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Nice, an updated guide for motherboards, and just when i was thinking of finding a guide for that.

Seems nobody wants to talk about the ASRock B650 LiveMixer, for some reason. Incredible amount of USB ports, very good VRMs, Nahimic audio, a Gen 5 NVMe slot, and two Gen 4 NVMe slots. $150 at Newegg.

I just upgraded last year, don't use AMD, and already know most of this stuff but I still click because this is the fastest, most passionate, most detailed knowledge about my hobby on this website.

Thanks for this guide man! I usually always skip long vids like this but this was very informative and also discussed what I needed to know on motherboards.

The E boards also have an entire 2nd x670/b650 chipset on them, which is why they have those slots and usually more high speed connectivity(usb thunderbolt etc) its not just product segmentation, there is actual extra hardware.

Aaaaay, the MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WIFI. I bought that one from Best Buy back in November for $172 plus tax. Freakin' love it. Everything I wanted in a new platform.

Ordered an MSI B550-A Pro yesterday for my 5700x, perfect for Third World budget builds, fingers crossed and I won't even have to update the BIOS.

My AM5 system uses the Asrock Steel Legend X670E motherboard and I love it. My AM4 system uses the Steel Legend B550 variant and I also love that motherboard. I haven't had any trouble with memory timings, odd motherboard issues, or needing additional tweaking to get everything working.

Already pulled the trigger on a B650 PG Lightning got a pretty good deal on it at 160 euros, but this gives me a pretty good insight in building a pc for a friend and potentially saving him money, great video as always jason u've been a huge help, great content as usual.

I ended up picking up the Aorus ice for the x670 for my all white build with a 7950x3d. It’s great

It’s very important to note that certain motherboards will automatically lower the speed of the top PCIe slot if you plug anything into the 2nd and 3rd slots, which means your GPU will take a performance hit. My particular motherboard (Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master) does this, and lowered the top slot from PCIe 4.0 down to PCIe 3.0 after installing an expansion device into the 2nd PCIe slot.

I just built a new pc a couple months ago, I have the b650 elite ice with a 7600x and the controversial a770 with 32 gb ddr5.. I've been very pleased with the performance and have plenty of headroom for future upgrades

AMD B series motherboard highly recommended for 2024

Thanks, Jason! I just picked up a Ryzen 5 7500f on AliXpres for under $130 (first time buyer deal) and will be pairing it with an RX 6800 GPU. I was online last night trying to pick a motherboard. This really helped so I appreciate your recommendations.

The MSI Edge B650 WiFi is a better board than the B650 WiFi Tomahawk version (also costs a bit more) & that is what I used on my recent Ryzen 9 7900 12C/24T 1440p build. My late-2019 3700X 1080p build used an MSI B450 Tomahawk motherboard & that PC is still running great today with all the original hardware, so both board options are a good choice really.

2:40 been watching your videos for some time now. The presentation with hand gestures and the other small details like that you include are a form of ASMR. I find rather relaxing watching you do those things. Keep up the good work. 👍🏻

Love it. And from a sound perspective, just so surprinsing how so few of these boards have the RealTek chip 1220 + optical Toslink output. How are you going to live without it today ??? Given this combo should work as well as a 124 dB SNR Sound Blaster ZxR combo, with only 24 bits 96Khz capabilities, or even the newer ones.

Awesome video as always Jason!!! Always informative and entertaining! Stay well buddy!!!!!!

Thanks so much, Jason. This is super helpful -- as are your various other videos I recently viewed. Thank you.

Thank you for alot of videos, help a ton building my new dream pc :) You explain everything very good

4:00 I must add that your Motherboard supporting 4 m.2 slots for example, or having support for PCIe Bifurcation are premiums for X series boards, rarely seen on B series boards, that further future proof your system. But you are right, not everyone will keep adding drives when they are running out of storage, and not everyone will buy a PCIe x8 GPU that has slots for 1 or 2 m.2 drives running at PCIe x4.

5:09 Mr. bear licks of approval

I’ve heard that there are some issues where 7000 CPUs and motherboards end up booting slowly. Is there any recommendation for a board that would be better for this over other ones? Thanks!

youre videos are very Helpful

I put my new 7600X in an Asus TUF GAMING X670E-Plus WiFi ATX Motherboard. I paired it with a Nvidia 4070 Ti Super. I’m happy with all of it.

I have a B550 in my 2020 build, with a 3800X and a 3060Ti. Im kind of astonished that the B550 is still on the thumbnail image for a "best Ryzen Mobo's in 2024" video 😅 Recently updated to 5800X3D, and im looking to go next gen Radeon when 2025 rolls around.

asus TUF GAMING

Is the windows CD key really legit?

Well good job on this video, it’s very good. Awesome content at start about the cryptic board descriptions. But in the mid part I was kinda shocked, that you seem to value boards on their connectors. Don’t forget that you need to see behind the connectors - some of them don’t work in some combos on some boards. Most important is here the compatibility or better to say the layout of some boards can deny full PCI-E x16 if used with m2 in some combinations. That’s the reason why some boards with x670 chipset are so “overpriced”.

So I searched randomly "PC builder motherboard". This dropped 23 hours ago lol. Certified fresh

Got the B650 Tomahawk a few months back on my first build. I really like it and decided to forego the Micro Center bundle with the Gaming X AX to get this mobo and the lower CL RAM of my choice

Ryzen 7700, Gigabyte B650 Aourus Pro AX, and a Powercolor 7900 GRE Hellhound.

AM4 is surprisingly still getting chip releases geting 2 more this year it seems so it's good to keep up to date on the boards available for the platform. For that reason bios flashback is mandatory for any AM4 board. I would also say that if rear IO is important to you maybe check out the B550M AORUS ELITE AX. Personally I got a good deal on a MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK WiFi and still thinking of getting a add on card to slot into the 3.0x1 slot to shift some of my devices closer to the bottom of my case for organization of cables and to free up the better rear IO ports.

Well, Gen 5 PCI-e slot is far from useless if you are going to use next gen GPUs. Nvidia 5000 and AMD 8000 series onwards most likely will use gen 5. That is later this year or 1H of 2025. Also, x670 has a lot more PCI-e lanes. Meaning B650 boards are going to disable connections if some other connections are used. So B650 actually can't use as many m.2 slots as advertised as slots. Also some B650 boards actually disable half of GPU slot. So you are getting 8x GPU if you use that another slot for anything.

You really took your time to script and pack a TON of very useful information here! Anyone contemplating a new build needs to watch this.

Love the time stamps

FINALLY I can understand the motherboard nomenclature. This was so useful. A guide + tierlist combo, just.. *cheffs kiss*

I just ordered my new parts and went with the ASUS TUF Gaming B650. Sort of got it by accident because I'd changed down from the ASUS ROG Strix B650E to budget for a monitor and forgot to change it back when I removed the monitor!! This is reassuring that the one I'm getting will still be a quality item, even if not the top level!! To be honest, as long as it causes no problems Im happy

About PCIe and m.2 slots, pay close attention to board diagram in the motherboards documentation. On some boards, if you slot a m.2 into the top (sometimes also the fastest) m.2 slot, it will half the bandwidth of the top PCIe slot (often the one with the reinforced PCIe slot intended for a heavy GPU) from x16 to x8 mode, wich can make a slight difference, especially later down the road when more powerful GPUs and things like DirectStorage will want all the bandwidth they can get.

Jason, I've been on the fence here lately. Not sure what your thoughts are on getting into Ryzen 7000 series now, or waiting until their next generation later this year. I'll be targetting somewhere around 7900x3d territory of wanting a good workload PC while also netting solid gaming performance. I game in 4k, so not too worried about having a pure gaming chip. Thoughts on waiting versus not?

Thank you so much! This was the best video I've seen on the subject. Bought the MSI MAG B650 from Microcenter on the employee's recommendation, was thinking of going back to swap it for an X670, changed my mind after watching this.

All this time I've been listening to your channel I've never heard you review the Asrock B650 livewire motherboard. I did a lot of research and landed on this motherboard for my build. You talk a lot about rear USB ports and the livewire has 12 total. I paid 149.00 for the board. It's an awesome board and wondering why you have never spoke about it. I'm running the livewire with 7800x3d with the rx 6700xt gpu and have been running an average frame rate of 136 fps on Avatar with a 144 hz monitor.

Thanks so much for the video! I was struggling to find a good b650m board for my build. Now I have one.

I would agree on the A series. However, there are several -very- bad B boards. The one thing is, we're starting to see X series in that same price segment (see Asrock X670E Pro, which is now in several places below $200) that said, the most significant benefits of X670E do matter depending on your end use plan. Having a 10Gbe onboard was a virtual requirement for what I was after, as a Quadro is going to take up slots, and I have repeatedly upgraded my NVME to as fast as I can go for video swap surface before it gets to my NAS. One other item you don't often find on B650 is Thunderbolt4, which, if you are also dealing with creator purposes, you are likely to need. So, plan on your purpose. Are you building to game? Or are you building to create? Very different. And, at a certain point, you may hit an area where looking at Threadripper pays off. I'm not eager to upgrade my Threadripper 5975, but PCI-E lanes, but for some users, this will matter. Keep in mind: fastest graphics card will also be very different based on your build purposes.

I haven't built a new PC since 2001 when Athlon XP and GeForce 3 were top notch. Watching this video has gotten me up to speed in an excellent fashion. After 20+ years, I'm getting back into the game. Thank you for such a comprehensive overview

Thank you so much! I got CPU and GPU figured out but am lost on mobo's. Really appreciated the comment on audio level and also the white version motherboards 😁 Trying to build my first gaming PC and there are so many parts to research, you are a real help ❤

Didn’t watch this great video yet, but I was literally looking on your channel a couple of days ago for the best ryzen motherboards, y u do dis to me lol😂 thanks for top quality videos tho 👌🏾

Just bought a MSI Tomahawk WiFi motherboard, 7800x3d and g.skill AMD expo 64gb 6000 mhz CL30 rgb ram. I’m having issues with my current AM4 rig so couldn’t wait. Hopefully it has the latest bios already

i have been rocking a r5 2600 and gtx 1650 since 2019-2020 and was hunting for offers to upgrade and finally today i got a b650E riptide for 116USD and a r5 7600 for 209USD couldnt be more happy

For Zen5 remember there are 28 PCIe lanes. 4 are reserved for taking to the chipset(s) if you are 670 chipset is really just two 650s chained onto the same 4x PCI chipset lanes. The other 24 lanes are normally diveded between 16 for GPU slot, 4 for main M.2, 4 for second M.2 the final 4 are either a PCI slot (often a x16 slot but only wired with 4 lanes) a 3rd lane or on a handful of bards they use these for a 40gb/s USB4 port.

Helpful and informative as ever, thanks. Could you do a list that focuses on MicroATX specifically?

Suspect timing again, was looking at the last motherboard guide, and found this one only hours after I last looked. Great as always Jason! And if you don't mind, can you please make an updated PC cooler guide, since the last one was in mid 2022?

Great video!

You havent covered ASRock B650E Taichi Lite. You missed the best motherboard money can buy!

I think you are highly overestimating how fast people have been upgrading saying that "most" people dont even use sata ports anymore. I think most people are still on sata and a high portion of people are still using hard drives. M.2s are still very new for almost every normal people out there.

Im still rocking my X570 Dark Hero, love this board. It will go down as one of the coolest motherboards ever, IMO.

Perfect timing i was getting lost on what the best MB was right now. Thank you sir. 👍🏾

i think gen 5 pcie might be worth once the final am5 cpu comes out, its not that unlikely gen 5 gpus come out around the same time

First of all, thank you for the great videos. 2 I have a nice Ryzen 7 5800x 32Gb RAM in an X570 Steel Legends, although I know it is a very good PC so far, I took advantage of a super offer from Newegg and bought a Prime x670p Wifi for only 135usd (taxes included), I know it is not the best x670 but at that price I could not resist

Wow, really nice detailed video, very thorough and with timestamps. Thank you so much, this was very helpful.

As always great content Jason (and Sarah)! ^^

I got the ASUS TUF x670e-plus wifi and happy with it. When I was looking the I/O is what really sold me on it. I didn't like the orange coloring but with my LEDs set to red you can't even see the orange at all so it worked out.

I can easily find my way into other parts no problem but motherboard is where I struggle because there's too many things to look out for and their names won't give out there actual specs. I'm thankful you have a comprehensive guide like this

Absolutely great video, thanks Jason. I’m not currently building but use your videos to help friends and family that ask me for advice, as things change so much and I wouldn’t give out advice unless I had a good information source. I really like the Strix F board (especially as it is on sale in the uk at £209 right now) but I wish it had the Q-code reader (has helped me troubleshoot in the past) and a usb c header. The Strix b650e e gaming has these features for £269, but users need to be careful. If I’m not mistaken when M.2_3 is populated, PCIEx16_1 runs in X8 mode. Maybe not a problem right now but could be down the line for high end gaming builds. Just seems an odd choice to make as the second pcie slot may not be effected. This could be a topic to cover in an advanced builders guild. ‘’Understanding your motherboard’s connectivity and the importance of reading your manual”. Plus how to decide what features are important.

this video was really helpful. Im helping my friend get a pc and seeing that amd is best for price to performance im going with amd for him. I have nvidia and intel buils so learning about the amd cpus from this video made me understand the cpu and mobo combos better. Thank you Jason for being here to help me :)

Thx for the feedback. I'm not sure though, I read a lot of bad comments about the MSI B650 Gamig Plus Wifi, idk... - Is it actually a good board?

Why does Jason post the perfect videos for everyone at the perfect times, thanks so much

Great guide. I upgraded from ryzen 1600x to a 5600G due to Windows 11. Unfortunately, i am still on a B350 Mobo. So, this definitely helps for my next upgrade. 👍

Great video, I follow a lot of YT tec, chans and its nice to see you dont forget those without unlimited budgets.

As always, great video!!

Im new to PC gaming, my current mid- high build is from 2019 with a 2080 super 8GB and i9900K. I know its an old build but the ray tracing on games is beautiful. Nvidia does offer more features and is king of ray tracing but the vram is joke for the price. A 7900XTX 24GB for $800-$850 or a 7900XT 20GB for $600-$650 is such a steal. I know prices fluctuates but still. In the end build what you can afford and what you want from it. Amazing video!

Question. If buying a cheap used board that doesn't have vrm cooling, could I get away with using thermal pads and a copper heat sink(s)?

Hey Jason, nothing to add to your great vid, just wanted to comment to thank you for the great advice you give!

Worth mentioning that the Asrock B650M-HDV/M.2 doesn't include ARGB, unsure about the other two budget boards recommended, but might be a dealbreaker for some people.

I watching and comparing with one of the best stores in my country and damm, we paid a lot more for those MBs. Thanks again for these videos, amazing work!

Would you recommend the MSI B650M Mortar as a mATX alternative to the Tomahawk? They seem to be more or less the same other than the form factor

Thank you this helped me so much

I've been waiting for this video patiently

I'm locked into a higher price range because I want a post code led screen to do my own troubleshooting if need be. I don't want a brick. It's just a little extra built-in tech support insurance. (And a SPDIF is nice). But, I'm limited to the Taichi Lite or the Strix E-E. A post code screen is like a $5 feature that I have to pay $50-$80 more to get now. ~eyeroll~ Any thoughts?

Thank you so much this helped a TON! 😊

do you think the msi pro b650-P wifi is good? Even over the tomahawk?

Anyone reading this just be advised that the B650 Tomahawk for some reason has a really slow boot time, but if you want 6 PWM fan headers I think it's the only board that offers that many.

I just got the third MSI B550 board, the VDH one (older Wifi), for just $104. Now, just a few days later, not even in yet, it’s already only $99. I didn’t like how the $89 board had so few USB ports (though I have a splitter for my current laptop), and the buyer rating is much higher.

I've been super hooked to your videos as of late Jason and I'm learning so much stuff. I'm ordering the parts for my first PC build hopefully next week but I'd like to confirm something about the mobo before I do that. I'm getting a Ryzen 5 7600 paired with an RX 7800 XT, and for mobo I was going to go for the MSI Pro B650M-A. Is this one still good enough if my purpose for this build is gaming at 1440p? Or would you recommend to take the leap up to the more premium "gaming" motherboards shown in the video? (Case is going to be the Antec NX410 you recommended so no problems about the size) Cheers!

i watched your last best ryzen motherboards video and nothing changed in my plans, you just made me double lock in my choice for my first gaming pc

Great vid bro thank you

Badass video as usual my guy 👍🏾 thank you

Wow that's a great deal on that MSI Pro B650m MB! It's very close to the same price for the B550 MB's. Great time to upgrade to the Ryzen 7000 series CPU's!

what is your opinion about gigabyte X670 Aorus elite?

7:57 You would serve the viewer better on this topic if you noted not simply the avg m2 slots available but also how many can run at full speed. This is the single biggest reason to recommend X chipsets. Not only do X come with more m2 but they likely will run at full speed. Obviously not saying to mention every version like this but in general X allows less peripheral speed reduction than B. Note not all add ons might get full speed on B. B650 is much improved over b450/b550. B450 allows only 1 NVMe drive to run full gen3 speed and any other m2 or adapter cards will be limited to 1500-2000mb read/write. B550 is similar with usually only 1 NVMe drive able to run at full gen4 7000mb speeds and the 2nd m2 or adapter at half that. X570 usually has 2-3 m2 slots with almost always them running full gen4 spec. B650 very similar to x570 usually has 2-3 m2 with all running gen4 full speed. Adapter cards likely will have reduced gen4 max speeds. X670 is 3-5 m2 slots with usually one rated for gen5 and the rest full gen4 speeds.

Hello! Is taichi lite a good one?

Amazing video as always! I've learnt so much thanks to you! I bought my Asrock b650E Riptide last Black Friday for $160, very nice board with PCIe 5.0 in it and Wifi, no complaints, has been working perfectly!

Very helpful video!

Hey Jason, I want to thank you guys for these amazing videos you uploaded. This channel helped me a lot to understand what kind of PC I want, how it works and how to build it. I built my PC a month ago, and it works perfectly fine. Currently rocking a 7800X3D + 7900 XTX and I couldn't be any happier! :)

what about the msi b650 Pro-S wifi

@PCBuilderChannel The ASRock B650I LIGHTNING itx has two m.2 ports. One is on the front the other is on the back.

Been big on recommending b550 and 5600 combo... it's a no brainer for top end 1080p and it's super cheap. Win win for budget rigs, and can even do some 4k pretty well with a decent enough gpu.

WOW! My head is spinning! But I love the info! Subscribed. Thumbs up.

Great video Jason, your wisdom is so helpful :3