X56 AMD B650 Motherboard Roundup: VRM Thermals and Then Some

trparky said:

If I get the gist of this article correctly, the Gigabyte B650 AORUS Elite AX V2 is one of the boards that are leading the pack. Not bad, I have the older V1 version myself and it's an amazing board.

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I not upgrading right now, but I think for "power" users the latest wifi, BT, most bandwidth etc is a must. If I get Zen 6 or a 3D Zen5 ( unless intel has something amazing ,5% better Intel can stuff off ) . But year I'm getting the board with the most M2. Would never buy one of those god boards , seem like overkill .
Flipside review useful for a great budget build if picked up last years 3D chip at a bargain , plus some cheap DD5. Imagine you would have a cracker PC , add in a Bargain AMD topline GPU , just $1500 all up for an incredibly fast powerful PC . losing only in ray tracing ( you wouldn't buy a RTX 4090 mostly likely on a cheap but good board )

I cannot believe the prices for what is basically are 4th tier boards You have the X670E then the X670 then the B650E and then this group is overpriced, to say the least. Board manufacturers are trying to rape you folks wake up.

wizardB said:

I cannot believe the prices for what is basically are 4th tier boards You have the X670E then the X670 then the B650E and then this group is overpriced, to say the least. Board manufacturers are trying to rape you folks wake up.

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Yeah also Asrock and Gigabyte have x670e motherboards that are in the mid $200 with great user reviews.
https://www.microcenter.com/product/674872/gigabyte-x670e-aorus-pro-x-amd-am5-atx-motherboard
4.9 user reviews although out of 20 people cost almost 2/3 cost of the B650e Aurus master.