Gigabyte B360M DS3H for i5-8400

[wongnog]

Looking to build a budget i5-8400 system to upgrade from my aging i7-2600K. Right now I can get the Gigabyte B360M DS3H for $80 CAD, but for $20 more I can get the much highly recommended ASRock B360M Pro4. Anything seriously bad with the Gigabyte where I should just pony up the extra $20 for the ASRock?

Link to my build, plus the components I already have:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8 GHz 6-Core Processor ($283.61 @ PC-Canada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B360M DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($79.08 @ Canada Computers)
Memory: Team - Elite Plus 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($135.58 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Western Digital - WD Green 2 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Green 3 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 4 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: Thermaltake - VM30001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $0.00)
Optical Drive: LG - CH10LS20 OEM Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer (Purchased For $0.00)
Monitor: Asus - VZ279H 27.0" 1920x1080 60 Hz Monitor (Purchased For $0.00)
Total: $498.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-21 22:54 EST-0500

 

[kiss-method]

I personally like the quality of asrock more. But you are looking at a B chip board... So there really isn't that much of a difference, just make sure it's got enough usb ports/sata for your needs.

Your build is alright.... But you won't regret this

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($77.63 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Team - T-Force Delta RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($139.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Western Digital - WD Green 2 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Green 3 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 4 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: Thermaltake - VM30001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $0.00)
Optical Drive: LG - CH10LS20 OEM Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer (Purchased For $0.00)
Monitor: Asus - VZ279H 27.0" 1920x1080 60 Hz Monitor (Purchased For $0.00)
Total: $447.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-21 21:15 EST-0500

 

[wongnog]

The only thing with the Ryzen is I will need to spend another $50 for a GPU -- I don't do any gaming so a GT 710 will probably do. Also the B450M's tend to only have 4 SATA ports vs 6 on the B360M's, and I currently have 5 SATA devices in my build. Anyway here's my Ryzen 5 2600 part list, which ends up being $37 more than my i5-8400 build (after taxes and rebates):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor ($259.88 @ Amazon Canada)
Motherboard: ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($94.29)
Memory: Team - Elite Plus 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($135.58 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Western Digital - WD Green 2 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Green 3 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 4 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GT 710 1 GB Video Card ($45.72)
Case: Thermaltake - VM30001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $0.00)
Optical Drive: LG - CH10LS20 OEM Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer (Purchased For $0.00)
Monitor: Asus - VZ279H 27.0" 1920x1080 60 Hz Monitor (Purchased For $0.00)
Total: $535.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-21 22:52 EST-0500

 

[kiss-method]

Ah... Yeah I didn't notice you didn't have one on the list, I assumed you had one since there were many owned parts

Well if you don't game, what's the intent tie system use?

Because at that point, web browsing and simple word tasks would benefit more from higher clock speed vs more cores

 

[wongnog]

My main use cases are in h.264 and h.265 encoding using Handbrake, and also some recoding/transcoding using Avidemux and MKVToolNix. I don't have a video card because the 2600K has integrated graphics, same with the i5-8400 which is why I'm leaning more towards that CPU for my build.

 

[kiss-method]

Uhhh well here's something that you have not considered, which I found out last year when i got my Adobe.... Newer version of programs use GPU encoding as well. I'm not fully familiar with the programs that you use, but I remember Avidemux uses GPU. You should do a bit of research with your programs and see if you would benefit from having a GPU, if you do, it'll increase render performance and other

 

[wongnog]

Hey guys,

OK I completed my build with the following components:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8 GHz 6-Core Processor (Purchased For $180.00)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B360M DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (Purchased For $79.08)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (Purchased For $129.93)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Western Digital - WD Green 2 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Green 3 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 4 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: Thermaltake - VM30001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $0.00)
Optical Drive: LG - CH10LS20 OEM Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer (Purchased For $0.00)
Monitor: Asus - VZ279H 27.0" 1920x1080 60 Hz Monitor (Purchased For $0.00)
Total: $389.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-29 14:10 EST-0500

I'm a bit uncertain if my memory is running at DDR4-2666 or only DDR4-2400. The only thing I've done in the BIOS is to enable XMP (on the default Profile1), but I'm not sure what that is doing. Here is what CPU-Z says about my DIMM right now:

DIMM #				1
	SMBus address		0x51
	Memory type		DDR4
	Module format		UDIMM
	Manufacturer (ID)	Team Group Inc. (7F7F7F7FEF000000000000)
	Size			8192 MBytes
	Max bandwidth		DDR4-2400 (1200 MHz)
	Part number		TEAMGROUP-UD4-2666  
	Serial number		01042AFA
	Manufacturing date	Week 49/Year 18
	Nominal Voltage		1.20 Volts
	EPP			no
	XMP			yes
	XMP revision		2.0
	AMP			no
JEDEC timings table		CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
	JEDEC #1		10.0-10-10-25-35 @ 750 MHz
	JEDEC #2		11.0-11-11-27-38 @ 825 MHz
	JEDEC #3		12.0-12-12-29-41 @ 900 MHz
	JEDEC #4		13.0-13-13-32-45 @ 975 MHz
	JEDEC #5		14.0-15-15-34-48 @ 1051 MHz
	JEDEC #6		15.0-16-16-37-52 @ 1126 MHz
	JEDEC #7		16.0-16-16-39-55 @ 1200 MHz
	JEDEC #8		17.0-16-16-39-55 @ 1200 MHz
	JEDEC #9		18.0-16-16-39-55 @ 1200 MHz
XMP profile			XMP-2666
	Specification		DDR4-2666
	Voltage level		1.200 Volts
	Min Cycle time		0.750 ns (1333 MHz)
	Max CL			15.0
	Min tRP			12.75 ns
	Min tRCD		12.75 ns
	Min tRAS		26.25 ns
	Min tRC			39.00 ns
	Min tRRD		4.00 ns
XMP timings table		CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC-CR @ frequency (voltage)
	XMP #1			15.0-17-17-35-52-n.a @ 1333 MHz (1.200 Volts)

Thanks!