainly worthy of consideration.
all depends what you need from the mobo.
I need 6 sata ports; wifi and a bios reset button. Pretty much rules out most if not all of the cheap x570 board. looking at the aorus master as it ticks all the boxes.
Look at what you need and go from there.
I'm torn between x570 tomahawk / unify £275
Decided on 16gb cl14 3600 dark group pro though and samsung 980 pro 1tb
I want it to last 7-10 years since got kids now so upgrading less frequently just depends how market + tech goes in future.
Was hoping the Sabrent Rocket plus PCIE4 would have been released
MSI X570 tomahawk is around £200
£180 if you search around
Are we at seriously diminishing returns on price versus real life performance? I wonder if gfx direct IO tech will become a factor here?
Any hints