[SOLVED] 3700x with B450 Tomahawk vs Asus Gaming B450 Gaming F

[swzeng]

I got B450 Tomahawk with the Ryzen 3700x and was having boot issues. Basically, it will post into bios after flashing to the latest version, but black screen no post with CPU error light on. Anyway back and forth with MSI Support, the tech specialist pretty say to wait for new bios update....Anyway, I went back to Micro Center and got the B450 Gaming F which is Ryzen 3000 works right out of the box. However, I have been reading multiple forums and reviews that the B450 Gaming F has bad VRM/temp controls. Given the new series dont really oc well, but I don't want to be limit by this. Is it really that bad as I do plan on using the PBO tool? If I put two top fans will solve this temp issue? Also my pc is in the basement (running cables through wall during new construction) so usually the ambient temp is around 71 all year around. Wish I waited before all my purchase.....but any please advice, i am torn with this new Ryzen this week

 

[DMAN999]

I have an Asus ROG Strix B450-F Gaming MB and I am not worried at all about it's ability to run a 3700x once they get the BIOS optimized for the 3000 series CPU's.
Also I would use BIOS version 2301 because quite a few people have posted that BIOS 2406 is fairly buggy.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Other B450 tomahawks arent having this issue with a 3700x. Id try reseating cpu and ram.

Example of it working:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY2fbAzFiUE

 

[swzeng]

I have an Asus ROG Strix B450-F Gaming MB and I am not worried at all about it's ability to run a 3700x once they get the BIOS optimized for the 3000 series CPU's.
Also I would use BIOS version 2301 because quite a few people have posted that BIOS 2406 is fairly buggy.

Thanks for the input. Just curious will there be any difference bewteen 3200 cl 16 vs 3600 cl18 for ram. I have both the 3200 is about 20 bucks cheaper. Is it ok to keep 3200 over 3600? I game on a predator 1440p with rxt 2080

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Very little difference. Id go 3200mhz.

 

[swzeng]

Very little difference. Id go 3200mhz.

Thanks!

 

[DMAN999]

I agree 3200 MHz RAM should run well on either of those motherboards but you might never get 3600 MHz RAM to run at full speed.
3200 is the max RAM speed supported on the B450-F and 3466 on the Tomahawk, so any higher speed RAM is not guaranteed to run at their rated speeds.
I was able to get my 3200 MHz RAM to run at 3400 MHz but it took quite a bit of time and testing to do.