Question asus prime x370 or MSI tomahawk

[Milo G]

MSI tomahawk (atx) ($89.99)
ASUS prime x370 pro (atx) ($150 but discounted to $82.)

should i go for the x370 pro because it supports sli and i can sli in the future or it being old limits my capabilities?
cpu: ryzen 5 2600

 

[Milo G]

in my situation which motherboard would you go with?

 

[Milo G]

I stumbled upon two potential mobos for me

1. ASUS x370 pro
2. Msi tomahawk b450

Will it matter if i get he asus x370 because its a older chipset ?? Or will i not miss out on much
My cpu : ryzen 5 2600

Thanks

 

[clutchc]

If the 370 board is a late production, it will be fine. Earlier productions may still have the older BIOS that won't recognize the 2nd gen Ryzens. You would need a 1st gen Ryzen to update the BIOS (which AMD still offers as a loaner).
But there isn't much difference between the 300-series and the 400-series boards if comparing the same class.

 

[Karadjgne]

The X boards have a slightly higher OC potential than the B boards, generally, but MSI B450 are built to withstand the supposed higher power levels of the 2nd Gen Ryzen, so end up roughly with the same OC potential as the X370. Which is higher than the usual 3.8GHz-4.0GHz most ppl OC a Ryzen to. So it comes down to whether you'll need the second slot, the fan headers, mobo software and other luxuries that you may want, the X boards tend to be better outfitted.

 

[Milo G]

The X boards have a slightly higher OC potential than the B boards, generally, but MSI B450 are built to withstand the supposed higher power levels of the 2nd Gen Ryzen, so end up roughly with the same OC potential as the X370. Which is higher than the usual 3.8GHz-4.0GHz most ppl OC a Ryzen to. So it comes down to whether you'll need the second slot, the fan headers, mobo software and other luxuries that you may want, the X boards tend to be better outfitted.

Thankyou !! This really helped : ))))))))

 

[Karadjgne]

Both are good boards, but figure out what your need are. If you have 6 fans, or are running an aio you'd be wanting at least 3 fan headers or a pump header etc have 2x m.2 NVMe drives but the B board has just 1 NVMe and the other is m.2 Sata3 etc. Or maybe no NVMe and just a hdd and 2.5" Sata, but have add on Sata requirements or pcie risers. The boards will perform roughly the same but if one doesn't have what you need, the other is better, regardless of actual designation. It's often something as pathetic as color choice, if one is black/red and the other is gray/white and you want a blue/white build. So assuming equal mobo ability, look for deal breakers, disqualifiers etc.

 

[TJ Hooker]

Are you able to confirm with the retailer as to what version of BIOS the x370 would come with, or simply whether it is guaranteed to work with Ryzen 2000 out of the box? If so, I'd lean towards the x370.

But I wouldn't sweat it either way, both look like good boards. I doubt you'd ever see a performance difference between them outside of heavy overclocking. I wouldn't get the x370 just for SLI, SLI isn't a very good idea these days anyway.