2nd Gen Ryzen: 300-series vs 400-series board

[clutchc]

Moving from Ryzen 5 1600X to Ryzen 5 2600X. Any real benefit to upgrading 300 series board to a 400 series?

 

[jojesa]

Besides been future proof, the x470 offers better memory support, faster memory bandwidth, faster base clock, higher turbo, lower latency and M.2 SSD gets a dedicated x4 PCIe 3.0 lane straight to the CPU.

 

[clutchc]

Besides been future proof, the x470 offers better memory support, faster memory bandwidth, faster base clock, higher turbo, lower latency and M.2 SSD gets a dedicated x4 PCIe 3.0 lane straight to the CPU.

"faster memory bandwidth, faster base clock, higher turbo"
Those would be functions of the CPU, not the board, right? And my 300 series board already has 4 lanes available for M.2 if SATA ports 5 and 6 are unused. And I never do.

 

[jojesa]

Besides been future proof, the x470 offers better memory support, faster memory bandwidth, faster base clock, higher turbo, lower latency and M.2 SSD gets a dedicated x4 PCIe 3.0 lane straight to the CPU.

"faster memory bandwidth, faster base clock, higher turbo"
Those would be functions of the CPU, not the board, right? And my 300 series board already has 4 lanes available for M.2 if SATA ports 5 and 6 are unused. And I never do.

You asked for benefits and I was telling you what I have seen. It is up to you to decide if those benefits are compelling enough to warrant an upgrade...some people do.
You are right those are CPU characteristics, but If you place a 2600x on a x470 will perform better than in a 300 series board. You could achieve higher clocks, RAM runs faster and so does M.2 SSD.