Hi,
Yesterday I decided to order parts to upgrade my old desktop (the current parts are in my signature). I ordered a Ryzen 3600 (£189), MSI B450 Pro Carbon (£120) and 16GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB CL15 @ 3000 MHz (£84) from Amazon.co.uk (with free shipping to Ireland). I'll be replacing the old drives with a 2TB Crucial MX500 that I just got on Prime day. However, I'm wondering if I made the correct choice of motherboard, so I've come for some opinions. The CPU and motherboard aren't in stock yet and will only ship in a week or two, so I still have time to change my mind.
I've been reading about MSI boards and a lot of people seem to be having problems flashing the BIOS. Also, due to the size of MSI BIOSes, some features have been dropped. None of these look important to me, but later revisions of AGESA could get larger and therefore cause issues.
I had a look on Amazon and found the Gigabyte X470 Aorus Ultra Gaming for £130. At the cost of WIFI (a shame, but I use a powerline adapter anyways) and £10, I would upgrade to the X470 chipset and swap to a Gigabyte BIOS. I haven't found much information about this board with Ryzen 3000 though. The reviews for it on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk seem poorer (3.7/5 @ 198 reviews for US and 3.8/5 @ 56 reviews for UK), compared to the MIS ones (4.2/5 @ 492 reviews for US and 4.8/5 @ 30 reviews for UK).
How do both boards compare in overclocking capabilities? I won't be doing that much, so it mightn't matter, but I will try to make to most of my parts (CPU, RAM and GPU). The MSI is meant to be decent, for the price, but I not sure about the Gigabyte.
I have a desktop with a 2700 in my office, so the lack of USB BIOS flashing on the Gigabyte board isn't an issue for me. I was planning on using it to flash the MSI board anyways to avoid problems.
TLDR; Do you think that it's worth cancelling my MSI B450 Pro Carbon order to get a Gigabyte X470 Aorus Ultra Gaming (or something else)?
Yesterday I decided to order parts to upgrade my old desktop (the current parts are in my signature). I ordered a Ryzen 3600 (£189), MSI B450 Pro Carbon (£120) and 16GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB CL15 @ 3000 MHz (£84) from Amazon.co.uk (with free shipping to Ireland). I'll be replacing the old drives with a 2TB Crucial MX500 that I just got on Prime day. However, I'm wondering if I made the correct choice of motherboard, so I've come for some opinions. The CPU and motherboard aren't in stock yet and will only ship in a week or two, so I still have time to change my mind.
I've been reading about MSI boards and a lot of people seem to be having problems flashing the BIOS. Also, due to the size of MSI BIOSes, some features have been dropped. None of these look important to me, but later revisions of AGESA could get larger and therefore cause issues.
I had a look on Amazon and found the Gigabyte X470 Aorus Ultra Gaming for £130. At the cost of WIFI (a shame, but I use a powerline adapter anyways) and £10, I would upgrade to the X470 chipset and swap to a Gigabyte BIOS. I haven't found much information about this board with Ryzen 3000 though. The reviews for it on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk seem poorer (3.7/5 @ 198 reviews for US and 3.8/5 @ 56 reviews for UK), compared to the MIS ones (4.2/5 @ 492 reviews for US and 4.8/5 @ 30 reviews for UK).
How do both boards compare in overclocking capabilities? I won't be doing that much, so it mightn't matter, but I will try to make to most of my parts (CPU, RAM and GPU). The MSI is meant to be decent, for the price, but I not sure about the Gigabyte.
I have a desktop with a 2700 in my office, so the lack of USB BIOS flashing on the Gigabyte board isn't an issue for me. I was planning on using it to flash the MSI board anyways to avoid problems.
TLDR; Do you think that it's worth cancelling my MSI B450 Pro Carbon order to get a Gigabyte X470 Aorus Ultra Gaming (or something else)?