Question Dilemma in choosing a board ?

[randomuser2w2]

Which of these two motherboards should I get ?

• ASUS TUF Gaming B450M PRO II
• ASRock B450M Steel Legend

This is for Ryzen 5 5600 / RX 6000 no oc, just gaming , B550? cheapest price on that chipset only have 1 M.2 slot, and I don't care about PCIe gen 4 as it's no different than PCIe gen 3 in terms of perfomance.

 

[CountMike]

Of those B450 boards. Asus on account of BIOS features and Asrock on looks. otherwise both good MBs. One thing though, about 90% chance a prior BIOS update would be needed, Have to check with vendor which version is installed.
Both makers have B550 counterparts with similar characteristics and prices but chance of having compatible BIOS version is probably 90% but that should be checked too.
OC is not a problem in any case with all of them. Of Rx 6000 GPU lineup only 6600 doesn't gain (much) from PCIe gen4 but others do to a degree. For Rx 6800/6900xt I would definitively go for B550, no sense wasting any money by at least some performance loss.

 

[randomuser2w2]

Of those B450 boards. Asus on account of BIOS features and Asrock on looks. otherwise both good MBs. One thing though, about 90% chance a prior BIOS update would be needed, Have to check with vendor which version is installed.
Both makers have B550 counterparts with similar characteristics and prices but chance of having compatible BIOS version is probably 90% but that should be checked too.
OC is not a problem in any case with all of them. Of Rx 6000 GPU lineup only 6600 doesn't gain (much) from PCIe gen4 but others do to a degree. For Rx 6800/6900xt I would definitively go for B550, no sense wasting any money by at least some performance loss.

i think i'll pick asus black color that have some best for me cause my case already black
so rx 6600 xt still fine too right, now how about rx 7600 still fine or nah?

 

[CountMike]

i think i'll pick asus black color that have some best for me cause my case already black
so rx 6600 xt still fine too right, now how about rx 7600 still fine or nah?

Rx 7600xt also uses only 8 PCIe lines and that means it's not sensitive to PCIe speed.

 

[randomuser2w2]

Rx 7600xt also uses only 8 PCIe lines and that means it's not sensitive to PCIe speed.

rx 7600 non xt i mean...

 

[CountMike]

rx 7600 non xt i mean...

Same thing. it's also x8.

 

[randomuser2w2]

Same thing. it's also x8.

ok, thanks