As the title says, is there a better motherboard at this $210 price point for gaming and photoshop that i can ride into the future with?
MSI MPG X570 GAMING EDGE WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard
MSI MPG X570 GAMING EDGE WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard
Depends what you're looking for.
The Edge Wifi is a doubled 4phase VRM, IIRC.....
The Gigabyte Aorus Elite is a doubled 6phase and $10 cheaper. The WIFI board is $210
https://pcpartpicker.com/products/compare/xCL7YJ,krZ2FT,F3gzK8/
HOWEVER, unless you need a specific X570 feature (pretty much PCIe Gen4).... Then ~$200 puts you in the pricepoint of some of the best X470 boards:
Both of those boards support flashing the BIOS without CPU/RAM installed, so if required, can be updated to support the 3000 series CPUs.
- the ASRock Taichi. Forgoes 10GB NiC and surface mount power/reset found on the Taichi Ultimate, but otherwise the same
- ASUS Crosshair VII - it's more expensive, so doesn't quite meet your "at the pricepoint" question.... but a very good board.
I would reconsider getting a MSi mobo... MSi has cut corners on their VRM design which YouTube videos show the VRM hits temps of 100+ degrees (or 40 degrees higher than the better boards) which causes the CPU to throttle its speeds. VRM design is extremely important with the new Ryzen CPUs because of their high current draw.
Just search for Hardware Unboxed X.570 motherboard videos on YouTube. They are eye-opening... (sad to say, I have a mid-tier MSi MPG Gaming Carbon Pro Wi-Fi motherboard which has one of the poorer VRM designs)
Any of the Gigabyte Auros, Msi Pro Carbon, Asus tuf or ROG etc
It's a $500 cpu. Personally I think it a little obnoxious to be pairing an expensive, hi wattage, hi core cpu like a 3900x with a budget oriented motherboard. Be like putting a i9 9900k on a budget Z390 and wondering why the cpu was choking.
Cpus like that belong on enthusiast grade mobo's, not consumer grade. There is a difference.
MSi appears to have cut corners on their VRMs which run at extremely high temps when used with the higher powered AMD Ryzen CPUs... I would look at a different board maker (and I have a MSi board and it does run extremely hot)...
I was talking about the videos, reviewers using a 3900x on a $200 budget X570 mobo. Once you moved into the $350+ enthusiasts class mobo's, nobody had temp issues.