Which b350 motherboard should I buy for the ryzen 3 1200?

[Soumen 512]

I will buy the Ryzen 3 1200 in next week but I don't know what b350 motherboard to buy. I am looking for a budget but good motherboard I will do little bit of overclocking. and the motherboard should have some upgrade path because I will upgrade the cpu after 1-2 years. please guys help me out.

 

[photonboy]

The main things to look for with the motherboard are:

1) VRM power delivery reasonably good (for future 8-core such as R7-3800X)

2) get FOUR DIMM slots so you can use two now and two later (for now get 2x4GB 2666MHz or higher, preferably 3200MHz depending on cost, then buy an IDENTICAL kit later for 4x4GB total)

I'll post this and see about links, but even then prices/availability will vary by country.

 

[photonboy]

AM4: https://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#s=33

$90 to $110USD (rebate):
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ZHyxFT/asus-strix-b350-f-gaming-atx-am4-motherboard-strix-b350-f-gaming

$65 to $75
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/c2DzK8/msi-b350-pc-mate-atx-am4-motherboard-b350-pc-mate

$80 to $100
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Y4kwrH/msi-b350-tomahawk-atx-am4-motherboard-b350-tomahawk

IMO the motherboard is the MOST IMPORTANT part of the PC since it can cause a lot of hassle if something fails (especially if you need to rip apart the PC to RMA the board).

If your budget is sufficient I'd get the above ASUS board.
https://www.bit-tech.net/reviews/tech/asus-rog-strix-b350-f-gaming-review/9/

"There really isn't a lot to dislike about this board, and as well as Asus' usual excellent software suite and EFI coupled with a generous amount of fan headers for a £120 motherboard, there's plenty of scope here for lots of tweaking and the ability to fine-tune a high-end Ryzen system. It's a capable overclocker, has excellent memory support at and above 3,000MHz, RGB lighting, good cooling, and a decent layout too. "

I find Asus has continued to have excellent software support for things like fan control (in Windows) and BIOS updates and support seem pretty solid.

 

[Soumen 512]

The main things to look for with the motherboard are:

1) VRM power delivery reasonably good (for future 8-core such as R7-3800X)

2) get FOUR DIMM slots so you can use two now and two later (for now get 2x4GB 2666MHz or higher, preferably 3200MHz depending on cost, then buy an IDENTICAL kit later for 4x4GB total)

I'll post this and see about links, but even then prices/availability will vary by country.

Can u suggest me some motherboards which are full filling your condition like good vrm etc. I don't need 4 slots, 2 slots will be enough for me.

 

[photonboy]

The main things to look for with the motherboard are:

1) VRM power delivery reasonably good (for future 8-core such as R7-3800X)

2) get FOUR DIMM slots so you can use two now and two later (for now get 2x4GB 2666MHz or higher, preferably 3200MHz depending on cost, then buy an IDENTICAL kit later for 4x4GB total)

I'll post this and see about links, but even then prices/availability will vary by country.

Can u suggest me some motherboards which are full filling your condition like good vrm etc. I don't need 4 slots, 2 slots will be enough for me.

You really do want four DIMM slots though unless you are certain that the amount you buy now will be sufficient for the life of that PC.

You need TWO sticks of at least 2666MHz for Dual Channel to have sufficient bandwidth to not cause CPU performance loss.

If you buy say 2x4GB 3200MHz DDR4 now for 8GB total then you're stuck with 8GB unless you sell that kit and replace it with a 2x8GB kit.

I assume you aren't buying 2x8GB now since it's a budget build and you do talk about UPGRADING in the future so... ?