Very good price and cheapest X670E I've seen. Discount probably coinciding with the influx of B850, X870 motherboards, etc…
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Will this work with 9800x3d out the box?
Should do - but Q-Flash is there if need be…?
it will really depend on the version of bios and how long it's been sitting there on a shelf, this board was released before the CPU so always best to assume it needs a bios update to work. As Thiefsie mentions you can use Q-flash (bios flash button on the back of the board) to get it updated without a compat CPU.
I just bought the MSI b650M "equivalent" and it worked fine with my Ryzen 5 9600X without a bios update (it says on box - "ready for Ryzen 9000 series"), perhaps the 9800x3d is newer though
i have this one with 9800x3d and no issues, it even supports 9800x3d gaming mode but i tried it and it made games worse for some reason
Fair warning - I bought a heavily discounted MSI motherboard just like this from UMART last year and it was faulty from the get go. All sorts of issues. They were bloody horrible to deal with too and would not accept fault.
Scorptec and Umart are part of the same dodgy parent company. They are no good criminals. Just my 2c.
Probably got a lemon one mate. It happens. If it was faulty from the get go didn't they just process an exchange or refund? Usually for DOA products there is a 30-day window where they don't make you go through too many hoops. I thought uMart and MSY were the same now. Didn't know the parent company also owns Scorptec?
TBH, I can recall a crap experience with every tech retailer in AUS (mwave, Scorptec, umart, MSY, Centrecom, PCCG). They are all the same
I bought some shit ass UW monitor from Umart once and they also did not accept fault and forced me to pay a restocking fee. Screw Umart. I'll never buy from them again.
To be fair, unfortunately most PC parts retailers have and always will be like this. RMAing things is a nightmare full stop.
In the meantime if you're assembling a PC you can't use it due to lacking components.
scorptech is it's own company,it's not associated with umart.
Yup, I think he's getting confused with MSY and Umart
God damn it paid $389 in November last year when the 9800x3D first launched. Updated BIOS and AM5 chipset drivers. It has been rock solid for me since then
A buck-fifty a day? Sounds worth it.
me 2 - hey just asking - did you try 9800x3d gaming mode with it?
I did but made some games so much worse, not sure why
Disables SMT which is probably why. Don't need to mess with the 9800x3D too much out of the box mate. Turn off that game mode crap and just do PBO and CO with a conservative 10 or 15 negative offset (undervolt)
Does anyone else agree this is the order of quality?
Asrock > MSI > Asus > Gigabyte
worst to best?
Are you new to the greater than symbol?
Ha. Whoosh.
I'd say ASRock are no longer best - frankly it depends on the chipset.
It's no longer that simple. Each brand has a higher and low end product to varying degrees of success.
They're all the same, they all make crap ones, they all make good ones.
This or Asus TUF Gaming B650-E WiFi AM5 ATX Motherboard for 9800x3D
Depend on the price.
Asus is around $30 cheaper but if there wasn't a price difference which one would be preferable
X670e is more advanced, so take that as you will. Usually means better i/o and potentially VRM components. A while back the price difference was extreme. WIth this deal, less so.
Personally I picked x670e for a little better future proofing. This could be a waste of $$$
I'd just get a cheap one for now until the B850s have flooded the market and price becomes normal.
I opted for this with a cheap second item bringing it down to about $360.
https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0BDTJFHKJ?ref_=ppx_hzod_title_…
Deal here (but low stock): https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/887383#comment-16157843
Is this one good for 9800x3d + 50 series GPU?
Thanks
Should be fine. There's no evidence whether a 5090 (+) will clog the PCIE 5.0 lane, but it's pretty unlikely.
This might be a dumb question.
Picked up a GIGABYTE B650 AORUS Elite AX V2 during christmas. Still in return period.
Is this MSI one worth buying and returning the gigabyte board? tbh im kinda sick of the rgb issues with gigabyte and stuff.
If you think PCIe 5.0 is worth it for you and the I/O is preferable on the MSI one, sure. They look very, very similar apart from the PCie 5 lane.
So I'm a little confused by the specs for my GB one.
It says:
"Superfast Storage：1PCIe 5.0 x4 and 2PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 Connectors"
"Full-length PCIe slots
1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 with PCIe UD Slot
2 x PCIe 3.0 x1
"
Does that mean it doesn't have a PCIe 5.0 lane? And if so, do you know what sort of performance difference that would make?
Appreciate any insight you can provide.
b650E and x670E
E for extreme meaning PCIe 5.0 for GPU slot.
It's worth double checking which boards can both do 5.0 gpu as well as NVME as some cannot do both. There are some B650 (non-E) boards I believe that mislead by saying they are PCIe 5.0 but in actual fact it only means for the NVME drive, not the x16/GPU slot. Conversely, there are E boards that only have it for the GPU slot not NVME as well, but frankly that's probably what you would want it for as there is perhaps limited use for 5.0 PCIe pipeline for NVME drives.
The deal has expired but your B650 supports the following (from here: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B650-AORUS-ELITE-AX-V2/… )
Expansion slots:
1 x PCI Express x16 slot (PCIEX16), integrated in the CPU:
- AMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Processors/ Ryzen™ 9000 Series Processors support PCIe 4.0 x16 mode
- AMD Ryzen™ 8000 Series-Phoenix 1 Processors support PCIe 4.0 x8 mode
- AMD Ryzen™ 8000 Series-Phoenix 2 Processors support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode
The PCIEX16 slot can only support a graphics card or an NVMe SSD. If only one graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.
Chipset:
- 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, supporting PCIe 3.0 and running at x1 (PCIEX1_1/2)
Storage:
1 x M.2 connector (M2A_CPU), integrated in the CPU, supporting Socket 3, M key, type 25110/22110/2580/2280 SSDs:
- AMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Processors/ Ryzen™ 9000 Series Processors support PCIe 5.0 x4/x2 SSDs
- AMD Ryzen™ 8000 Series-Phoenix 1 Processors support PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSDs
- AMD Ryzen™ 8000 Series-Phoenix 2 Processors support PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSDs
1 x M.2 connector (M2B_CPU), integrated in the CPU, supporting Socket 3, M key, type 25110/22110/2580/2280 SSDs:
- AMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Processors/ Ryzen™ 9000 Series Processors support PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSDs
- AMD Ryzen™ 8000 Series-Phoenix 1 Processors support PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSDs
- AMD Ryzen™ 8000 Series-Phoenix 2 Processors support PCIe 4.0 x2 SSDs
1 x M.2 connector (M2C_SB), integrated in the Chipset, supporting Socket 3, M key, type 25110/22110/2580/2280 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSDs
4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10 support for NVMe SSD storage devices
RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10 support for SATA storage devices
My understanding is that it only supports PCIe 5.0x4 for NVME.
For GPU its PCIe 4.0x16 - You can't SLI well with this board (but who does that any more??? - AI freaks that's who…!)
The price was raised to $380, probably an error in the first place? Curious if anyone actually got them to ship it out instead of just getting a refund
out of stock now. missed out :(
cheers, bought 5
Also, if anyone is interested in AsRock AM5 Motherboards, Scorptec seem to have quite the lineup of B850 motherboards available from them (some X870 too?). AsRock stock does seem spotty, so who knows how long they will last.