Question Would you please reccomend a stable Motherboard that will work with these parts?

[Inib-nam]

I recently purchased these parts as part of a build recommended by a combination of a different forums discussion and PC parts picker.

Motherboard:Gigabyte B650 Eagle AX
CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 7600(w/ "Stealth" cooler)
GPU:Asrock Radeon 7800 XT
PSUP Be Quiet 850w
RAMI dont know all that is relevant)
Silicon Power DDR5 32GB (2X16) Zenith 6000 MT/s PC5-48000 288-pin CL301.5v UDIMM
COOLERStill Boxed) Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE
CASE: Corsair 4000D Airflow

The board will not display.
I have DRAM LED on, the 2 case fans turn, the CPU fan turns. I do not know the sound a CPU makes but I have heard maybe a slight hum under the fan, and not heard it, both with the the fan running and no added or removed parts elsewhere. By some miracle I avoided all RBG foolishness, there is a whitish blue light on the GPU that turns on, I believe I saw its fans spin briefly early into this process.

I have already wasted about 20 hours trying to get this motherboard to work. I will hold my tongue about the board and its manufacturer as I am done with both.I have spent about 12 hours of that time reading about this and the AORUS 650 here, on reddit, and other places. I also watched a small amount of video.
If you were more savvy I imagine you could learn what I have about it in 10 minutes.
This motherboard is for me a nightmare hellscape of variables that I am not willing to spend months of time and hundreds to thousands of dollars to continue troubleshooting. I can see from the experience of others just how "finicky" this board is,how resource intensive it is to get working and how scary it is to change anything later including turning it off.

Im not asking for tech help with it, but for the record.

I HAVE
Correctly Q Flashed 6 BIOS versions ranging from F2 to F31. Before this I of course tested F1 which the board still ships with for some reason.
Played musical RAM slots in A2 B2 and every other configuration
Allowed RAM to train each time
Cleared CMOS battery popped, jumped, and power held 10 seconds with maybe 5-10 short presses as well.
Not cleared CMOS as well each time to try both variables
Fiddled with CPU and Cooler loosening and tightening(I wasnt really buying this but theres always some guy saying this worked, as in a single one every discussion its bizarre)

I HAVE NOT
Tried any other parts. I am aware it could be a bad memory controller for the CPU, but at this point it feels like taking an old car chassis thats going to snap in two at any moment,dumping $30k into everything but the chassis, and then taking your family for a 6 hour commute with it every day. Im supposed to be using the PC 2 weeks ago. I am quite literally stuck somewhere this winter with NOTHING to do that is even remotely engaging or entertaining, RMA process is not an option.

I want off this ride. Please help.

I am using this for 1440p gaming at the most as far as graphics. I havent had a modern PC since I bought the last one in 2009...so I honestly dont know yet what else I will use it for.
I want WIFI capability and a SPDIF port, beyond that Ive seen nothing but overkill for my usage.
I dont plan on overclocking.
RGB functionality is worthless to me.
I havent played 3D PC games released after 2006, and couldnt play the majority of the CPU intensive games I prefer released in the 2010s and 20s(GS/4X/CRPG etc) so I have plenty to keep me busy if I can just get this working Im set for another decade easily.

 

[Lafong]

You are off of Gigabyte.

That leaves Asus, MSI, and Asrock.

You can have bad luck with any of them. But I understand that you are done with Gigabyte. You might have run into a design issue, a quality control issue, or just random bad luck. It doesn't matter. You are done with Gigabyte.

You might hear or read of dozens of anecdotes......"I've had great luck with XYZ". I wouldn't pay a lot of attention to anecdotes. But of course there is no large-scale valid study comparing the candidates.


You can read reviews and try to glean what you can. Maybe not much. They aren't far removed from anecdotes....one person's experience.

I'd probably look at MSI or maybe Asrock for a board in your price range that had the features you MUST have...SPDIF, Wifi, enough M.2 ports; enough USB ports, enough fan connections, RAM support, etc. Walk down the spec sheets of the candidates.

Micro ATX boards may be OK for your use case.

I wouldn't expect that a $400 board is going to be more reliable than a $200 board.

But there's luck involved. You can't get away from that.

Find 3 or 4 that you think are plausible and tell us what you've found. Maybe (maybe not) we could then advise you on the finer points.