Which B350 motherboard, out of these three?

[thomasst]

Hello,

I'm choosing a motherboard for an upcoming Ryzen 5 build, and I've narrowed down my choice to three options:

- Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming 3
- ASROCK AB350 Gaming K4
- ASUS Prime B350-PLUS

What makes my choice difficult is that there seem to be very few reviews of these boards available. A head-to-head comparison seems to show minor differences, which don't mean much to a layman like myself.

I intend to use the PC for everyday tasks, web surfing and casual gaming.
I plan to install 1 GPU, 2 SATA disks (SSD+HDD), perhaps an M.2 SSD in the future, 3200MHz RAM if possible, a DVD drive... Also, my case should have 3-4 fans installed.

Any thoughts will be appreciated!

 

[Ali Tauseef]

Go with ASRock one, will do your job.

 

[Seanie280672]

+1 for the AsRock for now, it has more VRM's than the other 2, I have the Gigabyte board and with only 4 VRM's supplying power to the CPU, they get toasty, thankfully, they have a heasink on them, which leads me to the ASUS board, avoid it like the plague, no heatsink on the VRM's

 

[thomasst]

Thanks for your insights. AsRock will then be my number 1 choice for now, if I opt for a Ryzen build.