[SOLVED] Should I switch my (unopened) MSI B450 Tomahawk Max for an ASRock B450 Steel Legend?

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Hello, the title says it all. I bought a tomahawk but realized it doesn't have an argb header. I'll have a Lian Li Lancool 2 Mesh case with argb fans (I could control the fan lights from software). Is it worth it to send back the tomahawk just because of the rgb? Here both of them cost around 115 USD.
Other specs: Ryzen 5 3600, Corsair CX650M, a 3060 Ti in the future, 16 gb 3200 Mhz Corsair vengeance ram.
Also, if you have other reccommendations in this price range, I'll gladly take them :)
 
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For a B450, this would work, and close in price

PCPartPicker Part List

Motherboard: Gigabyte B450 AORUS ELITE V2 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $119.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-02-17 09:54 EST-0500


Good B550 cost more, as they are better built boards, and come with PCI-E gen 4 for the top GPU slot, and M.2 NVME. The chipset uses 3.0 vs 2.0 of a B450.

PCPartPicker Part List

Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 AORUS ELITE ATX AM4 Motherboard ($159.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $159.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-02-17 09:55...

Ds_Tech

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Motherboard Manual mentioned
  • 2 x 5050 RGB LED strip 12V connectors
NO Argb

and also mentioned in this thread
both are good but mostly says msi is solid.
But I did not use any of them.
If you can get a b550 motherboard for r3600.
 

logainofhades

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For a B450, this would work, and close in price

PCPartPicker Part List

Motherboard: Gigabyte B450 AORUS ELITE V2 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $119.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-02-17 09:54 EST-0500


Good B550 cost more, as they are better built boards, and come with PCI-E gen 4 for the top GPU slot, and M.2 NVME. The chipset uses 3.0 vs 2.0 of a B450.

PCPartPicker Part List

Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 AORUS ELITE ATX AM4 Motherboard ($159.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $159.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-02-17 09:55 EST-0500
 
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