[SOLVED] Which is better for a ryzen 3 3100?

[ImmaJoker]

I'm on a tight budget so I'm just choosing between Gigabyte b450m DS3H and ASUS Prime b450m-a because here in my location they have pretty much the same price. What's the difference between the two? Which suits my CPU best?

 

[drea.drechsler]

For that processor they'd both be about the same. But at least the Gigabyte board has a heatsink on the VRM FETs so however small and un-finned it may be it's still better than the nothing that's on the Asus board's FETs. That said, neither should you ever plan on anything more than an 8 core CPU and even then only if not overclocking. Actually, it's probably best to not go above 6 cores on the Asus.

Both have USB ports, both have SATA ports, both have an NVME M.2 port, both on-board audio and on-board LAN. Neither support SLI of Nvidia GPU's.

So it gets down to how you plan to to use it: how many of those ports do you plan on using up? Does the Asus have enough (ports) to persuade you it's lack of heatsinking is worth it?

 

[ImmaJoker]

I just started my interest about pc stuffs so I don't really understand all of it, but I guess the gigabyte is the better one right because of the heatsink? I was planning to pair it with these components:
CPU- ryzen 3 3100
GpU - rx560
ram - 2x8gb 3200mhz
Is the mobo capable of releasing the maximum potential of my pc?

 

[drea.drechsler]

I just started my interest about pc stuffs so I don't really understand all of it, but I guess the gigabyte is the better one right because of the heatsink? I was planning to pair it with these components:
CPU- ryzen 3 3100
GpU - rx560
ram - 2x8gb 3200mhz
Is the mobo capable of releasing the maximum potential of my pc?

Those components make for a good match and the motherboard won't hold them back. It even allows for upgrade potential to a 3600X in the future... or maybe even a 5600X if Gigabyte releases a BIOS for it.

 

[ImmaJoker]

Those components make for a good match and the motherboard won't hold them back. It even allows for upgrade potential to a 3600X in the future... or maybe even a 5600X if Gigabyte releases a BIOS for it.

oooooow cool cool thank you man I'm definitely gonna buy this mobo and cpu now