Is the Gigabyte Ga Ax370m Gaming 3 a good choice?

[reaper-of-the-lake]

I was about to buy the Ga-ax370-gaming K5 BUT is very expensive, so i found this alternative, so it is a lot of difference??

i want to put a Ryzen 5 2600x but thinking to upgrading in at least a year

 

[vMax]

Though very cost effective, it has not really been reviewed well and as importantly, I would move to X470 or better yet a B450 motherboard that will save a bit on costs and also bring you up to the latest AM4 platform for the Ryzen 2600X...The X370 might also need a BIOS up date to make it work for the 2600X..

 

[jojesa]

It could work but you might run into an issue.
The GA-AX370 needs a BIOS update before you can use the Ryzen 5 2600X.
I suggest you select a 400 series motherboard like the MSI X470 GAMING PLUS.

 

[Chaos2Theory]

If you want to upgrade you might be better off looking at asrock or asus boards. Gigabyte had major issues with the ryzen 1000 and 2000 series bios update bricking a ton of their motherboards during the bios upgrade process. IF you must go with gigabyte thats not a bad choice, although note that you give up a lot of functionality going with the m vs the k5.

Id personally recommend either the https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157761&cm_re=b350_asrock-_-13-157-761-_-Product or https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157800&cm_re=x370_asrock-_-13-157-800-_-Product from asrock. Both of those have much smaller failure rates, and solid bios support.

 

[reaper-of-the-lake]

soooo, Msi X470 Gaming Plus vs Asus X470-plus Tuf then?

 

[jojesa]

soooo, Msi X470 Gaming Plus vs Asus X470-plus Tuf then?

The're both very good choices but I prefer the MSI X470.
I had to return a couple of ASUS Tuf and never had issues with MSI.