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I am both a PC gamer and drone pilot. I plan to build a new mid-range gaming PC in the near future after Nvidia's RTX 50 series and Radeon's Navi 48/44 GPUs are released. The motherboard series that I am considering are the AMD X870E, X870, and B850. I intend to use the PC for both PC gaming at 1440p and basic drone video editing. Please note that my drone will be 4K capable for both aerial videos and photos, but I am planning to do basic video/photo editing, graphics, and animation. Nothing crazy or Hollywood level at this time in terms of editing. My overall understanding of the differences between the three motherboard types are that the X870E uses PCIE X16 Gen 5, USB4, and PCIE Gen4x12 and Gen3x8, X870 uses PCIE X16 Gen 5, USB4, and PCIE Gen4x8 and Gen3x4, and the B850 uses PCIE X16 Gen 4/5, USB 3.2, and PCIE Gen4x8 and Gen3x4 (https://www.msi.com/blog/msi-x870e-...en-7000x3d-series-processors-its-time-to-pick).
I don't know if this will help with your suggestions, but just incase, here is the overall plan for my build. For the display, I plan to have a dual monitor setup at 1440p resolution (either with HDMI or DisplayPort). For storage, depending on prices and sales, I will go with a Gen 5 M.2 NVME SSD with either 2 or 3 TB of storage and either two SATA SSDs or HDDs with at least 2 TB of storage each. For Wi-Fi, I plan to get either a Wi-Fi 6E or 7 internal antenna expansion card. For the GPU, depending on their specs and price, I am looking at either an RTX 5060 or 5070, the Navi 48 or 44, or possibly the RX 7900 XT/XTX (if still faster than the Navi GPUs and prices fall). For the sound card, I am currently planning to go with a USB external sound card, but it is possible that I could go with an internal one. For RAM, I will go with either a two or four stick layout that provides the best value of price to performance for both gaming and editing. For the CPU, unless recommended otherwise, I am looking at the AMD 9800X3D. Depending on the PC case that I select, I plan to connect both a Blu Ray drive and DVD drive either internally by SATA or externally by USB for music CD ripping and burning (yes, I am somewhat of an audiophile). I would like to mention that I have mainly used USB 3.0 for peripherals like keyboard, mouse, webcam, external storage, flash drives, and occasional CD ripping and burning, but I plan to move further over to USB-C. Depending on the motherboard and case that I choose, if either of them do not have any or a sufficient number of USB-C ports, I plan to add a USB-C expansion card either to the motherboard or case (possibly even both). I also plan to add a 5-10 port USB 3.0/USB-C hub on to my desk and connect it to my PC for easier connections for peripherals like mice, keyboards, external HDD, and webcam.
I want a motherboard that allows me to upgrade the CPU, GPU, and RAM if I upgrade my PC two or three years into the future to whatever current products are available at that point (if their sockets and plugs are still manufactured and supported). I also want the motherboard to have at least a couple of extra SATA and PCIE slots incase I need to add additional hardware in the future such as another hard drive or PCIE-based expansion card. I want my gaming PC to be fast and reliable, but I don't plan to overclock. I also want to avoid overkill.
Based on the information that I have provided, will I notice any real world differences in terms of performance between the X870E, X870, and B850 motherboards when connecting my internal and external components and devices to them? Which motherboard series do you think would work best for me?
Thanks in advance.
I don't know if this will help with your suggestions, but just incase, here is the overall plan for my build. For the display, I plan to have a dual monitor setup at 1440p resolution (either with HDMI or DisplayPort). For storage, depending on prices and sales, I will go with a Gen 5 M.2 NVME SSD with either 2 or 3 TB of storage and either two SATA SSDs or HDDs with at least 2 TB of storage each. For Wi-Fi, I plan to get either a Wi-Fi 6E or 7 internal antenna expansion card. For the GPU, depending on their specs and price, I am looking at either an RTX 5060 or 5070, the Navi 48 or 44, or possibly the RX 7900 XT/XTX (if still faster than the Navi GPUs and prices fall). For the sound card, I am currently planning to go with a USB external sound card, but it is possible that I could go with an internal one. For RAM, I will go with either a two or four stick layout that provides the best value of price to performance for both gaming and editing. For the CPU, unless recommended otherwise, I am looking at the AMD 9800X3D. Depending on the PC case that I select, I plan to connect both a Blu Ray drive and DVD drive either internally by SATA or externally by USB for music CD ripping and burning (yes, I am somewhat of an audiophile). I would like to mention that I have mainly used USB 3.0 for peripherals like keyboard, mouse, webcam, external storage, flash drives, and occasional CD ripping and burning, but I plan to move further over to USB-C. Depending on the motherboard and case that I choose, if either of them do not have any or a sufficient number of USB-C ports, I plan to add a USB-C expansion card either to the motherboard or case (possibly even both). I also plan to add a 5-10 port USB 3.0/USB-C hub on to my desk and connect it to my PC for easier connections for peripherals like mice, keyboards, external HDD, and webcam.
I want a motherboard that allows me to upgrade the CPU, GPU, and RAM if I upgrade my PC two or three years into the future to whatever current products are available at that point (if their sockets and plugs are still manufactured and supported). I also want the motherboard to have at least a couple of extra SATA and PCIE slots incase I need to add additional hardware in the future such as another hard drive or PCIE-based expansion card. I want my gaming PC to be fast and reliable, but I don't plan to overclock. I also want to avoid overkill.
Based on the information that I have provided, will I notice any real world differences in terms of performance between the X870E, X870, and B850 motherboards when connecting my internal and external components and devices to them? Which motherboard series do you think would work best for me?
Thanks in advance.
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