[SOLVED] Help me decide which motherboard to get

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Hi I want an advice and suggestion for my build .

I have found these low end b660 mobos fitting my budget from aliexpress

ASROCK B660M-HDV DDR4
MSI PRO B660M-E DDR4
MSI PRO B660M-G DDR4


And then I found this high end b560m motherboard for the same price as these low end above b660 motherboards

"MSI MAG B560 MORTAR WIFI DDR4"
" Gigabyte B560m Aorus Elite DDR4"
" ASUS TUF GAMING PLUS/WIFI DDR4"



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For B560m I will go with i5 10400F CPU

For B660m I will go with i3 12100F CPU


What do you think? should I go with low end B660 or that high End B560m MSI ?

If b660 pick what's the best one for me from the above


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If b660 I might upgrade later on to an i5 12400 or I7 keep that in mind


NOTE I will use mobo for gaming of course
 
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autoblogart said:
So what should I do the above are my only options . I go with b560 ? Check what is my options above
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Low end boards are low end, it is what its is. If you are an intense gamer, you should avoid them. If you are a casual gamer, then you might as well get by it, then again it might struggle with too much load on demanding games, because they lack adequate counter measures.
There is a bit of performance difference between 10400 and 12400. So, if it was me I would avoid a dead platform since 12th gen. boards should support next gen. as well. My best advice would be to save some more and go for a better b660.
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Hellfire13 said:
If you go with the 10400f now, it will give you pretty much similar performance to the 12100f. You can upgrade to maybe a 11700k/11900k somewhere down the line, but it will be not be as good as current gen.

You can go with the b660 boards now, you might or might not struggle with your games given your gaming preference/habit. You might have to compromise on performance to run stable FPS. If you stick with the board you can upgrade to a i7 or i9 later with which that board will surely struggle due to more power demand.

These are pretty much the scenarios that I can see. Tough call it seems.


Could not find any reviews. From the specs they look pretty much identical. The G version seems slightly better from the product pages...
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Yes that's what I thought too . So I just go with the Soyo b660m classic in kinda scared from it
 
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Hellfire13 said:
If you get the Soyo board, make sure to ascertain its warranty/after sales service. Chinese products are pretty tacky to deal with if they break down.
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They say they offer 3 years warranty in aliexpress. And by the way there is another issue I have an old ssd that have Windows 10 pro installed and was running on an i5 2500k and and an h61 motherboard . I guess if I installed it in my new motherboard drivers will not work or at least keyboard and mouse and i really need to boot to that ssd before I format . There is no ps2 port in the mobo . How should deal with that ? If I can't use mouse and keyboard
 
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autoblogart said:
They say they offer 3 years warranty in aliexpress. And by the way there is another issue I have an old ssd that have Windows 10 pro installed and was running on an i5 2500k and and an h61 motherboard . I guess if I installed it in my new motherboard drivers will not work or at least keyboard and mouse and i really need to boot to that ssd before I format . There is no ps2 port in the mobo . How should deal with that ? If I can't use mouse and keyboard
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Ali Express is not a place I can vouch for. I stay away from them and you can find a lot of horror stories about them all over the internet. So thats your call.

As for the SSD, you have to reinstall Windows and all necessary drivers on your new platform.
 
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logainofhades said:
The IPC of 12th gen is so much better, I cannot recommend going with a dead 11th gen platform.
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True . By the way I might get the Soyo b660m classic but I have a problem with the ps2 port there is no one in the motherboard. I have an add that
Hellfire13 said:
Ali Express is not a place I can vouch for. I stay away from them and you can find a lot of horror stories about them all over the internet. So thats your call.

As for the SSD, you have to reinstall Windows and all necessary drivers on your new platform.
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I need first to boot to backup then I can format . If I did plug the ssd in the .new .mobo will the mouse and keyboard work ? In order for me to backup
 
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Hellfire13 said:
Ali Express is not a place I can vouch for. I stay away from them and you can find a lot of horror stories about them all over the internet. So thats your call.

As for the SSD, you have to reinstall Windows and all necessary drivers on your new platform.
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It's the only place I can buy from other places are shipping expensive and I will get customs holding my orders . Because in Amazon for example or newer seller will not accept to declare low value on items to help bypassing customs taxes but aliexpress does
 
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Hellfire13 said:
As I said, its your call. You have enough information to make an informed decision.
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The last thing is keyboard and mouse thing can you check it out . I have an add with Windows 10 installed on an h61 mobo that is dead right now if I got the new mobo and plugged ssd and did boot from ssd will I be able to use mouse and keyboard to backup my files before format . I have also some browser things not only files
 
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autoblogart said:
The last thing is keyboard and mouse thing can you check it out . I have an add with Windows 10 installed on an h61 mobo that is dead right now if I got the new mobo and plugged ssd and did boot from ssd will I be able to use mouse and keyboard to backup my files before format . I have also some browser things not only files
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Use a working PC to backup your data before installing on the new machine. The existing Windows may not work with new hardware.
 
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Hellfire13 said:
To backup your data, you will have to attach it as a secondary drive to another PC/Laptop. There is no other way that I can think of.
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As I said I need to boot to Windows and backup files and some software settings . I only need like 6 hours or 5 for that . If u did plug an hdd or ssd that has Windows from old pc what will happen ? I only need mouse and keyboard working to do backup
 
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autoblogart said:
As I said I need to boot to Windows and backup files and some software settings . I only need like 6 hours or 5 for that . If u did plug an hdd or ssd that has Windows from old pc what will happen ? I only need mouse and keyboard working to do backup
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Its not about a few hours. Your existing Windows has Registry Entries from your dead machine. When you put that in new hardware, chances are there will be driver conflicts. It may or may not work, I can't say that for sure. You can give it a tryif you want.
 
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Hellfire13 said:
Its not about a few hours. Your existing Windows has Registry Entries from your dead machine. When you put that in new hardware, chances are there will be driver conflicts. It may or may not work, I can't say that for sure. You can give it a tryif you want.
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I see that's why the ps2 port is useful in these situations .

Thank you for your time and continuously replying . I will award this topic to you

1 last thing I want to know is a ram called corsair vengeance lpx 3200mhz. Is it good ?
 
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