Does A320M have any drawbacks besides not being able to OC?

matteusr

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Hi,
I'm planning to buy a Ryzen 5 1600 and I don't plan to overclock, I own a FX6300 for years and never even tried it. It's also really hot where I live in Brazil.

So, besides not being able to OC, will I face any problem using an A320M board with a Ryzen 5 1600?

A B350 is around 50% more expensive and it would delay my build as I can't spend much rn.

I don't want to xfire, sli, or own lots of storage drives.

Edit:
I actually can buy a B350 from asrock, but it have only 4Pin connector for CPU and no heatsinks for the cpu energy things (VRM's?), is it worth? Can it OC just in case it goes through my mind some day in the future?
https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/AB350M-HDV/index.asp
 
Solution
As long as you aren't planning to ever OC the CPU or RAM, the lack of heat sinks on the CPU and RAM VRMs isn't an issue. There is no other major difference between the A320 and B350 chipsets aside from individual manufacture's board designs, features, options,etc.