Ryzen 7000 Motherboards – B650, X670, B650E, & X670E Compared

you're wanting to build a new ryzen 7000 system but there are so many motherboard options out there it can be a little overwhelming should you go with b650 or x670 what about the b650e or the x670e what are those all about what kinds of features are you looking for and what's the right board if you decide to choose a ryzen 5 a ryzen 7 or maybe even a ryzen 9. I'll be answering all these questions and more starting right now [Music] hey YouTube Welcome to Danny's Tech Channel I spent a ton of time researching and sorting through all the technical stuff for every am5 600 series motherboard and I condensed it down into this easy to understand video to help you when making your next purchase if this type of video is something you enjoy watching it really helps a small Channel grow if you'd like the video subscribe and click the Bell icon so you'll be notified when we release new content with that out of the way let's get started first Little Nugget of information I want to give you is all am5 or 600 series motherboards require ddr5 Ram you have to have ddr5 so if you're looking to upgrade to am5 from your am4 system like if you have a ryzen 5000 or 3000 Series CPU and you want to make the jump to ryzen 7000 you've got to buy the motherboard the CPU and RAM you cannot reuse your ddr4 RAM so just take that into account when shopping for am5 I might as well start by explaining the difference between the norm normal b650 or x670 motherboards and their e variants which is the extreme versions the main differences between the extreme versions and the standard versions of these motherboards is the extreme versions have higher overclocking potential with better vrm and power delivery they also have higher memory overclocking and you get both PCI 5.0 for the m.2 and the graphics honestly it doesn't even matter at this point the E variants or the extreme versions I'm really not recommending them to anyone except for that maybe one percent of you who want to overclock or have to have the latest and greatest Hardware because PCI 5.0 isn't even available in anything yet there is no graphics cards that utilize this so the PCI slot doesn't even matter and the storage solutions there's no ssds on the market currently I did see a few of them at CES that you will be able to purchase later on this year with the extreme versions of these chipsets only targeting about 1 one or two percent of all Gamers that leaves b650 or x670 so let's talk about those AMD made a promise of socket support through 2025 for the am5 platform this means that if you decide to buy b650 or x670 and you want to drop in next Generations chip you'll be able to AMD is guaranteeing that all the way up to 2025. so these early adopters are kind of getting some incentive to switch over to the new platform all ryzen 7000 CPUs are natively supported on x670 and b650 motherboards since they were made for it however just remember that the new x3d chips that are going to be coming out they may need a bios update to be able to run that chip just be aware that you may have to update your bios if it's required and when new platforms come out usually they come out with quite a few bios updates to be able to fix instabilities and stuff Ram compatibility issues that's just something to keep in mind if you're adopting a new platform like this so if you don't know how to update BIOS you should probably look into that I want to highlight some important features that you may want to take into account when you're shopping for a new motherboard the first one is PCI connectivity and the speed that it runs at like I said the am5 platform can run up to PCI 5.0 some of the boards will give you PCI 4.0 some will give 5.0 some have lanes that are only 3.0 the second thing I looked at is rear panel i o this is all your USB ports your input audio anything on the back of your motherboard there that you can plug something into I looked at that as well you know for connectivity's sake that holds pretty good weight because there's a lot of things that are USB powered these days everybody wants USB ports but you also want them usable if they're right next to each other and you've got a fatter USB plug it may not fit in that slot so that one's basically unusable at that point so keep that in mind also when looking at your USB ports or your back panel i o another thing I looked at that didn't hold as much much weight as like your i o or PCI connectivity is Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and then fan headers as well fan headers can make the difference between an easy build and a difficult build if you only have two fan headers but you've got 12 fans you're going to need some kind of a splitter or a hub to be able to plug those fans into Wi-Fi and Bluetooth it falls into it either need it or don't need it category some people need it because they don't have their computer near their router some people don't need it because they run ethernet and that is it whichever one you are that's what you're gonna have to look for when you're shopping and the last thing that held a little bit of weight but it doesn't really matter because even the super low end boards have this now is bios flashback what bios flashback does is it allows you to upgrade the BIOS without having a CPU that can currently run the system so later on down the road if you decide to buy a ryzen 8000 CPU and get a b650 or x670 motherboard if you have bios flashback you don't even need to put a CPU in there you just follow the instructions on the manufacturer's website you'll plug in a thumb drive to the back of it with the BIOS update you'll hit a button which is your little bios flashback button and it will flash a couple times and update the BIOS without even having a CPU what this does is allows you to use that 8 000 series or 9000 Series whatever they come out with without having to buy a 7000 series CPU saves you a little bit of money and allows you the newest gen architecture with last gen's board bios flashback definitely a good thing to have B series boards used to be the budget option that's actually what the b stands for budget and the x-series motherboards were like the high-end boards the Enthusiast boards or whatever now the B series boards have kind of transitioned into the average everyday users boards and the x-series are still the Enthusiast boards I recommend B series to everybody I don't even have an x-series board recommended because you can get high-end features on a B series board and just pay a little bit more money let me show you what I mean I'm going to recommend a total of four motherboards here and these are just different price category tiers so first I'm going to start on the lower end the board that actually I think most people should be getting and then work my way up the first one I'm going to take a look at here is the ASRock b650m PG Riptide this board is fantastic it looks great it's a Micro ATX motherboard so it's not a full-size board if you have a full-size case or you want to go with a full-size case this might not be the board for you that may be the only limiting factor I would say but the board comes in at 170 dollars it's a Micro ATX board it does have bios flashback it's got a 12 plus two plus one vrm configuration it does not come with wireless capabilities though they do sell the PG Riptide Wi-Fi model and it's twenty dollars more so if you need Wi-Fi you can still get this same board with Wi-Fi installed for 20 bucks but the board also has a 2.5 gig Lan if you get the Wi-Fi fi model you'll have Wi-Fi it has a 897 audio codec which is pretty good for this price board in the category you know the low pricing category comparatively to the other boards it's a pretty good audio output the board has some pretty impressive I O when it comes to USB ports it has four USB 2.0 it has two type A ports for USB 3.2 gen 1 and then it has one a port USB 3.2 Gen 2 and one type c Port USB 3.2 gen 2. it also has three fan headers as well your PCI connectivity is pretty good especially for a budget series board you've got a PCI 4.0 connector for your graphics up here and then also down here in your middle two sections here you have PCI 3.0 for uh add-in cards and stuff this is where the board actually really shines if you want PCI 5.0 connectivity you can get it in this budget series board they've got a PCI Gen 5 times 4 slot for your SSD up top underneath that heat sink and then the bottom one is PCI Gen 4 times 4. so if you have a current PCI 4.0 Drive it'll work in the bottom chipset slot on this motherboard now the motherboard is sold out right now it's on back order on NewEgg probably because it's one of the best price and value Boards out there but this is one of the boards I recommend for pretty much everyone if you want something a little bit different maybe a full-size board let's take a look at the next one the next board I want to go over is the MSI b650 Tomahawk Wi-Fi this is a full-size ATX board it comes in at about 260 USD now if you want to save a little bit of money you can get the short version the matx board and that comes in about 220 dollars but remember you'll lose a little bit of connectivity options because of the shorter board this board does support bios flashback like all of these ones in this category do it's got a 14 plus two plus one phase vrm it has 2.5 gig Lan and Wi-Fi 6E it also has 10 USB ports it's got two USB 2.0 it has four 3.2 gen 1 ports type A it has three USB 3.2 Gen 2 a ports and one USB C 3.2 Gen 2 port so a lot of connectivity there I mean you've got three rows of USB ports you have your Wi-Fi you have the entire Suite of audio outputs and you even have DisplayPort and HDMI connectors now this board doesn't have PCI 5.0 connectivity at all I think MSI kind of jumped on it and they said you know there is no devices with this storage right now nobody's going to need it at this level anyways you've got PCI 4.0 connectivity for your storage underneath this heatsink and underneath this heatsink you've also got another m.2 slot right here without a heatsink and then I like that they have this gapped apart here so if you put a graphics card into your PCI slot which is PCI 4.0 by the way and you want to put another card down here maybe a capture card or something you're not blocked by the graphics card in this slot this is at least two slots another thing this board has is six fan headers well there's actually seven because there's a pump header as well so but you don't have to count that so six dedicated fan headers and a AIO pump header which you could use as a fan header if you wanted to okay on to the next board I threw this one in there this is the Asus Pro art b650 Creator board this is kind of a niche market it doesn't apply to everyone by the way uh but I just wanted to show you that you don't have to spend x670 money to get the quality features that a Creator would want so the pro art Creator comes in at 270 dollars so it's ten dollars more than the MSI offering it's an ATX board it does have bios flashback it's got a 12 plus 2 power phase it's got 2.5 gig and one gig Lan on the back you have seven total USB ports you you have two USB 2.0 and then you have three a-type ports which are USB 3.2 Gen 2 and 2 USBC ports that are 3.2 gen 2. and then one of them has a DisplayPort alternate mode so that type c Port can deliver transfer speeds up to 10 gigabits per second which will allow you to do 8K 60hz resolution from a DisplayPort connector like I said it's a niche market but just know that you don't have to spend a fortune if you want something that can be used for Content creation or workspace the last board I want to talk about is the Asus RG strix b650e-f gaming Wi-Fi motherboard now this is the extreme variant um it's not an x-series board it's a B series but let me tell you about all the features that this thing has and why I recommend this extreme version over an x670 or something this board comes in at 299 USD this is like the top limit of what I'd be willing to spend on a motherboard right now I don't think you spend more on your motherboard than you do on your CPU but that's just me so 299 dollars is the MSRP however right now there's a 30 off uh promo code if you buy it over on NewEgg links below by the way it's an affiliate link it doesn't cost you anything but hey it helps out the channel this board is fantastic I actually am thinking about picking this thing up for myself because it's got so many features that's kind of why it's the extreme board because they offer PCI 5.0 connectivity for both the m.2 slot the top m.2 slot and the top graphics card slot so if you want that PCI 5.0 you can enter this this tier of performance for three hundred dollars and actually it's cheaper right now so use that promo code but you've got PCI 4.0 connectivity for your other ports as well as your other n.2 slots you've got tons of USB connectivity on the back here you have 12 USB ports total some 3.2 gen 2s some 3.2 gen ones and some 2.0 ports you've got DisplayPort and HDMI Wi-Fi 6E you have the whole Suite of audio outputs here I mean it's got a lot of offerings on this board this is why it's 300 that's why I don't recommend the x670s because you can get x670 performance in a B series board I guarantee you could put a 7950x into this board overclock it and this vrm would have no problems it's a 12 plus two phase it should be perfectly fine for even the highest end chips so like I said they kind of over engineered the B series motherboards this time around they started with the b550 boards the b450s were more budget oriented and then when b550 came out they gave you a little bit more features but they charged a little bit more money now all the features are in this B series you know b650 and b650e you're getting all the features and the price has crept up once again unfortunately this is where we're at in the gaming world you get a lot but you're gonna give a lot that's just the way it is I do want to note though that prices are beginning to drop for both b650 and x670 from how they were when they came out I think this is due to low sales numbers and low adoption rates of everyone upgrading because really if you've got an am4 motherboard with a 5000 series CPU or something there's really not a whole lot of incentive to upgrade you can't use your ddr4 RAM you have to buy the motherboard the CPU and the ram so it's a big investment to jump into and the performance gains are good but you know if your current system works as it is why make the jump it seems to me that current gamers are happy with their setups if you're thinking about building something for yourself what boards interest you or what do you think you might buy let me know down in the comments I'm just curious that's going to wrap up this video lastly if you got value from this don't forget to subscribe and share the video with your friends if they're looking to build an am5 system this might be helpful to them too and as I always say I'm Danny with Danny's Tech Channel and I'll see you in the next video [Music]

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Length: 15min 52sec (952 seconds)

Published: Sat Jan 21 2023