Would, myself, be interested in some links to support just how bad the situation is.

The thing is: i've yet to see any reviews comparing X470 boards and B450 boards to see if boosting is that much affected at stock speeds. also saw support on select B450 / X470 motherboards with certain BIOSes. But, if you get an especially weak VRM it can affect even stock boost performance and that shows most with 2700X in theory, since it has 8 cores. Zen 3 is the codename for a CPU microarchitecture by AMD, released on November 5, 2020. So over-rideing (PBO) certain parameters is the best way to overclock 'X' chips. PB2 looks at the VRM capability (power output capability, thermal stability, current output capability) to determine how high and how long to boost. You don't want to buy any Zen+ 'X' chips and overclock it conventionally: it boosts multiple cores higher and longer than you can get an all-core overclock to be stable. Powerful and well-cooled VRM's are very important if you want to overclock a 2600x or 2700x using Precision Boost Override, which is the best way to overclock the 'X' chips. Data about your interaction with this site and the ads shown to you may be shared with companies involved in the. The other important difference is in case of MSI boards - newer B450 chipset has bios flash button for flashing bios without CPU, older x470 with only once exception does not have this feature. We and our partners use cookies to give you the best online experience, including to personalise advertising and content. The other think you have to watch for is that the BIOS allows for CPUVcore offset adjustment vs. Comparison of MSI B450 Tomahawk MAX and MSI X470 Gaming PLUS MAX based on specifications, reviews and ratings. That said, there are plenty enough x470's with equally weak VRM's so you have to be careful about your X470 motherboard selection too. Get a good B450, X470, or X570 chipset ATX sized board with 4 DIMM Slots and at least 6 SATA ports to support future. And wait you mean that the 2700x won't be compatible with the b450? And if that's so will the asus rog strix b450-f be fine? I will buy 16gb 3200mhz ram as well.Ī 2700X is perfectly compatible with B450, but in general, B450 boards have weaker VRM secctions.

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