[SOLVED] Need advice picking a motherboard.

[Yoyi]

I have both these boards as part of a bundle but not sure which one to keep:

https://www.newegg.com/asrock-phantom-gaming-b550-pg-velocita/p/N82E16813157934?Item=N82E16813157934

https://www.newegg.com/gigabyte-x570-aorus-elite/p/N82E16813145160?Item=N82E16813145160

Is either of them significantly better than the other?

 

[drea.drechsler]

I think they'll be very similar in terms of VRM quality. They both have 12 phases of DrMOS power stages that should stay cool with any Ryzen CPU on AM4, even when attempting to overclock..

The X570 does have some compelling features. Mainly that's more PCIe lanes to the PCIe sockets and they're all PCIe gen 4. But you really need to have a purpose for that, if so it might be a good choice. However it also has a chipset fan to worry about.

The B550 has PCIe gen 4 to the GPU and the NVME, which is more than anyone can take full advantage of right now. Unless price is much better for the X570 board I'd go for the B550.

 

[Yoyi]

I ended up keeping the x570, it was a good $40 less than the B550

 

[Zerk2012]

I have both these boards as part of a bundle but not sure which one to keep:

https://www.newegg.com/asrock-phantom-gaming-b550-pg-velocita/p/N82E16813157934?Item=N82E16813157934

https://www.newegg.com/gigabyte-x570-aorus-elite/p/N82E16813145160?Item=N82E16813145160

Is either of them significantly better than the other?

What processor are you using that makes a big difference. If your using one of the new 5XXX chips you need a motherboard that you can flash the BIOS without a working processor.

 

[Nemesia]

X570 Aorus Elite does have Q-Flash Plus.

 

[Yoyi]

X570 Aorus Elite does have Q-Flash Plus.

Does it. I am trying to look into it. I ended up keeping that one and was worried about that. I am putting a 5600X on it.

 

[Nemesia]

Does it. I am trying to look into it. I ended up keeping that one and was worried about that. I am putting a 5600X on it.

I have the same board and yes you won't have any problem flashing the BIOS without a CPU installed. Look at the video below

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9uGfIFufZI

 

[Yoyi]

I have the same board and yes you won't have any problem flashing the BIOS without a CPU installed. Look at the video below

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9uGfIFufZI

Woot!! Thank you for that. Really appreciate the help guys!