What's a good AM4 mobo for under 130$

So I'm looking for a B350 ATX mobo that'll cost me between 100 and 130$ (prefferebly closer to 100 :sweat_smile:).
I don't really care for looks, just want something that has good onboard audio, suport for crossfire and a good overall layout. I'm thinking about paring it up with a R5 1600 and only doing some light overclocking.
Any recommendations?

I'd recommend gigabyte gaming 3, I'm using the matx version and it runs a decent Overclock with 3200 ram.

The Asus prime seems a good option too.

Edit: I'm an idiot, b350 does support crossfire.

Do not use the B350 for Crossfire.
It boils down to the fact that the B350 runs the second PCI-E x16 slot off of the Southbridge at only x4 speed, while bringing down the 1st slot card speed as well. This is just terrible.

X370 runs both cards from the Ryzen CPU at PCI-E x8 speeds, for much better performance.

Thanks, I'll look into the gaming 3 line

BTW After going through a search shopping with the same criteria, I wound up finding an X370 that was less than your $130 budget. In fact it was less than the B350 I had been considering.
This board as I explained runs both cards off the CPU at x8 speeds.

Damn, what is it ? Ihaven't seen any X370 below 130 :open_mouth:

This rebate is increased to $25 if you post a review of the board. In addition, I was able to get another $17.00 discount from Newegg after complaining about their phony sale prices that were actually an increase,

Well, you can get this one:
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/LgmxFT/asrock-x370-killer-sliac-atx-am4-motherboard-x370-killer-sliac
or this one
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/kZKhP6/asrock-fatal1ty-x370-gaming-k4-atx-am4-motherboard-fatal1ty-x370-gaming-k4
Or this one
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/vwvZxr/msi-x370-sli-plus-atx-am4-motherboard-x370-sli-plus


Just MHO, i don't trust MSI with AMD stuff, but...

Ok thanks for the advice, I'll look into it

You'll like the VRMs, they are much better than any B350, especially if you manually overclock.

I'll check those out although I have a feeling they're going to be over my limitl :sob:
Thak you anyway.

Well, I wasn't palnning on pushing the cpu to much (was thinking about 3.8), but I gues I'll see.

$136-139 price range...
They are better than the B350 boards on the market. Better VRMs, better features, more features... Keep that in mind.

12 phase power delivery on this board, you'll have no issues taking it as high as your silicon limit.

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