Any good motherboard buying guides out there?

[jm-april20]

that's all, just looking for a buying guide because I don't really know what to look for in a motherboard. Such as where do I want there to be heatsinks, how many of those blocky things do I need, how many of the cylinder things next to the block things do I need, etc.

For the most part I know what headers and headers/connectors I want.

A link would be appreciated or if you could give a quick explanation that would also be appreciated. I'm just a bit confused...

 

[NightHawkRMX]

A quick guide to motherboards is as follows:
1) look for 2 large heatsyncs over the cpu voltage regulators around the cpu socket and 1 large heatsync lower on the motherboard over the chipset.
2) look for the form factor of the motherboard. You will find atx, micro atx, and mini itx. Make sure your computer case supports the particular form factor of your motherboard.
3) look for the slots you want. If you want a lot of drives look for sata ports. If you want an m.2 drive look for an nvme and sata capable m.2 slots
4) look for a chipset that supports all of the features you want. If you have an overclockable cpu look for a motherboard with a chipset that supports overclocking. If you want multi gpus pick a chipset that allows for sli or crossfire. Also make sure your chipset supports your cpu
4) look for the correct socket so that your cpu is compatable.
5) look for good power delivery. The more phases the better. The bigger heatsyncs the better. This step doesnt matter much if your arent overclocking.

 

[jm-april20]

A quick guide to motherboards is as follows:
1) look for 2 large heatsyncs over the cpu voltage regulators around the cpu socket and 1 large heatsync lower on the motherboard over the chipset.
2) look for the form factor of the motherboard. You will find atx, micro atx, and mini itx. Make sure your computer case supports the particular form factor of your motherboard.
3) look for the slots you want. If you want a lot of drives look for sata ports. If you want an m.2 drive look for an nvme and sata capable m.2 slots
4) look for a chipset that supports all of the features you want. If you have an overclockable cpu look for a motherboard with a chipset that supports overclocking. If you want multi gpus pick a chipset that allows for sli or crossfire. Also make sure your chipset supports your cpu
4) look for the correct socket so that your cpu is compatable.
5) look for good power delivery. The more phases the better. The bigger heatsyncs the better. This step doesnt matter much if your arent overclocking.

I was thinking of going with the MSI B450M Mortar and I was going to be using the R5 2400G and overclocking the Vega 11 graphics. Is this a good board? I picked it because it got a good review from the youtuber "Actually Hardcore Overclocking" and he sounded like he knew what he was talking about in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSqhVlpgw3U&t=752s . Before that I was going to go with the Asrock B450M Pro4, but the youtuber "Myrmidon's Overclocking Channel" talked me out of that in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUHZmxIAv-Q because it apparently only had 3 phases despite have 6 blocks and I felt like that might have not been enough so I chose the MSI motherboard since it has 4 phases

 

[NightHawkRMX]

The MSI b450m mortar is a very nice looking board. Asrock boards are usually good for the price but still lower end, so the msi board is nicer. That should be a good build with a 2400g.

 

[jm-april20]

The MSI b450m mortar is a very nice looking board. Asrock boards are usually good for the price but still lower end, so the msi board is nicer. That should be a good build with a 2400g.

Is it ok for it to not have a heatsink on the top part of the motherboard? That's the reason that the Pro4 was so appealing because it was the only motherboard in the b450 matx that had 2 heatsinks around the cpu

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Yes. The MSI board has all of the power delivery to the left under 1 heatsync instead of 2. It will still perform well.

 

[jm-april20]

Yes. The MSI board has all of the power delivery to the left under 1 heatsync instead of 2. It will still perform well.

ok thanks