[SOLVED] What is the Most reliable motherboard brand

[KazrinSS]

I need a AM4 motherboard but struggling to find the right brand

 

[helpstar]

there is no most reliable brand

just don´t get the cheapest and have a look at the warranty.

 

[CountMike]

I need a AM4 motherboard but struggling to find the right brand

Stay away from any A320 MB, no good ones in that segment. For R5 Ryzen, MSI b450 Tomahawk Max is arguably the best one. R5 3600 is ideal for it although not overclocked 3700x/3800x would also be fine. Anything higher like R9, Asus makes best MBs. (x470/570 chipsets)

 

[drea.drechsler]

I need a AM4 motherboard but struggling to find the right brand

It's curious, but if looking at it from a 'brand' perspective and looking at it broadly (which is probably unfair of course) you can say some brands are better depending on the generation chipset they're using.

For instance: MSI you have to be very careful which board you're looking at in their X570 lineup, while their B450 line was strong, with quite a number of particularly good boards. And both Asus and Gigabyte misfired with most of their B450 boards while hitting it beautifully with their X570 lineup.

And B350 (mostly out of consideration for current purchase, but still widely available) are pretty weak across the board mainly because of the the pitiful heatsinks they used on the FET's with weak 4 phase VRM's. Even an un-overclocked 1700 on many of those boards make for toasty hot VRM operating temperatures when Folding@Home.

In most every instance this is not to say they won't perform at least adequately well, but when you look at what you're getting for the money compared to the competition you can find it shows.

 

[Nemesia]

The minimum I recommend for a B450 and X570 board.

B450

• MSI Tomahawk MAX
• MSI Gaming Carbon AC

X570

• ASUS TUF GAMING
• Gigabyte Aorus Elite

These are pretty much the most sold board at the moment. The Tomahawk MAX especially.

 

[drea.drechsler]

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X570

• ASUS TUF GAMING
• Gigabyte Aorus Elite

These are pretty much the most sold board at the moment. The Tomahawk MAX especially.

I think you really have to add MSI's (new) X570 Tomahawk. At the US$200 price point it's coming in at it's definitely gonna be a winner. Quite the change-up from the weak $200 boards MSI launched their X570's with.

And sadly, B450 Tomahawk Max's are becoming hard to impossible to find in the US at un-inflated prices. Instead the B450 Gaming Pro MAX uses the same VRM under a slightly less massive heatsink at least.

 

[Andyme177]

I have had better luck with MSI Brand as far as reliable products and decent warranty.

 

[thomas4204]

I personally prefer Asus because of there warranty. I had a b450 fail on me and within 4 days I got my board back on Friday and they said it wasn’t covered under replacement but they would repair it, Instead of fixing it they just game me a brand new board.