Just bought this motherboard as part of my new Ryzen build (2nd cheap rig using mainly old stuff), this is the cheapest x370 board you can buy (that's decent) and on top of that you can claim £17 cashback from MSI making this even cheap at £95.99! As with the X370 chips it supports SLI/Crossfire and Overclocking, B350 board only support OC and no SLI/Crossfire (note some may support CF but AMD don't recommend) while A320 is for non overclockers. The MSI cashback offer ends on Monday 31st July so be quick if you are going to do a Ryzen Build. This board has all the key features and perfect for thos wanting to upgrade their CPU in the future.
Claim cashback after 30 days of the purchase date.
Still deciding on weather to go for the Ryzen 3 1200 or Ryzen 5 1600. Will be overclocking on Stock cooler for now (dont see the point on spending loads of money on a custom cooler as they OC to 4.0ghz max and stock cooler can do 3.8-3.9 keeping within temp limits).
I currently have 2x GTX 670 2GB cards, 60GB SDD/500 HDD, 8GB DDR4, 750W PSU (sold my old motherboard and CPU). My intentions are to upgrade the GPUs over the years (mainly buying used and doing SLI/Cross fire) and also add more ram, might buy a NVMe later on too.
Both 1200/1600 have the same PCIe lane support of 24x, X370 boards are good as you can utilize this well by:
x8x8 for 2x GPUs (16) x4 for NVMe (4) x4 to other chips (4)
Totaling 24 lanes
Let me know your thoughts, thought I'll share this with you as this is the cheapest x370 board thats decent and has cashback too.
PS. My main rig is a 5820k (h110i AIO) @ 4.5GHZ, 2x MSI 980Ti (OC) SLI and 16gb DDR 4, 1TB Samsung SSD/4TB HDD, X99 SLI Mobo (2 years old now)
Hi all,
Just to update you all, have gone for the RYzen 5 1600 chip, Just bought a new sealed one off ebay for £155 :smiley: via counter offer.
Top comments
Ev0lution
30 Jul 174#8
The guy goes to the trouble of posting a very good deal and the best you can do is to call him a snob?
Stay classy mate.
If I was building a Ryzen based PC I would be all over a deal like this. I love MSI Mobos.
joedredd
30 Jul 174#4
I find it funny how you had to say "(2nd cheap rig using mainly old stuff)". There's always been a lot of snobbery around PC building in terms of building what you can afford and your comment almost feels like you're justifying your own build of cheaper components.
At the end of the day, it's a decent value for money system you're building - we won't judge you on what you'll use it for. :wink:
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malachi
30 Jul 171#1
I have this board, it's very good
Graham1979
30 Jul 17#2
So a 1600x works on this? What ram do you go for?
ritchiedrama to Graham1979
30 Jul 172#6
Samsung B-Die 3200mhz or higher, trident z rgb works out the box.
CFC2011
30 Jul 171#3
This is quite tempting as I've been thinking about getting a B350 board (wanting to replace my trusty i5 2500k with a 1700). I'd say go for the 1600 if it's easily within your budget, the extra cores/threads will be nice to have.
joedredd
30 Jul 174#4
I find it funny how you had to say "(2nd cheap rig using mainly old stuff)". There's always been a lot of snobbery around PC building in terms of building what you can afford and your comment almost feels like you're justifying your own build of cheaper components.
At the end of the day, it's a decent value for money system you're building - we won't judge you on what you'll use it for. :wink:
komi to joedredd
30 Jul 17#7
Thanks, just a cheap rig compared to my main rig (specs at the bottom of the description)
big.k to joedredd
31 Jul 171#20
Everything in life is Price vs Performance. Personally I don't mind spending extra but that extra must be justified with an adequate increase in Performance. With using older components you gain a huge boost in Performance for very little Price. If it suits your need, why pay extra!?
Klopek
30 Jul 172#5
Important to note that the cashback expires tomorrow, so you better purchase quick if you're interested.
Ev0lution
30 Jul 174#8
The guy goes to the trouble of posting a very good deal and the best you can do is to call him a snob?
Stay classy mate.
If I was building a Ryzen based PC I would be all over a deal like this. I love MSI Mobos.
Graham1979
30 Jul 17#9
IS THIS GOOD, IM GOING RYZEN 5 1600X, AM I BUYING THIS OR NOT? not long till money off runs out so PLEASE WADE IN WITH YOUR OPINION.
TesseractOrion to Graham1979
30 Jul 171#10
Oh you are SO buying this! :man:
SlightlyFoxed to Graham1979
31 Jul 171#23
Save your money and get the 1600 - the 1600X isn't worth the premium, but it is a great chip regardless.
**Research your RAM using the motherboard QVL list - ideally look for RAM using single ranked Samsung B-Die chips for best performance and compatibility, but make sure whatever RAM you buy is on the QVL list** This isn't just a useful tip - there is plenty of RAM out there that will not work with X370 or B350 series motherboards.
Opening post
Just bought this motherboard as part of my new Ryzen build (2nd cheap rig using mainly old stuff), this is the cheapest x370 board you can buy (that's decent) and on top of that you can claim £17 cashback from MSI making this even cheap at £95.99! As with the X370 chips it supports SLI/Crossfire and Overclocking, B350 board only support OC and no SLI/Crossfire (note some may support CF but AMD don't recommend) while A320 is for non overclockers. The MSI cashback offer ends on Monday 31st July so be quick if you are going to do a Ryzen Build. This board has all the key features and perfect for thos wanting to upgrade their CPU in the future.
Note: TBC offer 1.05% too
MSI cashback link: https://msi-promotions.com/gb/en/pages/summercashback/home
Claim cashback after 30 days of the purchase date.
Still deciding on weather to go for the Ryzen 3 1200 or Ryzen 5 1600. Will be overclocking on Stock cooler for now (dont see the point on spending loads of money on a custom cooler as they OC to 4.0ghz max and stock cooler can do 3.8-3.9 keeping within temp limits).
I currently have 2x GTX 670 2GB cards, 60GB SDD/500 HDD, 8GB DDR4, 750W PSU (sold my old motherboard and CPU). My intentions are to upgrade the GPUs over the years (mainly buying used and doing SLI/Cross fire) and also add more ram, might buy a NVMe later on too.
Both 1200/1600 have the same PCIe lane support of 24x, X370 boards are good as you can utilize this well by:
x8x8 for 2x GPUs (16)
x4 for NVMe (4)
x4 to other chips (4)
Totaling 24 lanes
Let me know your thoughts, thought I'll share this with you as this is the cheapest x370 board thats decent and has cashback too.
PS. My main rig is a 5820k (h110i AIO) @ 4.5GHZ, 2x MSI 980Ti (OC) SLI and 16gb DDR 4, 1TB Samsung SSD/4TB HDD, X99 SLI Mobo (2 years old now)
Hi all,
Just to update you all, have gone for the RYzen 5 1600 chip, Just bought a new sealed one off ebay for £155 :smiley: via counter offer.
Top comments
Stay classy mate.
If I was building a Ryzen based PC I would be all over a deal like this. I love MSI Mobos.
At the end of the day, it's a decent value for money system you're building - we won't judge you on what you'll use it for. :wink:
All comments (43)
At the end of the day, it's a decent value for money system you're building - we won't judge you on what you'll use it for. :wink:
Stay classy mate.
If I was building a Ryzen based PC I would be all over a deal like this. I love MSI Mobos.
**Research your RAM using the motherboard QVL list - ideally look for RAM using single ranked Samsung B-Die chips for best performance and compatibility, but make sure whatever RAM you buy is on the QVL list** This isn't just a useful tip - there is plenty of RAM out there that will not work with X370 or B350 series motherboards.