[SOLVED] MSI B450 Tomahawk or ASRock B450 Pro 4

[Justin Hunter]

I'll only be moderately overclocking, nothing too extreme with my first build. Maybe after a year or so after having my PC i will probably do so. I've heard the Tomahawk has better VRM's but is that worth the price difference ($30 -$35). My budget is about $800 CAD, if anyone has any other suggestions for Ryzen 5 compatible motherboards that are within my budget that would be awesome as well.

Here is my build:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor | Purchased For $166.24
Memory | Team Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory | Purchased For $91.33
Storage | Samsung 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive | Purchased For $83.99
Video Card | Gigabyte Radeon RX 570 4 GB Gaming 4G Video Card | Purchased For $180.57
Case | Phanteks P300 ATX Mid Tower Case | Purchased For $45.00
Power Supply | Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply | $89.99
Case Fan | Corsair Air Series AF120 Red 52.19 CFM 120 mm Fan | Purchased For $5.00
Case Fan | Corsair Air Series AF140 Red 66.4 CFM 140 mm Fan | Purchased For $5.00
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
| Total | $667.12
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-03 22:24 EDT-0400 |

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

The Tomahawk is one of the Better B450 mobo's out there. It's highly rate for the reason you mentioned and others, including mem compatibility with DIMMS that aren't on the QVL. It's a nice mobo. I'd take it and the $30 hit over the ASRock anytime.