Question ASRock H470-ITX/ac and H370-ITX/ac mobos

[VirtualLarry]

ASRock H470M-ITX/AC LGA 1200 Intel H470 SATA 6Gb/s Mini ITX Intel Motherboard $109.99

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ASRock H370M-ITX/ac LGA 1151 (300 Series) Intel H370 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard $109.99

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I recently picked up the H470-ITX/ac board for $109.99 before it went OOS. It seems like a really nice board. 2.5GbE-T AND 1GbE-T too, and dual NVMe 3.0 x4 slots.

But then I started thinking about getting a BitFenix Prodigy ITX case, which has 5x 3.5" HDD trays, and a 5.25" external bay.

Then I found an H370-ITX/ac board, which has 6 SATA6G ports, and RAID support. Perfect!

BTW, I feel that the noticeably lower prices for these Intel-based ITX boards, as compared with equivalent AMD AM4 platform boards, to be "a bit of fresh air".

I bought a G6400 CPU to get with the H470 ITX board.

Edit: DISCLAIMER: These two boards use DIFFERENT generations of CPUs. Don't be thinking like a n00b, that just because I posted them together, means that they use interchangeable platforms / CPUs. They DO NOT.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

I was just going to ask what the ASRock AMD AM4 equivalent would be.

 

[VirtualLarry]

For AM4 ITX boards, this is a complete list @ Newegg (hopefully this link works right):

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Note that the only AM4 ITX boards in the same price range, are the new A520 chipset based boards, and those are (currently) DOA, effectively, because Renoir APUs for desktop haven't been released yet. And A520 chipset is *incompatible* with existing Zen+ 3200G/3400G/Athlon 3000G APUs.

ITX boards on AM4 are kind of a ****-show.

There is one shining choice, the Gigabyte B450 I AORUS PRO WIFI, @ 119.99.

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GIGABYTE B450 I AORUS PRO WIFI AM4 AMD B450 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 HDMI Mini ITX AMD Motherboard

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That board WILL work with the 3200G/3400G APUs.

 

[Iron Woode]

For AM4 ITX boards, this is a complete list @ Newegg (hopefully this link works right):

Are you a human?

www.newegg.com

Note that the only AM4 ITX boards in the same price range, are the new A520 chipset based boards, and those are (currently) DOA, effectively, because Renoir APUs for desktop haven't been released yet. And A520 chipset is *incompatible* with existing Zen+ 3200G/3400G/Athlon 3000G APUs.

ITX boards on AM4 are kind of a ****-show.

There is one shining choice, the Gigabyte B450 I AORUS PRO WIFI, @ 119.99.

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GIGABYTE B450 I AORUS PRO WIFI AM4 AMD B450 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 HDMI Mini ITX AMD Motherboard

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www.newegg.com

That board WILL work with the 3200G/3400G APUs.

so will my Asrock B450 Fatal1ty Gaming ITX/ac

 

[BarkingGhostar]

Thinking more the 3900[X] solutions.