[SOLVED] Should I buy this motherboard?

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I am planning to buy a new motherboard because my previous motherboard died. I am buying the MSI B450m PRO-VDH Max. I want to run a Ryzen 3 1200 without overclocking it. Is it future proof to run a Ryzen 7 with stock clocks. Does this board have a decent BIOS ? Also I will put 16gigs of Corsair LPX CMK8GX4M1A2400C16R (both have same version) memory sticks. Will I have any problems putting the 1st gen Ryzen straightaway without BIOS issues? Please tell if anything serious is wrong about this board.

 

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It's a bit lower end, you want to ensure that the board is well capable on the power delivery side, there's better B450's the top dog being the MSI Max but there's few budget ones that will do the job well like the Asrock B450 Pro 4.

 

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It's a bit lower end, you want to ensure that the board is well capable on the power delivery side, there's better B450's the top dog being the MSI Max but there's few budget ones that will do the job well like the Asrock B450 Pro 4.

Watch this-

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWAwOH-egFs
from 31:59 to 36:35.
After watching this it does not make a huge difference about which board I buy in that range. I could not find any review of the pro vdh max that is why I came here. After reading on Newegg and Amazon , people said they had no issues running a rtx 2060 with Ryzen 5 3600 on this board.

 

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That board will be fine but the RAM you listed is a big mistake. When I search for that part number it is 1x8gb 2400mhz. Ryzen 3000 series is best run on 3000-3600mhz RAM, slower speeds will hold back the cpu. Also single channel is a mistake, this will seriously hurt performance and cause stuttering in some games. If the plan is to add another 1x8gb later then this can have issues, RAM should be bought as a matched kit to avoid issues. Ideally for a Ryzen 5 3600 and RTX2060 you want a kit of 2x8gb 3000 to 3600mhz.

Edit: just noticed that motherboard only supports up to 3466mhz RAM.

 

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That board will be fine but the RAM you listed is a big mistake. When I search for that part number it is 1x8gb 2400mhz. Ryzen 3000 series is best run on 3000-3600mhz RAM, slower speeds will hold back the cpu. Also single channel is a mistake, this will seriously hurt performance and cause stuttering in some games. If the plan is to add another 1x8gb later then this can have issues, RAM should be bought as a matched kit to avoid issues. Ideally for a Ryzen 5 3600 and RTX2060 you want a kit of 2x8gb 3000 to 3600mhz.

Edit: just noticed that motherboard only supports up to 3466mhz RAM.

I have already told that the version of RAM is same. I know that it is meant for single channel only, but owing to Corsair's generosity they specially matched and arranged a kit for me which had the same version number ,clocks. Regarding supported memory speed I think it should be fine. 3200MHz is the sweet spot I guess.

 

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I have already told that the version of RAM is same. I know that it is meant for single channel only, but owing to Corsair's generosity they specially matched and arranged a kit for me which had the same version number ,clocks. Regarding supported memory speed I think it should be fine. 3200MHz is the sweet spot I guess.

You did not say it was a matched kit. 2 individual sticks of same make and model does not make it a matched set. A matched set will have a different part number. FYI see the odd man out section https://forums.tomshardware.com/faq...y-ram-and-xmp-profile-configurations.3398926/

Edit: also the RAM you listed is 2400. Unlikely it will OC to 3200mhz. The performance difference between 3200-3600mhz is small.

 

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You did not say it was a matched kit. 2 individual sticks of same make and model does not make it a matched set. A matched set will have a different part number. FYI see the odd man out section https://forums.tomshardware.com/faq...y-ram-and-xmp-profile-configurations.3398926/

Edit: also the RAM you listed is 2400. Unlikely it will OC to 3200mhz. The performance difference between 3200-3600mhz is small.

Should I use a GPU without 6 pin connector on this board? I don't know if cards like rtx 2060 totally depend on PSU or depend on PSU+PCIe. I have an RX 460 4GB.

 

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Should I use a GPU without 6 pin connector on this board? I don't know if cards like rtx 2060 totally depend on PSU or depend on PSU+PCIe. I have an RX 460 4GB.

The motherboard does not matter for this. You just need a decent quality psu of 550w or more.