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photon · 10-13-2020, 12:55 PM

Starting to plan a build for the new AMD processors.

Trying to decide between a B550 motherboard and an X570. I'd go with X570 almost no question except I found out most of the boards have chipset fans. I usually build as silent as I can, so a bit worried about a whiny little chipset fan.

Though some of them it appears you can set it so the fan is stopped at idle, and if it spins while I'm gaming I don't care as much as I'd have my headphones on anyway.

I'm not going to be extreme overclocking.

From what I can see the only real immediate downside of a B550 would be that the chipset runs on PCIe 3.0 instead of 4.0, which means my 2nd (or more) m.2 slots would run at PCIe 3.0 speeds. But I think I'd be ok with that, my 2nd SSD currently is a SATA drive for storing some less played games.

And the B550's are a bit cheaper.

Any other things I should be aware of?

10-13-2020, 12:55 PM	#1555
photon The new goggles also do nothing. Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Calgary Exp:	Starting to plan a build for the new AMD processors. Trying to decide between a B550 motherboard and an X570. I'd go with X570 almost no question except I found out most of the boards have chipset fans. I usually build as silent as I can, so a bit worried about a whiny little chipset fan. Though some of them it appears you can set it so the fan is stopped at idle, and if it spins while I'm gaming I don't care as much as I'd have my headphones on anyway. I'm not going to be extreme overclocking. From what I can see the only real immediate downside of a B550 would be that the chipset runs on PCIe 3.0 instead of 4.0, which means my 2nd (or more) m.2 slots would run at PCIe 3.0 speeds. But I think I'd be ok with that, my 2nd SSD currently is a SATA drive for storing some less played games. And the B550's are a bit cheaper. Any other things I should be aware of? __________________ Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.