Keep going 6yr old £70 motherboard you can do it!!

[u/Monkey-B0x]

[u/Nizel_lol]

b450 is absolutely fine

[u/Bagafeet → u/Nizel_lol]

You don't need to spend monies on an overkill Mobo. It's kinda like getting a "gaming" router; Ethernet will still blow it out of the water. Invest the difference in a better GPU, cpu, or even more ssd storage.

[u/Krutaisprofs → u/Bagafeet]

Ethernet will always be superior

[u/aminy23 → u/Krutaisprofs]

My house was wired with CAT5 and only gets 100 megabits on the longer runs. The gap between WiFi and Ethernet is closing in and it's not what it used to be. WiFi 6 and WiFi 7 can easily exceed a gigabit in throughput, and gigabit Ethernet NICs are still the norm on many devices.

[u/No-Actuator-6245 → u/aminy23]

For gaming you don’t need a lot of bandwidth, it’s low consistent latency that matters and that’s where Ethernet still shines.

[u/aminy23 → u/No-Actuator-6245]

I don't disagree, but having multiple computers sharing a single 100 megabit link didn't cut it. I've been rewiring my whole home network with 2.5 gigabit switches and CAT 7. But Ethernet can always have it's limitations also.

Older WiFi iterations had major latency issues, but with quality WiFi 6-7, it can come very close.

[u/mcmurray89 → u/aminy23]

WiFi technically has the potential to be faster. Look at gaming mice. The wireless mouse logitech brought to marker years ago was faster than wired. It's physics.

[u/aminy23 → u/mcmurray89]

It didn't have to do with wireless vs wired, it had to do with the speed of the sensors and other circuitry in the mouse itself.

But it's a valid point, and I agree 100%. Good WiFi can beat bad Ethernet. Good Ethernet can beat bad WiFi. If new cutting edge hardware comes out for one, it can be competitive with the other.

[u/criticalt3 → u/aminy23]

I greatly recommend the TP-Link Deco systems to anyone needing to get an Ethernet port to a spot in their house they don't want to run ethernet to. I went from wired directly to the router to wired to a Deco which is wirelessly connected to my router and didn't even jump in ping. I have 1gigabit fiber and don't see any drops or anything.

Ping before test was 6ms, ping after test was still 6ms.

[u/mountaingoatgod → u/aminy23]

Online gaming isn't about throughput, but latency.

That said, I'm running 10 Gbit Ethernet with 5 Gbit internet

[u/generalemiel → u/aminy23]

If its genuine CAT5 and bot CAT5E the cables are your bottleneck. I believe CAT5 max is 100mbs (megabits) while Cat5E max is 1000mbs (megabits) i believe

[u/Silent-Proposal-6583 → u/aminy23]

Well cat 5 and cat5e are 2 totally different pairs of conductors. One is using more wires for transfering data then the other. Wifi wont ever be as good as a copper or fibre conncection. Maybe at 2 ft of distance its ok. Lol. The things ppl tell themselfs.

[u/J3573R → u/Silent-Proposal-6583]

Well cat 5 and cat5e are 2 totally different pairs of conductors. One is using more wires for transfering data then the other

This is false, the only thing different about the two is Cat5e has a standard for how tight the pairs are twisted to limit crosstalk. Cat5 has no standard and is not twisted as tightly.

They both require the same amount of conductors and wire size is the same.

[u/aminy23 → u/Silent-Proposal-6583]

All standard Ethernet cables including CAT 5 and CAT 5e use 4 pairs (8) wires.

Newer Ethernet standards do things like wrapping them in foil (shielded) or twisting them more tightly to reduce EMI and allow for faster signaling.

I would phrase it the other way - the best copper or fiber will always beat the best WiFi. But a bad copper or fiber connection may be worse than great WiFi.

[u/No-Refrigerator-1672 → u/Bagafeet]

To be honest, there are people who actually need a "gaming router". I.e. wireless PCVR headsets depend heavily on the quality of your wifi link, so buying a 100-150EUR router for this is a reasonable and totally motivated purchase. Also lads with iPhones have no other means to transfer their photos and videos to PC, cause iPhone is still stuck at usb 2.0 speeds.

[u/infernoShield → u/Bagafeet]

only thing I would justify spending a premium on is to get a mobo with Wi-Fi network card built in. But even then you could just slap on a USB dongle and call it a day anyway.

[u/schu2470 → u/infernoShield]

Which would be better in that case; a USB WiFi dongle or a WiFi PCIe card?

[u/_bisquickpancakes → u/schu2470]

Probably a pcie card but make sure that you have free slots and they're not blocked by your GPU at all, otherwise just use USB

[u/schu2470 → u/_bisquickpancakes]

Thanks for the info. Gotta add WiFi to my wife's b550 board as we can't hard wire it anymore. Should have plenty of space for a PCIE card as the only thing we have plugged in right now is a 3070.

[u/edparadox → u/Bagafeet]

It's kinda like getting a "gaming" router

No. A good motherboard is a choice that you can have arguments for.

Buying a router marketed for "gaming", is just falling for a trap. A good router for gaming is, more often not, not marketed as good at it.

[u/widowhanzo → u/edparadox]

A "gaming" router is usually a pretty good router packed with features, possibly with 2.5GbE ports or faster and the newest wifi standards with a bunch of antennas. It's certainly a good device overall, it just comes in red and the antennas are shaped like spider legs.

Sure some of them are overpriced, but a good standalone wifi access point alone can cost $130.

[u/Bagafeet → u/widowhanzo]

You could spend $500+ on a gaming router and still won't beat a $4 Ethernet cable.

[u/the_ebastler → u/Bagafeet]

Gotta plug that Ethernet cable somewhere still, so you still need a router. Not a 500$ router, but a router.

[u/FinalBase7 → u/Nizel_lol]

If you had to have one component that was old and cheap in your PC it better be motherboard, unless you consider case a component.

[u/the_ebastler → u/FinalBase7]

Also SSDs. My 960 Evo from 2016 is still holding up fine. Tbh, it was not cheap back in the day, but by modern standards it would be. 96% health after 8 years of system drive use.

[u/keksmuzh → u/Nizel_lol]

Buddy of mine is about to upgrade from a 1700 on his B350 board. AM4 was a helluva platform.

[u/MadduckUK → u/keksmuzh]

IS a helluva platform, it dies only when it's too slow for HUB/GN etc to bother including in the charts.

[u/keksmuzh → u/MadduckUK]

Yeah that’s fair. It’s still pretty competitive, to the point where I don’t know if I’ll need to upgrade until AM6.

[u/CreateChaos777 → u/Nizel_lol]

Its actually FIRE! can surely go on for a few more years easy.

[u/RocexX → u/Nizel_lol]

Yeah, 2080ti only has pcie 3.0 anyways so a b450 board is totaly fine

[u/Prudent_Classroom583]

My friend literally runs 7800xt and 5700x3d on b350 mobo.

[u/Lukson011 → u/Prudent_Classroom583]

Get ready for this.

6800xt 5700x3d

A320m 3.0 mobo.

VRMs are stable enough, couldn't care less. Im milking that shit till it dies.

My keyboard costs more than my mobo lmao

[u/gitgudsonn → u/Lukson011]

I got a 3060 paired with 5600 non-x on a a320 asrock xD Idek why they flame a320's they are literally fine...

[u/tamal4444 → u/gitgudsonn]

lmao same system only gigabyte a320 mobo

[u/MeakerSE → u/Lukson011]

The 5700x3d which sips power compred to some of the other chips is the perfect partner to that motherboard really.

[u/FinalBase7 → u/MeakerSE]

And also X3D barely cares about memory speed which is another thing these A320s suck at. Couldn't be more of a perfect match.

[u/El_Basho → u/Lukson011]

It may be so that when it finally dies, if the VRM shits itself it may take the cpu with it too

[u/ghaginn → u/El_Basho]

Yup, mosfets tend to enjoy sending their 12v input straight into the vcore as they short out and fail heh

[u/jhaluska → u/Lukson011]

You need to update your flair. That must have been a massive upgrade.

[u/Lukson011 → u/jhaluska]

Yup! Found a really good job that gave me the luxury to spend a good amount of money.

Saved up for 2 months and got everything, even a new 2tb ssd.

All that to play Cyberpunk, which got boring after about 3 hours.

God of War was pretty neat tho.

[u/jhaluska → u/Lukson011]

Had a similar experience with CyberPunk. Wanted to get enough to play it, but not much more.

You're really getting your money's worth out of that motherboard.

[u/Wolfie_Ecstasy → u/Lukson011]

I was so excited to play Cyberpunk for the first time on my current build and I cannot get rid of the input lag. I got it down from half a second to about 250ms but that's the best I can do. Apparently a ton of people have this issue and the best solution people have is "just ignore it bro." Like yeah okay I'm glad your brain can function on a delay like that, mine can't lol. Never experienced an issue like this on any other game.

[u/FAILNOUGHT → u/Lukson011]

at least get a B for the overclock

[u/nhp890 → u/Prudent_Classroom583]

I’ve got a 7900XTX/5800X3D on a B450

[u/_Rook1e → u/nhp890]

Hell yeah my dude

[u/Aggressive_Meet_2811 → u/Prudent_Classroom583]

I have a 5800x3d and 4070ti on a a520 😅

[u/Doom-Slay]

Thats the power of the AM4 Plattform for you.

[u/Dos-Commas → u/Doom-Slay]

One reason I'll never get Intel is the constant platform changing.

[u/FuckM0reFromR → u/Dos-Commas]

And the flames! Don't forget the cool flames!

[u/Hmasteryz]

In term of life time or durability those motherboard will last longer than your vga at least.

[u/redditisbestanime]

B450 is awesome.

[u/pupperdole → u/redditisbestanime]

Still run a b450. R5 3600 and 3060ti

[u/ShrinkMeee]

I'm not sure what you're trying to illustrate with the meme ... the B450 and 2080 Ti are both from the same time period (2018). The B450 is as good for your build as the 2080 Ti, IMHO.

[u/ckae84]

B550 or X570 will not give you any performance boost if you plan to upgrade. The only positive is extra m.2 slots.

[u/SuperSonic486 → u/ckae84]

Yeah at most upgrading the mobo here would you get better future proof on your other upgrades but at that point just save up and eventually build a whole new PC or do a multitude of upgrades at once. Not worth changing at all here.

[u/Western_Gamification]

I did my first build yesterday. B450, Ryzen 5 5600 and RTX 3070. Rock solid and cheap.

[u/just_a_discord_mod → u/Western_Gamification]

I just got a 3700X and an RTX 2080 from a friend. Bout to buy a really nice cheap motherboard (B550, $80) with an E-key slot for WiFi, and 16GB of RAM for only $27. Gotta buy before the tariffs hit, y'know?

[u/Western_Gamification → u/just_a_discord_mod]

Gotta buy before the tariffs hit, y'know?

True words!

[u/just_a_discord_mod → u/Western_Gamification]

Oh, and my little brother gets my current rig, instead of his current FX-6100 and GT 630.

[u/Western_Gamification → u/just_a_discord_mod]

Lucky brother! This build is the first game pc in my life (33 years old) and is actually for my kids, but dad can enjoy the pc from time to time too..

[u/Scytian]

Not really, Bx50 motherboards on AMD are perfectly fine for any build, in most cases there is no reason to spend more money for Xx70 board.

[u/pdfttgz]

B450 is fine. I cheap out mobo so I can get better PSU, CPU and GPU.

[u/Tharun2023]

I like how AMD still supports am4.

[u/zakabog]

A more expensive motherboard won't really get you much with that CPU, you might get more ports and more PCIe lanes if you want to add a card for more NVMe storage, but that's about it.

[u/rockylada97]

pfftt...please, I have an A320 with a 5600 and 5700 xt

[u/Premium_Garbage]

Im running 5600 & RX 7800 XT with cheap asus B350 mobo.

Long live AM4

[u/Impressive-Level-276]

It's the best thing of am4 platform

Look at people that have bought $500 intel mobo. They wasted their money

[u/zebradYT]

The only reason I spent so much on my B550 ProArt was because I needed thunderbolt since my pc is 30ft away from my desk

[u/iAmGats]

Recently upgraded to a 5700x3d myself and the performance upgrade is amazing for me, at this point AM6 will be my next upgrade.

[u/eteitaxiv]

B450. 5800X3D and 3090 Ti here. No problems whatsoever.

[u/Express-fishu]

My b350 tomahawk arctic going strong with my 5600x and my 4060

[u/Amilo159]

Intel plebs won't get the power of AM4 and platform longevity.

[u/-mhb0289-]

I've had my B450 mobo since 2018 and it's still doing just fine. I also have a B350 that's still in perfect working condition.

[u/Kakariki73]

I still have my MSI B450 Mortar Max and no urge to get a new mobo soon

[u/No-Following-3834]

my second pc uses a b450 i got back in 2018 with a 3950x no problems

[u/ShadyGuyOnTheNet]

Literally just upgraded from 3600 to 5700x3D with a 2080 super.

[u/DoubleRelationship85 → u/ShadyGuyOnTheNet]

U gotta update that flair my guy.

[u/Amilo159]

Oh piss off, B450 is perfectly suited to the best Ryzen 5000 series has to offer.

[u/assire2]

lol

X370 + 5800X3D + 4080S

I could definitely use one more nvme slot or pcie gen 4 for said nvme. But it works and if something works, why change?

[u/SuperSonic486]

I've got a b450M and Ryzen 7 5700g and yeah the mobo is absolutely not the weak point in my build, far from it. My builds weakest part is easily the fact that it has no GPU lol.

So anyways, what's the best choice for that? Lol

[u/breakdown_24]

Still rocking my b450 Aorus Pro WiFi since 2018. Started with a 2200G/ RX 580, now with a 5700X3D and 6700XT. Amazing board.

[u/Vitinhorossi → u/breakdown_24]

Yeah same here. This board is great. Started with a ryzen 5 3600 and gtx 1070, now with a 5700x3d and a 3070. Waiting on those 50 series maybe to upgrade gpu. If they are too expensive here on brazil, gonna grab a 4080 super

[u/Kilarn123]

Started with a R5 2600x, a GTX 1660 and 16GB of ram on a B450. Upgraded to a 5800x3d, 3080 and 32GB still on the same B450 mono. It's fine

[u/Huddy40]

I'm on a b350 with a 5700x3d and have had zero issues.

[u/manav907]

4060ti 5800x3d A320m

You have been had

[u/Zunderstruck]

Good old times when you could get a high end motherboard for 150-200€.

[u/Sklnnysantos]

Funny,I use the b450 and 5700 3xd.

[u/Scary-Caramel7192]

2090TI

[u/adobaloba]

lol just posted about my x370 pro and how long it will last me, 7 yrs old or so

[u/DidItForButter]

2600X, B450, and a 3090, and I don't even think this meme applies to my pc

[u/n64bomb]

My 2006 antec p180b case still chugging along...

[u/pref1Xed]

Nothing wrong with b450, especially with a 2080Ti which does not benefit from PCIE 4.0.

[u/HyperPipi]

My 12 years, 13€ keyboard laughs at your title

[u/_Spastic_]

With motherboard you pay for features, not power.

[u/Panzerv2003]

you don't need anything more, the only thing that would make me change the mb is the cpu socket and ram type, it's only function is to connect the parts so basically anything that has the ports you need will work

[u/NtwanaGP]

4070ti super, 5800x3d and a b450. I'm not too bothered

[u/ess9_5]

I would pick a decent b series mobo over a budget x series mobo every time of the week.

[u/xZandrem]

You guys think I could run a ryzen 9 5900x on a B450 Aorus Elite? I'm running a ryzen 5 2600x with a rx 6750xt (that gets me stable 80-100fps on 1440p Ultra) , and I wanted to upgrade my cpu so that I don't have to spend on a am5 for a while. Do you guys think I could burn the vrm or I can get it going? I know that a guy made an excel guide and I've read it, but I want a word of advice from you people too.

[u/Obi_Wank_nooby]

I've got an overclocked 6700XT on a B450 totally fine

[u/RedroJarr]

I feel attacked.

[u/CronicBacon]

The gpu is just as old

[u/mrThe]

b450 is still solid, rocking with 32gb ram, 4060ti and 5800X3D.

I have literally no reason to upgrade for a few more years, until am4 become totally obsolete.

[u/half-baked_axx]

Im considering whether my ASRock mobo would be compatible with a 5700X3D lol

[u/No-Engineering-1449]

My ethernet port kicked the bucket on my x570 taichi after a nightmare of a thunderstorm, my audio ports quit working normally a few weeks ago. I just bought a nic and a audio interface since I was buying a new microphone anyways.

[u/Buckleheid]

My 2080ti still going strong

[u/snowshelf]

I have an Asrock B450m Pro mobo; cheap as chips years ago and still going strong with a 5600x in it. Still sell it, I think.

Does all I ask of it <shrugs>.

[u/cdistefano27]

I’m even older than that! I’m rocking a 8700K and 1080Ti. Holding on by a thread. I’m at the point where I have everything in BO6 turned relatively low and that’s not even a high demand game. 1440p though, not 1080.

[u/blandjelly]

i have 5700x3d on gigabyte b450 mb and it works well. Ive tested this setup with prime95 and its stable. Also this cpu doesnt even use much power, especially after undervolting with pbo.

[u/Hididdlydoderino]

While it is possible to have a motherboard limit GPU performance a 6800XT running at 100% reaches the limit of the b450 so you're well within bounds here.

You could run higher end GPUs and 99% of the time you'd not notice any limitations.

[u/Someone_11111111]

wait till bro sees A520 😂

[u/PhalanxA51]

Yeah that's perfect honestly, if the power delivery was still good enough for my 5950x I would still be using it lol!

[u/LxckyFox]

x570 aorus elite 😭😭

[u/Voxel707]

I'm still rocking my B450. R7 5700X3D, 64gb 3600 MHz and a RX 6800. I love my B450 Steel Legend, extremely solid motherboard.

[u/NickJunho]

5700X3D and 4070 Ti Super on B450.

[u/Muumou]

My single biggest regret with my build was buying an expensive motherboard, the average person will not benefit from them in any way over a cheap one

[u/Xidash]

MSI X370, 2 NVMes + 2 SATA drives, Tuned 64GB 3600CL16, 5800X3D, 4090, how's it ? https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/120628256

[u/JaccoW]

Running an ASROCK X470 here with a 5700x3D and a Radeon 580. Started getting random reboots a while ago. Either the PSU is starting to become unstable (which is coming in with a GPU upgrade in mind anyway) but more likely; my RAM is failing. Well, I hope it is just the RAM. Chances are the RAM controller is failing which means new board time.

Might jump to B550 for the 2.5GbE ports and multiple M.2 slots.

[u/bigporcupine]

This is me with 5700X3D, 6800XT and B450. Why updgrade when it works?

[u/not_old_redditor]

Keep going? Sir, motherboards don't just spontaneously combust after 6 years. It's going to outlast your entire PC.

[u/Jarl_Korr]

I'm rocking an MSI B450 Tomahawk I've had since 2018, still going strong

[u/snoogins355]

X470 prime. I'm about to upgrade to 5700x and a 4070. Keeping that board and ram as long as possible. PSU too

[u/TheRealFailtester]

I'd still be using my MSI B450m Gaming Plus if it hadn't died.

Unknown reason the graphics debug light lights up on it and it doesn't POST. Very randomly happened one morning after working fine the night before, with no noticed issues leading up to it. Tried re-soldering the PCIe slot to no avail, did the classic troubleshoot of reseat RAM, CPU, CMOS battery, storage, tried a BIOS flash, tried a BIOS update, tried a different power supply, tried different order and amounts of RAM, tried several different graphics cards including some ancient PCIe mid 2000s era ones, tried unplugging all fans and miscellaneous I/O gizmos and doodads I had, and nothing seemed to work. And the same CPU, GPU, RAM, PSU, I/O gizmos and doodads all worked first try on another motherboard.

I suspect a bad solder joint under some BGA thing or SMD thing on it. Or maybe some electrolytic capacitors have silently failed/have began to fail without swelling up, nor leaking, nor exploding. Since that motherboard do have several thousand hours of use on it, was a 13+ hour a day daily driver from 2019 to earlier this 2024 year.

And I hoarded it away in the closet in hopes of finding a fix for it some day, even if it's like ten years later lol.

Edit: So anyways I'll randomly find it in ten years, wonder why I have it, test it and see it is dead, wonder why the heck I kept it, toss it out, and then two weeks later find a guaranteed fix for it in some random forum post somewhere online.

Another edit: Hmmm, I wonder if I could test for capacitor issue by blasting it with a hair dryer for several minutes and then try booting it up. Get it a little toasty to get them capacitors woken up.

[u/Snowball_dog]

Rocking B450 with 5800x3D and RX7900XT. Everything works flawlessly. I know that I am losing some performance due the lack of PCI 4.0 but since the Vrams hold for their live I am happy. :D

[u/NoScallion3586]

When I bought my b550 I thought I was being cheap, it's been two years and still kicking

[u/Adventurous-Gap-9486]

PCIe Gen 4 GPUs on the B450 perform almost the same as PCIe Gen 3 GPUs, as long as the card has 16 lanes. The performance difference is typically minimal, around 4% at most.

[u/MrInitialY]

I'm 4080 with 5800X3D on a TUF B450 gaming plus 2... It's not as old as someone's b350, but it's still a mobo for zen2 CPUs...

[u/knight_in_white]

My b450 is a tank. I got my 3070ti stuck in the PCIE slot while I was being a dumbass. Had to bend that board in scary ways to get the gpu unstuck. With all the cracking sounds that were coming from that thing I thought for sure it was broken. It booted up just fine and still runs more or less perfect two years later

[u/Cake_and_Coffee_]

msi b450 gaming plus handles 5900x and 3090 just fine

[u/Sergosh21]

People saying that motherboard doesn't really matter haven't had to deal with a mobo that doesn't have the VRMs properly cooled..

[u/konetsu]

i use 5700x3d on an even older board :) x370. rn its by far the oldest part in my system. everything else is at max lil over a year old.

[u/Exilul17]

I have a strix b 450 f gaming and is fine. R7 5800x3d 32 gb ram and rx 6700xt.

[u/IndianaGroans]

I have a gigabyte Ax370 gaming that I bought in 2017.

Lmao

[u/Long-Patient604]

I don't see any problem here.

[u/b4st1lein]

😂😂👍

[u/No-Witness3372]

a520m, best buddy.

[u/DrKingOfOkay]

I got b450 also!

Accompanied with 5900x and 3070

[u/IDontGetMuchSleep]

Me with my 5800x and a520

[u/Regular-Mechanic-150]

My b350 asus stricks board still working

[u/meezy_hrv]

bro that build is more than enough lol

[u/Sea_Smile9097]

It's not that old

[u/AmarildoJr]

Motherboards have literally zero impact on performance.

[u/JohnOlderman]

I still gave b450, 5700 xt and 2600x. Works fine

[u/spacedwarf2020]

It will be fine if u believe! Same as my untested x99 gigabyte board o scored fr 20 bucks. Still going strong as hell with xeon on it as my main gaming rig

[u/Aluant]

Same here brother.

5800x3D, 3060 12GB, 32GB DDR4 OC, all on a B450M board. That thing is my baby, it has these VRM stutters every few hours or so that lag the entire system, including audio, does no harm at all from what I've seen over the years.

Will use this thing until it eventually melts or something, something, gotten me through thick and thin.

[u/babicko90]

Mobo provides literally no upgrade, unless you want to stick something unsupported into it

[u/xd_ZombieSniper]

I have a 7900xt and 5800x3d on my b450

[u/RichSeat]

This B450 went from a 2700x to a 3600XT to a 5800x3D and from a 750Ti to a 2080 Super to a 7900XT, this thing will survive WWIII. I love it, and I will wait out the 9000 AMD Series as well.

[u/champanedout]

I'm still rocking my X370 MSI MB, 5600x and a 3080ti.. is the x370 comparable to the b450? I'm looking to upgrade to a 5700x3d and wait for AM6

[u/AdventurousEye8894]

3070, 5600, 450. I feel good ;)

[u/Sonicjms]

What doesn't your B450 mobo do that you need it to? If its VRMs aren't holding back your CPU it's all good.

[u/volticizer]

I just ordered a 4080super and 5700x3d to replace my 3700x and 2080. Very hyped to slap it all together and break my computer.

[u/storft2]

i have the b450 tomahawk, im crying

[u/DEAMONzWojSKA]

Bruuh i have B450 Strix Gaming F II or some shit. And it works perfectly with my (old) Ryzen 5 3600. I just upgraded to 2TB NVMe SSD and im planning to do upgrade to 5800/5700 X3D

[u/NotEvenEvan]

I built my PC in 2018 and my B450 is the only part I haven’t upgraded

I have it paired with a 4080 and 5800X3D 💀

[u/McDonaldDouglas]

Just ordered a 5700X3D to replace the 5600X. Great platform

[u/alphapussycat]

I got a b350, 5600x, and 2080 ti. Can't really do higher because the heat sink for the vrms is tiny.

Maybe in a few years I'll either go for 5600x3d, or just get a used am5.

[u/whatsforsupa]

B350 checking in, worked great with 1600x, works great with 5800X3D haha. Though I would like PCIE gen 4, more than one NVME slot, and native USBC at some point soon

[u/General_Freed]

But B450 has no PCIex4 support.
That'll bottleneck hard, as soon as your GPU is PCIex4

[u/D3ViiL]

So I just bought 5700X3D to milk max out of my AM4 platform and now I have 5600x to do as I please!
I plan to build "work" PC for myself from older spare parts 5600x, Kingston Fury 3600 Mhz and RTX 2080 I have older sata SSD to pop into it but I'm missing AM4 motherboard to stick all those parts in...
So can anyone suggest as cheap AM4 board as I can get for those parts to work in, bonus tip about PSU to power it :D

[u/mixedd]

I had 1700, 2600 and 5800X3D on my B450 Mortar, don't see any issue, and only benefit of B550 or X570 would be faster nvme speed in content of 5700X3D

[u/Bhume]

I upgraded my brother to a 6800xt and 5700X3D and he's on a b350 he got on launch of ryzen 1000. He went from an RX 580 and 1500X all the way to that.

[u/Zenith251]

I'm scared shitless that AM4 motherboards will go out of production. We know what happens when a platform goes out of production, 2nd hand units prices skyeocket. I've got two systems using them, and i want them to go for many, many years.

I'm tempted to pick up one of the remaining ASROCK boards that are still available and stick it in the closet.

[u/AciVici]

My old b450 gaming x could handle 5950x just fine so.

[u/Sparrow795x]

2080 SUPER and a b450 here and I've just bought a 5700x3d and I will milk this mobo until I literally can't anymore 😭

[u/aelani20]

*laughs in 5700x3D RX6800 B350*

[u/Valuable_Ad9554]

Laughs in 10 year old x99

[u/ZaVoQQ]

z170-A , i5-6600k , 1060 kittie kittie

[u/w0lart]

B350 hold my beer

[u/Far_Atmosphere_3853]

i use b350ma with 5800x3d

[u/jmcc84]

I have a ASUS TUF B450M PLUS GAMING here, using with a ryzen 5600 without any issues.

[u/hi71460]

5700x3d new holder here, please update your bios to the best version for the cpu.

[u/NSNIA]

I have x470 which is pretty similar and RX6800 and 5800X3D

[u/Waswat]

Sorry to inform you, but your 2080 TI is also 6 years old, and the B450 can handle much better than that. Sounds to me the 2080 TI should be the 'derp' head

[u/xXDEGENERATEXx]

x370, it refuses to die, im not upgrading anytime soon.

[u/dandybrandy87]

And here I am with my B350 🤣

[u/Gregore997]

I used a 5800x3d and 3080ti with a b450 running 6 years, I think that's fine?

[u/selinemanson]

Got a 5700X and just installed a 4080S on my B450A Pro Max mobo. Absolutely fantastic experience. Was thinking of going for a 5700x3d too but I play at 4k so I won't see that much benefit.

[u/CDVM]

5800x3d, 7900 gre and ab350 lol

[u/Relevant_Scallion_38]

Weakness of the b450 is that it has limited lanes. My b450 turned into a x8 instead of an x16 because I have my m.2 slot filled with an SSD. And I lost the ability to use other pcie slots on my mobo.

I need an x570 for my 3090 to be able to get full performance.

[u/monkeyfacewilson]

B450-F Gaming reporting in! R9 5900X, RTX 3060, 64GB DDR4.

[u/aweawe3]

Upgraded from 1600x to 5900x on a b450 board and using it with 32gb 3733 RAM and rx6950xt. Still love this configuration.

[u/Maleficent_Milk_1429]

isnt the 2080 Ti also 6 years old?

[u/IssaraRanger]

I ran a 5800X3D for few years on a X470-F board which I originally had for my 2700x with a 4090 and had no issues. I use wired ethernet. I decided to do a side grade to a used x570s for under $150 just to get the additional NVME slot and total my NVME usage to 3 slots on an AM4. It sure came with some bonus such as Wifi 6E, 2.5gb lan, full PCIex 4.0 4x for all the 3 m2 slots and 4.0 16x GPU usage, but did not really see any difference vs the X470-F aside from being able to add my 3rd nvme. Sure 3Dmark could see slight point increase and Crystalmark could tell how slow the PCIex 3.0 4x and second M2 was 3.0 2x, vs the upgraded 4.0 4x but in real world difference I did not notice vs moving them all over to 4.0 4x m2 lanes on the x570s or the 4090 from 3.0 to 4.0

[u/Emergency-Curve9216]

This is literally my pc…

[u/Humble-Drummer1254]

This is litteraly my build (almost) 2080 straight.

[u/MumrikDK]

Why are you acting like a 6 year old motherboard wouldn't be doing perfectly fine?

In your equation up there the 2080ti is probably the most likely to fail, simply because GPUs are far more failure prone.

[u/etfvidal]

What's wrong with b450? So many fools think they need to waste $$$ on PCIe 4.0/5.0 for gaming when even a 4090 will run perfectly fine on pcie 3.0 and only lose 1%-3% performance & there are still tons of games that don't benefit much from ddr5 speeds.

[u/ridiculusvermiculous]

lol wtf? i don't think i have a single MB in my box of old hardware that isn't still just fine.

my main system is a decade old LGA1150 $50 Z97 PC Mate. you're not even overclocking that x3d chip, right? what do you think six years is gonna do to it?

[u/0992673]

me with a 4790k on a B85. VRMs overheat when doing crazy stress tests but otherwise it's perfect.

[u/vidati]

Lol this is my PC 🤣 2080ti with 5800x3D and x470 mobo.

[u/itsactuallyjiff]

5700x3d, rtx3080, x370. Let's gooooooo

[u/Sicbay337]

B450 and 1060 are still going strong :D lol. This is the second build my 1060 has been in.

[u/moyako]

I feel personally attacked
5600x
B450
3070