Question Which motherboard for 7950X?

[MonteCarloSim]

I won't be overclocking. Will there be any performance or stability issues if I choose any of the following motherboards for the 7950X?

GIGABYTE B650M GAMING X AX DDR5,Socket AM5 mATX Motherboard

GIGABYTE B650M AORUS ELITE AX DDR5,Socket AM5 mATX Motherboard

ASRock B650 Pro RS DDR5,Socket AM5 ATX Motherboard

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

This video should help you out;

View: https://youtu.be/ZtHOOyWYiic

 

[Avro Arrow]

I don't think that the Gigabyte boards offer good value. Here's why:

Gigabyte B650M Gaming X AX µATX - $214
Gigabyte B650M Aorus Elite AX ATX - $180

So, they hover around $200 for a B650 board, the more expensive of the two is also a µATX instead of a full ATX.

If you want to pay around $200, you shouldn't be getting a second-rate chipset like a B650, especially not on a µATX board when you could get an X670E full-ATX board instead:

ASRock X670E PG Lightning - $200 at Newegg

The most important attribute of any motherboard is the chipset and the X670E is the absolute top-of-the-line chipset that AMD offers on AM5 motherboards. If your budget is ~$200 (which, based on your choices, it seems to be) then I believe that the ASRock X670E PG Lightning is the only motherboard you should be looking at.

 

[MonteCarloSim]

Thank you for your explanations.

In terms of performance throttling, stability and endurance, it seems the GIGABYTE B650M AORUS ELITE AX offers the lowest temperatures for the 7950X at 56c, which is cooler than virtually all of the X670E boards shown in Hardware Unboxed's X670E's videos?

B650 temps

View: https://youtu.be/ZtHOOyWYiic?t=1311


X670E temps

View: https://youtu.be/ibNjPksgaOA?t=266


The ASRock X670E PG Lightning is US$50 more expensive where I am. I'm not sure if it's worth more if the performance benefits arent justified?

 

[TeamRed2024]

I wouldn’t pair a 7950X with anything but X670E. I don’t much care about a few degrees temp variance… but I do care about things like power delivery and m.2 slots.