I am planning to upgrade my itx rig and where I am at, these two mobos are Asus ROG Strix B460 I Gaming or Gigabyte H470I Aorus Pro AX (both of these has two M.2 slots which is nice as I won't have to deal with sata cables). I will pair it with a 10700 non K (ryzens are just too expensive where I'm at.. This is 15% cheaper than a 3700x and 25% cheaper than a 5600x).
My questions / thoughts on B460 vs H470 are the following:
1. I understand that H470 will support rocket lake... This might be a factor depending on rocket lake's performance uplift.
2. I am not too familiar with PCIe lanes and the limitations they bring. I know that B460 has 16 and H470 has 20... Does this mean that if I have 2 NVMe drives + a video card then:
B460 will operate at 8 (video card) + 4 (nvme drive 1) + 4 (nvme drive 2)? This depends I guess on the nvme drive I will choose. But in any way, the video card will never see 16 lanes if I use an NVMe drive. Correct me if I am wrong.
H470 can operate at either 16 +4 + 2 OR 8 + 4 + 4 as well? again depending on the nvme drives. Does 8 vs 16 lanes for the video card matter anyway? I will reuse my 5700xt for this build.
Given that I plan to use a discreet video card and possibly 2 nvme drives (as a capacity upgrade option in the future), how big of a deal is the 16 vs 20 lanes of PCIe for those two boards? The price difference between those two boards is about $35 (which can probably go to an aftermarket cooler...)
3. I have not yet found any in depth reviews of those two specific mobos but I would presume that both can handle a 10700 no problem especially with regards to the VRM circuitry is that correct?
Thanks!
My questions / thoughts on B460 vs H470 are the following:
1. I understand that H470 will support rocket lake... This might be a factor depending on rocket lake's performance uplift.
2. I am not too familiar with PCIe lanes and the limitations they bring. I know that B460 has 16 and H470 has 20... Does this mean that if I have 2 NVMe drives + a video card then:
B460 will operate at 8 (video card) + 4 (nvme drive 1) + 4 (nvme drive 2)? This depends I guess on the nvme drive I will choose. But in any way, the video card will never see 16 lanes if I use an NVMe drive. Correct me if I am wrong.
H470 can operate at either 16 +4 + 2 OR 8 + 4 + 4 as well? again depending on the nvme drives. Does 8 vs 16 lanes for the video card matter anyway? I will reuse my 5700xt for this build.
Given that I plan to use a discreet video card and possibly 2 nvme drives (as a capacity upgrade option in the future), how big of a deal is the 16 vs 20 lanes of PCIe for those two boards? The price difference between those two boards is about $35 (which can probably go to an aftermarket cooler...)
3. I have not yet found any in depth reviews of those two specific mobos but I would presume that both can handle a 10700 no problem especially with regards to the VRM circuitry is that correct?
Thanks!
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