Ok, so first, this is for a friend - and they have no plan to OC - but they're willing to pay a little more for the 2600X to get the beefier cooler and a small amount of extra CPU speed.
That said, as a Wi-Fi card, and possibly an aftermarket sound board (they're a bit of an audiophile) may be in the future, they're likely to go with a full ATX board. Gaming is a major factor though, so a higher-end video card is in the future (trying to account for the possibility of a card that may be 2-1/2 or 3 slot cooler size, ergo, accounting for PCIe slots being blocked on a smaller MB).
There are a few B350 boards out there that are significantly cheaper than their B450 equivalents - specifically, we're looking at the ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4. There's a combo deal for the 2600X and that motherboard for about $205, new, which is extremely tempting.
Assuming it's already got the BIOS upgrade for the 2000 series processors, is there any real downside to this?
That said, as a Wi-Fi card, and possibly an aftermarket sound board (they're a bit of an audiophile) may be in the future, they're likely to go with a full ATX board. Gaming is a major factor though, so a higher-end video card is in the future (trying to account for the possibility of a card that may be 2-1/2 or 3 slot cooler size, ergo, accounting for PCIe slots being blocked on a smaller MB).
There are a few B350 boards out there that are significantly cheaper than their B450 equivalents - specifically, we're looking at the ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4. There's a combo deal for the 2600X and that motherboard for about $205, new, which is extremely tempting.
Assuming it's already got the BIOS upgrade for the 2000 series processors, is there any real downside to this?
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