Asus Prime x370-Pro vs Asrock x370 gaming k4

[vvacenovski]

Hello!

The Asrock board has better sound, 2 cpu power pahses more. Asus board is about 15$ cheaper here wehere I live.

The problem is that I cant afford any Samsung B-die RAM at the moment (some are too pricey, some unavailable for purchase), will be getting SK Hynix 3200MHz Ripjaws.V.

Hopefully future BIOS updates will sort out Hynix dies memory speed problems later on.

I'd like to have, at the minimum, 2933MHz memory.

I like Asrock board a lot more due to color scheme and sound. However, then there's no point in getting the 3200MHz RAM for it, as it supports max 2933 speeds anyway. The Prime-Pro supports up to 3200MHz.

What to get in your opinion? 3000MHz RAM and Asrock K4 or 3200MHz RAM and Asus prime-pro (both currently un-supported in memory QVL for both boards, but BIOS updates should fix that, hopefully, later on)

Getting it tomorrow, so speedy suggestions are much appreciated! Build will include Ryzen 1700 (will be overclocking it)

Thanks!

 

[tamz_msc]

3200 vs 2933 should not amount to any significant real world difference. AsRock has generally had better BIOS support, and the X370 Prime has a reputation of Asus not being very forthcoming with it when it comes to updates. However, there seems to be a very irritating feature of the Asrock Taichi X370 board that it resets every OC settings with the version 2.00 update if any changes to the BCLK are made, and even the newer 2.2 update makes things worse by resetting all memory timings if any changes are made to the memory frequency. It is not known if this inconvenience extends to their other boards or not, but this is something to look out for.

 

[DooKey]

I'm biased because I own and use a Prime X370, but with that said I really like it. Very stable, I like the looks, and it overclocks well for me. You probably can't go wrong with either board so buy what looks good to you.