B650E
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Pros
- The Strix B850 isn't worth an extra $65 when the B650E will do the same, with essentially the same ports/connections/headers/data lanes and for all intents and purposes is the same motherboard.
- If you must have PCIe 5.0, try and find a B650E.
- Strong B650>X670. Only go for X670 if you intend to extremely overclock your CPU (which the 7800X3D isn't amazing at) or if it has the, like, 32 USB-C ports you need.
- It's a slightly better motherboard but a B650E is probably all gamers will need.
- B650E definitely does, original B650 from MSI definitely does not
Cons
- You could still go with AM5, like a 9600x, 16gb of DDR5 and a B650e...
Sentiment
7 positive (88%) · 1 mixed (13%) · 0 negative (0%)
Trust + time weighted score: +90% · raw score 88%
What redditors said (8 of 8)
The Strix B850 isn't worth an extra $65 when the B650E will do the same, with essentially the same ports/connections/headers/data lanes and for all intents and purposes is the same motherboard.
If you must have PCIe 5.0, try and find a B650E.
Strong B650>X670. Only go for X670 if you intend to extremely overclock your CPU (which the 7800X3D isn't amazing at) or if it has the, like, 32 USB-C ports you need.
It's a slightly better motherboard but a B650E is probably all gamers will need.
B650E definitely does, original B650 from MSI definitely does not
If you plan on wanting to exclusively use Gen 5 SSDs then you’d have to go with B650E, B850, or other Gen 5 compatible motherboards.
You could still go with AM5, like a 9600x, 16gb of DDR5 and a B650e...
Well you can get rid of the rather useless 480gb SSD, downgrade to a 7600X, could downgrade to a b650E(still VERY solid) and 4800mhz and cl40 ram is just....meh
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