So, I just purchased a Ryzen 7 2700 on a black Friday discount price at $150.00 Canadian. Which was a solid deal, given that most R5’s and i3’s fall into this price range at a Canadian price. I probably could have spent $50 dollars more on a 2700X, but I am a bit budget restraint.
The current system I have is a pretty low end Ryzen R5 1600 using the stock cooler with an ASRock A320 Pro Motherboard. The ASRock A320 Pro does support the Ryzen 2700, however, I am looking for something better.
I’m not looking to spend a lot of money, maybe $150 Canadian dollars maximum. Here are a few choices I have…
What do you all think? This is a mid-lower budget build I am going for. I also have ordered 32GB of DDR4 3200 RAM . As for a video card, I will be pulling the GeForce 1070 out of my current system temporarily, until I replace it with something better.
Shame about the Mortar Max. It seems to be sold in Europe only. I looked up the price at Amazon.co.uk, and one of these boards would come to about $200 CND with the International fees. Which makes it less of a bargain at that price point. But it does look like a better overall deal than the Tomahawk. Especially with two M.2 slots.
I might still go with am MSI Tomahawk, or a slightly cheaper MSI B450 Gaming Plus Max. I don’t think overclocking will be a high priority with a 2700 flat. But I have to wonder if I should leave a little breathing room if I want to upgrade the CPU down the road in 6 - 8 months?
Also, I do have some interest in this B450-A Pro Max, which is being sold at $100 CND, and looks pretty good at the price. Looks like I am narrowing my choices down to an MSI board of some type.
a B450 board recommendation for a 2700.
I think that based on all the vrm implementations on said b450 boards.
I could only really recommend the Msi B450 Gaming pro carbon.
Non of the b450 atx boards have a great vrm really.
The Msi B450 Gaming pro carbon pretty much has the best of the bunge.
If that board is too pricy then the Msi B450 Tomahawk max.
Hmm, looking around for MSI B450 Gaming pro carbon’s, it seems to be sold out at most retailers. The cheapest price I can find is from this retailer at $140 CND, on a Cyber Monday deal. But it is also out of stock. Otherwise, the retailers that do have this board in stock want $250 or more. Which is not going to cut it for me. The same website also has a good deal on a B450 Tomahawk. I may jump on that.
I’m also not dead set on the B450 boards, they just seem to fall into the price range that I am willing to pay. What do you think about this MSI X470 Gaming Plus?
I just want to update that I found a B450 MSI Gaming Pro Carbon on sale for $149.99 from a Canadian retailer: The price originally $220.00 CND. So I purchased it.
This retailer only ships to Canada. But given that B450/ X470 motherboards have been selling out everywhere, thanks to the price drops of the 2700x/ 2700 over the black Friday weekend. This is a good price if you are in Canada.