AMD B650 Motherboard Roundup: 35 Motherboards Tested

[Vauban]

What to look for in these mobos in possible upgrade from 7600 to last AM5 X3D model in 2025 or so? Or will any of these mobos handle it?

 

[richardm]

One note regarding the ProArt board: this is among the few affordable boards that can run a pair of x16 physical slots at x8/x8 electrical. The remaining slot is 4x electrical which makes it a natural choice for 10Gb networking. VFIO (PCIe passthru) rig builders wanting to run two GPUs without bottlenecking one don't have many choices.

 

[VcoreLeone]

How did I not see that before ? thx Steve.That LiveMixer board is brilliant.

What to look for in these mobos in possible upgrade from 7600 to last AM5 X3D model in 2025 or so? Or will any of these mobos handle it?

Connectivity you need. Every am5 board is overengineered in terms of vrm and pcb anyway.
Just avoid asus prime series due to extremely high temps. (it's trash for connectivity anyway)

 

[angryniko]

If priced the same, and according to the VRM explanation you provided in the spec table of this great article, would the ASRock B650M PG Riptide be a better choice over the MSI Pro B650M-A? If the difference is negligible, would an ASRock B650M-HDV/M.2 be the best choice based on the lower price, and not needing any of the fancier features on the other boards? Thank you!

 

[Deathdealers747]

There's a typo in the article. It states that the B650 AORUS ELITE AX has "a dozen 60A power stages for the vcore VRM." But the manufacturer's website states that it has 70A power stages. See here: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B650-AORUS-ELITE-AX-rev-10-11#kf

 

[vinsin328]

Gigabyte's B650 Aero G VRM does not have 90A power stages for the core but 70A.

 

[hardstep]

Where did you got info about 16*90A Gigabyte B650 Aero G ?

Could you post the link of source of your info? or maybe you have this board and photo without radiators?

 

[Telestar]

I think you missed an opportunity to highlight other unique factors, like the DS3H can drive three monitors at once with the onboard video or that six SATA ports is useful for RAID setups.