[SOLVED] Help with new motherboard

[lofthouse1982]

Hi all,

My Dad currently has

Windows 10 64bit pro
Ryzen 5 1600x six core processor 3.6ghz
32 GB Ram DDR4 2666mhz 2 of 4 slots used
GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
4 SSD drives

I would like to know if this motherboard would be okay as an upgrade and all parts etc would fit and be compatible?

ASRock B450M Steel Legend AMD Motherboard

ASRock B450M Steel Legend AMD Motherboard - 90-MXB9Y0-A0UAYZ

Available @ CCL: ASRock B450M Steel Legend Motherboard. mATX sized, AMD B450 chipset, Socket AM4. Featuring 4x DDR4 slots, 4x SATA, 8x USB., Mfg Code: 90-MXB9Y0-A0UAYZ

www.cclonline.com

ASRock Fatal1ty B450 Gaming K4 AMD Motherboard

ASRock Fatal1ty B450 Gaming K4 AMD Motherboard - 90-MXB8A0-A0UAYZ

Available @ CCL: ASRock Fatal1ty B450 Gaming K4 Motherboard. ATX sized, AMD B450 chipset, Socket AM4. Featuring 4x DDR4 slots, 6x SATA, 8x USB., Mfg Code: 90-MXB8A0-A0UAYZ

www.cclonline.com

and also which motherboard is best for gaming?


Also I would like to get him M.2 Drives for his steam and origin account.

Thanks Richard

 

[Marioss77]

Both motherboards are great I have used both of them but with the fatal1ty I had some problems with the ethernet internet. When I was playing games I had big ping spikes while with a USB wifi antenna I hadn't. As an extra stell legend has beautiful RGB lighting. With compatibility, you will be fine with both motherboards

 

[lofthouse1982]

Thank you very much, i will get the Steel legend board

Many thanks

 

[drea.drechsler]

Thank you very much, i will get the Steel legend board

Many thanks

Did you notice the Steel Legend is an mATX board and the Fatality is n ATX board? You can put an mATX board in an ATX case but it will leave it empty.

If you have mATX case it's a good thing you chose the Steel Legend.

 

[Marioss77]

Did you notice the Steel Legend is an mATX board and the Fatality is n ATX board? You can put an mATX board in an ATX case but it will leave it empty.

If you have mATX case it's a good thing you chose the Steel Legend.

Yeah it up to preference here i personaly prefer small and nice looking to big and empty mobos.

 

[drea.drechsler]

Yeah it up to preference here i personaly prefer small and nice looking to big and empty mobos.

The point is to match your case. An mATX board is nice and small but one doesn't make an ATX case any smaller.

I also like mATX for their size...actually I like miniITX even more but those boards, and their cases and PSU's, are much scarcer and more expensive

 

[Marioss77]

The point is to match your case. An mATX board is nice and small but one doesn't make an ATX case any smaller.

I also like mATX for their size...actually I like miniITX even more but those boards, and their cases and PSU's, are much scarcer and more expensive

Yeah i know i personaly love small factor builds and one day i want to build one but smaller components=bigger price.

As for the case if he has it in a lower position the gpu will cover the empty case below.

 

[lofthouse1982]

Well my dads case is a

GameMax Aurora Mid Tower Gaming Case - Black USB 3.0
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Game-Max-Controller-Water-Cooling-Experience/dp/B07CDR4TXN

Would it be okay?

 

[drea.drechsler]

Well my dads case is a

GameMax Aurora Mid Tower Gaming Case - Black USB 3.0
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Game-Max-Controller-Water-Cooling-Experience/dp/B07CDR4TXN

Would it be okay?

To fit the board? yes of course; I just don't like the solid front. But if you have three fans in the bottom as intake in addition to three in the top as exhaust it should provide sufficient ventilation.