How to Choose the Best X470 Motherboard for Your Build

[TheTerk]

AMD"s latest chipset has some new features and supports Ryzen 2 chips out of the box. Here's how to pick an X470 motherboard that suits your needs and budget.

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[jpe1701]

How does PBO do on the more entry level boards? my 2700x does 4.05 ghz all cores on my x370 taichi with pbo enabled and 280 aio.

 

[rjm6410]

Atm in Australia but eta 6 July, we can get Asrock X470 Master SLi with claimed 12 power phase design for CPU.
It's the cheapest listed. So in that case it would be regarded as "entry level", I suppose.

https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/X470%20Master%20SLI/index.asp#Specification

But as a general rule regardless of platform, I would not recommend serious OC without high quality PSU.

 

[adrenb]

ASUS Prime X470-Pro 8 + 2 Phases, correctly 6 cpu + 4 soc phases

Best AM4 board Biostar X470GT8 Controller IR35201+ 12 phase IR3555 (8 CPU+4 soc). http://www.overclock.net/forum/27413841-post3085.html

Price 162$))) https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138462

 

[msroadkill612]

AFAIK folks, all the fuss about vrmsS is ~moot if you are planning on a power frugal APU.

 

[Ninjawithagun]

NOT RYZEN 2 CPUs!!! Seriously? They are Ryzen+ CPUs. The Ryzen 2 CPUs have not yet been released. Wow.

 

[dorsai]

Asrock x470 Gaming K4 w 2700x...able to hit 4.2ghz on all cores...240mm water cooled

 

[Soda-88]

Not a word on VRM? This is the most important thing with Ryzen series. 8 cores require a lot of power and cheap VRMs will melt over time under such stress...

 

[TheTerk]

We talk a lot about VRMs in this article, but they are referred to as Vregs. VRM stands for Voltage Regulator Module, and since we are not talking about the actual component choices but rather the designs, we use the term Vreg. A "module" also implies it is swappable, i.e. a memory module, TPM module, etc

Thanks guys for the comments! @jpe hit me up on Discord and we can talk about how to compare PBO across boards

 

[valto.makela]

The Asrock X470 Taichi Ultimate is a 12+4 phase desing. At 20w power loss its does 210 amps and the asus crosshair can do 250amps at the same power loss asus also has the better bios. So asus is way better in every situation Also the Asus x470 prime pro is a 6+4phase as pointed out by ADRENB.
Only motherboards that are worth getting are Asus Crosshair VII, Asus strix X470-f gaming, Asus x470 prime pro amd the msi X470 gaming plus. Who the fuck makes these. Go sub to Actual hardcore overclocking in youtube he has great videos about the am4 motherboards

 

[TheTerk]

Thanks for the comments Valto. I'm currently digging through all of this VRM/Vreg mess to help better cover these things in my reviews.
However, don't quote other websites and YouTuber's opinions as the gospel. At a component level, it's easy to get lost in spec sheets about "amps" and "power loss" without applying perspective and actual use cases. Components are important, don't get us wrong, but sometimes the best regulator designs can't overclock a dud processor.