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Posted 12 July 2023
MSI PRO B650-P WIFI ATX Motherboard - £149.85 +£3.49 delivery @ Ebuyer
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VRM thermals in image aboveThe cheapest B650 board I could find this prime day, and looks like heatsinks are in all the right places. Makes it worthwhile imo to jump to AM5 for cheaper 7600X vs 5800XD
- Socket AM5
- Supports 7000 Series
- DDR5 Support
- ATX Form Factor
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Edited by nameskhan, 12 July 2023
32 Comments
sorted byNo need to downgrade
1. Assumes someone on AM4 with a 5800X3D would upgrade to AM5 in 2023. Likely to be false, there's no reason to unless gaming wasn't their primary focus anymore.
2. Someone building new wouldn't choose AM4 because of 5800X3D the reason is the 5800X3D is about £50 - £60 more than a 7600X so whilst the motherboard is the only significant cost factor this is offset significantly by the 7600X costing less.
3. The 5800X3D is marginally and I mean marginally better than a 7600X and not in all cases
So the basic summary and is not a one size fits all summary is and the context is gaming because that's the main reason to get any X3D CPU currently :
1. If on AM4 with 5800X3D, no reason to upgrade to AM5 in 2023
2. If not on AM4 then start with AM5 because 7600X is equivalent in gaming performance and is £50 - £60 less than the 5800X3D, this is significant because if an AM5 motherboard is £150 and equivalent AM4 motherboard is £100 then the cost to build on AM5 is the same because the CPU is cheaper offsetting higher motherboard costs and DDR5 is the same price effectively now as DDR4. The price gap widens if you want much higher spec motherboards.
You may want more PCIe lanes. You may want more I/O connectivity.
A chipset comparison table is here >
Sorry missed out A620 I will add that with this table >
So the lesson here is KNOW what each chipset offers and what your long term plans are on the platform. Some features can be added via PCIe cards such as more I/O or NVMe capacity but they can be crippled as upgrade options by lack of free PCIe slots or lack of Bifurcation option in the BIOS (for PCIe NVMe cards that support 2 or more NVMe drives). These may seem like extreme examples but choose the right chipset from the outset because the only option in the future might be to upgrade the motherboard.
Can you explain please? I'm am potentially looking for a new board and processor, so what should I be looking out for with the heat sinks?
AMD needs to start speccing Motherboards for peeps who do NOT want 150+ Watt CPUs, but do want 2023 features like lots of NVMe slots, and lots of the fastest USB ports. Problem is that AMD still cannot stop following Intel, even tho AMD is now brand leader. A smarter AMD would already have a 256-bit CPU/APU bus and socket, allowing vastly better APUs, but if Intel doesn't do it, neither will the dullards at AMD.
I'm not complaining ahaha, but I wonder how long it will last? It's supposedly going to go back to normal at some time?