I recently built 2 desktops, one for myself and one for my friend.
The first one was a ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard . It was my first built so there was quite a bit of uncertainties and questions. But eventually I got over it and it is functioning well. I was able to call up the X.M.P. for my 3200 MHz and stayed.
During the confusion, someone was making a comment that ASRock is a cheap MBO and that's why all the problems.
When I built the second PC for my friend, I opted for the GIGABYTE B450M DS3H AM4 AMD B450 SATA 6Gb/s Micro ATX AMD Motherboard.
Looking back, I think the Asrock MBO was better because, although the Gigabyte board also claimed to be Micro ATX, the PCIe slots are a lot closer. After putting the GPU in hte x16 slot, it completely blocked out the x1 slot. When I put the wifi adapter in the x4 slot, it is blocking the airflow from the GPU fan. ASRock doesn't have this problem.
Also, I was not able to bring the memory frequency to 3200, which the board claimed to support. I guess I could have brought the board back to the vendor for an exchange. But it is a hassle.
Last but not least, the BIOS interface was a lot more intuitive in the ASRock MBO.
That's my two cents on two builts.
The first one was a ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard . It was my first built so there was quite a bit of uncertainties and questions. But eventually I got over it and it is functioning well. I was able to call up the X.M.P. for my 3200 MHz and stayed.
During the confusion, someone was making a comment that ASRock is a cheap MBO and that's why all the problems.
When I built the second PC for my friend, I opted for the GIGABYTE B450M DS3H AM4 AMD B450 SATA 6Gb/s Micro ATX AMD Motherboard.
Looking back, I think the Asrock MBO was better because, although the Gigabyte board also claimed to be Micro ATX, the PCIe slots are a lot closer. After putting the GPU in hte x16 slot, it completely blocked out the x1 slot. When I put the wifi adapter in the x4 slot, it is blocking the airflow from the GPU fan. ASRock doesn't have this problem.
Also, I was not able to bring the memory frequency to 3200, which the board claimed to support. I guess I could have brought the board back to the vendor for an exchange. But it is a hassle.
Last but not least, the BIOS interface was a lot more intuitive in the ASRock MBO.
That's my two cents on two builts.