Help me choosing a motherboard for my Ryzen

[Trender]

Hello, I don't know which mobo get for my Ryzen. I've been looking those that are withing my budget:

- ASRock X370 Killer (mainly).
- ASUS X370 Prime Pro (this one would be kinda out of my budget, but can do an effort if its worth, I saw really easy OC on the forum with an user using a program in Windows).
- Gigabyte Gaming 3
- MSI Tomahawk
- ASUS B350 Plus

I was going to buy the ASRock as it fits my case colours but the X370 Killer I was going to buy is like the slowest RAM speed (about 2600 MHz) and the Gigabyte Gaming 3 is fastest reaching 3200 Mhz, so I don't really know what to buy now even thought I've read the ASRock have more VRMs than the other motherboards, the B350 motherboards reach higher OCs and RAM speeds. This is the data I saw from looking at reddit, YouTube, forums and the new rymem website http://rymem.vraith.com/detailed_ram/715 with the 3200 MHz+- Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 and the Gigabyte AB350 Gaming 3 from reading, but Im not sure anymore of buying the Killer because of the RAM speeds of ASRock and OC are slower (from here and other forums).

I dont really care much waiting running 2666 MHz +- as long as ASRock gets its RAM speeds improved too but I don't want to buy a X370 motherboard and being left behind getting stuck at 29XX MHz with luck or lower when I can buy another b350 motherboard(like asus prime plus or gigabyte gaming 3) and get higher RAM speed even with ASRock having more VRMs and supposedly better OCs, they're behind in RAM speeds and OC.

TL;DR: I've saw several persons with this motherboard from several forums and rymem getting the slower OC's and RAM speeds and most of the people with Gaming 3 and ASUS mobos getting better speeds being cheaper mobos so I don't want to be stuck with slow 2400 MHz RAM speed forever being B350 motherboards much faster than the Killer idk what to buy anymore.

Moved from CPUs at OP's request.
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[alexruiz]

The AsRock X370 killer is definitely the best rounded of the options listed.
For RAM support, it really depends on the RAM itself and the UEFI firmware.

The eVGA DDR4-3000 CL16 has run at 2933 stable in every single board I have used (Asus Prime AB350 plus, AsRock AB350 Pro4, AsRock X370 Killer SLI/ac, AsRock X370 Fatal1ty K4 and Biostar B350 Racing GT5)

In contrast, G-skill Trident Z DDR4-3200 CL16 cannot make it past DDR4-2666 in ANY of those boards... yet.
Need to tweak it more.

G-Skill Aegis DDR4-3000 CL16, the cheap one, runs in some boards at DDR4-3000 (Fatal1ty K4), in others at DDR4-2667 (Pro 4)

ps.
Where are you getting your info of "slower overclocks"?

 

[Burpo]

Wrong forum..

 

[IEC]

Memory speeds aren't a sure deal yet. AMD released new AGESA microcode that mobo makers are currently testing, so I expect future BIOS updates to improve compatibility. Until then, apparently I am the only one who has tried F4-3400C16-8GTZ memory with Ryzen:
http://rymem.vraith.com/detailed_ram/727

IMC should be good up to 3600+ based on results I've seen out there, so it's a matter of getting the initialization/memory training code patched up. The Gigabyte Gaming 3 is only getting me 2400MHz with the G.Skill kit I listed above, so you'll probably be best off with modules others have had success with.

 

[Trender]

The AsRock X370 killer is definitely the best rounded of the options listed.
For RAM support, it really depends on the RAM itself and the UEFI firmware.

The eVGA DDR4-3000 CL16 has run at 2933 stable in every single board I have used (Asus Prime AB350 plus, AsRock AB350 Pro4, AsRock X370 Killer SLI/ac, AsRock X370 Fatal1ty K4 and Biostar B350 Racing GT5)

In contrast, G-skill Trident Z DDR4-3200 CL16 cannot make it past DDR4-2666 in ANY of those boards... yet.
Need to tweak it more.

G-Skill Aegis DDR4-3000 CL16, the cheap one, runs in some boards at DDR4-3000 (Fatal1ty K4), in others at DDR4-2667 (Pro 4)

ps.
Where are you getting your info of "slower overclocks"?

I can return my RAM but this is the "more" compatible and on my budget I saw, it costed me 143€, and I didn't saw any evga RAM in my country, only GSkill, Corsair, Kingston etc and the GSkill compatibles are like 175€+ so yeah. I've saw it from what users post on the forums, reddit and the rymem website with cpu-z validators. This guy got like 3.9 GHz with easy ASUS program in Windows http://www.portvapes.co.uk/?id=Latest-exam-1Z0-876-Dumps&exid=thread...ardware-settings.2501827/page-3#post-38814386.
and I haven't saw high speeds with the Killer, only slowers mostly:

Its just like the other motherboards I've saw reach like 3000-3200 RAM speed even cheap B350 but this one max is like 2666 MHz.

(Sorry for the big screen pictures!)

Wrong forum..

Oh well thats right I posted it here because I've saw the Ryzen overclocking thread... my bad I hope a moderator can move it

 

[AMDisTheBEST]

Just get B350.

 

[Trender]

The AsRock X370 killer is definitely the best rounded of the options listed.
For RAM support, it really depends on the RAM itself and the UEFI firmware.

The eVGA DDR4-3000 CL16 has run at 2933 stable in every single board I have used (Asus Prime AB350 plus, AsRock AB350 Pro4, AsRock X370 Killer SLI/ac, AsRock X370 Fatal1ty K4 and Biostar B350 Racing GT5)

In contrast, G-skill Trident Z DDR4-3200 CL16 cannot make it past DDR4-2666 in ANY of those boards... yet.
Need to tweak it more.

G-Skill Aegis DDR4-3000 CL16, the cheap one, runs in some boards at DDR4-3000 (Fatal1ty K4), in others at DDR4-2667 (Pro 4)

ps.
Where are you getting your info of "slower overclocks"?

Also I don't think its really easy OCing on it or something using jumpers to restart the BIOS and stuff and theres like more videos for the others motherboards but atm I think Ill wait next week max. and see if ASRock put any BIOS update

 

[lukart]

The best choice would be Taichi or even Fatal1ty, but Killer also pretty decent on paper...

 

[lehtv]

Go with Asus PRIME X370-PRO. It has similar quality VRM as the much more expensive Crosshair VI Hero which reaches top OC results, and the BIOS is much more mature and less buggy than on the similar quality Gigabyte X370 Gaming-5. All MSI AM4 boards apart from the expensive X370 Titanium apparently have lesser quality VRM components (Niko-Sem). As for Asrock, I'm not entirely sure which boards have what, but you probably have to pay a lot more for a VRM similar to X370-PRO.

Source @The Stilt @ bbs.io-tech.fi
AM4 motherboards, post #479 (google-translated)
AM4 motherboards, post #513 (google-translated)

 

[Malogeek]

In contrast, G-skill Trident Z DDR4-3200 CL16 cannot make it past DDR4-2666 in ANY of those boards... yet.

I'm running my TridentZ 3200 CL16 at 2933 with advertised timings on my Asus Prime X370-Pro.

 

[realneil]

I'm having trouble making up my mind as well.
I have a choice between the Aorus X370 Gaming 5 and the ASUS X370 Crosshair-6 Hero.
Both are selling for the same price, so it's just features that I have to decide on.
I intend to use a 1700X CPU with it.

If this was for an Intel build, I would go with the Gigabyte/Aorus. I have had stellar luck with the Gaming series of boards.

 

[dlerious]

I picked up my 1800X a few days after they were released. Skipped the motherboard to wait for reviews and things to stabilize - I'm not fond of Revision 1.0 on a new architecture. I've been eyeing the Asrock Taichi . Just gotta hold out a little longer.

 

[thepaleobiker]

PSA - Microcenter offering $100 off on Ryzen 1700 when bundled with AM4 motherboard. Only in store.

http://www.microcenter.com/product/..._AM4_Boxed_Processor_with_Wraith_Spire_Cooler

Regards,
Vish

 

[RamRock]

Asus Prime series is very good on paper. I would go for it... for that price I think not many motherboards are better.
Memory- how many banks and rank memory you will occupy...

Ryzen has for now poorly ram support. Best one are two single rank modules.... you can get here the best MHz.
If you will took 4x dual rank probably there is no point to go with something more than 2666MHz.