Current Motherboards

This ASUS Prime B550M-A/CSM AMD AM4 looked promising... until I read the ratings.

JT

tommylight wrote:

Total budget?
What can we skip?
Do you do a lot of compiling/compressing?
Do you do any 3D design/animation?
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Or
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Do you have any usable graphic card?
Do you have any good quality power supply?
Do you have any good cooler that fits AM4?
Do you have any DDR4 memory?
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I always insist on using high quality power supplies, the rest can be mixed and matched.
P.S.
Maybe the most important question: do you play games and if yes, what games?

I can do ~$1000-$1500 no problem.
I view 6 IP cameras in the background and they are a bit memory intensive, but I can move that along with the slow PC that I use now to my other desk which is a real desk not a table.
Mostly I just build debs for mesact and other tools.
I don't do any 3D work on that PC.
I have two Cooler Master 750w bronze 80 plus MPX-7501-AMAB-US
Any graphic card I might have is pretty old.
I don't have a good cooler for AM4.
I'll have to see if I have and DDR4 memory in a PC. I don't see any new DDR4 memory so lets say no.
I used to play DOOM a long long time ago, now my game is figuring out Python3 and PyQt5.
My big monitor is HDMI only IIRC.

On my slow PC that I'm using at the moment I get mouse pointer lag that slows me down and frustrates me to no end.

Been reading that a lot of motherboards don't have a GPU so you need a graphics card.

EDIT: No Intel NIC, they don't play nice with Mesa Ethernet cards.

Thanks
JT

Sorry for the delay, i will try to do some tests with actual hardware in the next few days and report back.
I will skip the Asus B550-F, i never had any issues with it for over a year, but a friend of mine had a B550-E that cr@ped out after 8 months of use, they are exactly the same with some minor differences, both are wifi versions.
The ITX one, Asus B550-i Gaming i have on this PC has no issues ever, it is a bit more pricey and has a single PCI-E X16 slot, but has 2 NVME slots and everything but a kitchen sink included, this i did have Mesa boards connected to for short periods of time, no issues with the Intel ethernet port. I will try to leave it on for at least a day while working on it to check reliability of the connection.
I will have to give the Gigabyte B450 a go, it is mining 24/7 so i never tested it for anything else.
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All good boards will have Intel ethernet, so there is no escaping it, Realtek is used on lower price boards and those boards come with insufficient VRM (voltage regulator modules) that tend to cause issues during prolonged use and in high ambient temperatures.
As for graphic cards, on the AMD side there are Ryzen 5 5600G and Ryzen 7 5700G that do have integrated graphic, and pretty good ones, and all boards have HDMI or display port or both.
I have no idea how those would do regarding latency though.
These days it is not just the board causing latency mess, processors have everything that was once called "north bridge" included inside, so they cause issues also.

Bari wrote:

I have a couple Asus TUF B450-Plus mATX that have been running 24/7 for the past three years. I am typing this on one.

www.asus.com/us/Motherboards-Components/...LUS-GAMING/techspec/

 
I actually found one on amazon for $144... does that need a CPU with graphics?

JT

www.amazon.com/TUF-Gaming-Motherboard-Ry...M-Plus/dp/B07FKV3TVF

www.amazon.com/AMD-Ryzen-5700G-16-Thread...cessor/dp/B091J3NYVF

Just need to find some memory chips that's on the list.

JT

I went with this motherboard and this cpu . I have this power supply on the shelf. Now to find the memory and maybe a M2 drive. It's an ATX motherboard so I have plenty of ATX cases to choose from.

JT

You will also need a graphic card as that processor does not have one.
For memory, try to find 2X8GB, 3200MHz CL16, Dual Rank if possible, or 3600Mhz CL18.
The power supply will do just fine, granted you do not get a 3090 or 6900XT !