Question Known vs Unknown (5xx boards vs 4xx boards for Ryzen 3xxx)

[jackstar7]

I'm still running a 3770K, so this is going to be my first new build in a long time with the coming Ryzen 3-series in a month or so.

My question might well be answered by waiting for reviews and such, but I'm curious if people think the 5XX boards will bring enough to the table (based on what we know) to justify having that extra fan involved (as seen on all the 570s) or if it might be better just to pick up a 4XX board that we know will have BIOS to support 3-series, but won't have that extra fan as a potential point of failure.

Is there a consensus among all of you that are smarter and more handsome than me?

 

[VirtualLarry]

I think, that while the power consumption of the chipset could be seen as a negative, and certainly, the need for fans on chipsets seems like a step backwards, to the "ugly 90s", but honestly, the X570 boards, not specifically the chipset, bring so much to the table, I would wait at this point for an X570 board, if I were you.

The only reason not to, would be if you were on an "extreme budget", and wanted to snag one of the Ryzen R5 1600 CPUs for $120 or less, those won't work (supposedly) on an X570 board. So, look for an open-box/refurb X370 board on Newegg for $50-60 in addition.

But X570, will bring these features (on some boards):
2.5GbE-T ethernet port (in some cases, additionally to a 1GbE-T port)
AX Wifi 6 2x2 (generally with the Intel new mPCI-E card, or Killer's version using the Intel hardware)
3x PCI-E 4.0 x4/x2 M.2 NVMe SSDs (RAID-0 speeds, crazy speedy)
Better VRMs (for the dual-chiplet 12C and 16C monster AM4 CPUs)
More "Bling". Arguable whether this is an improvement, but IMHO it doesn't hurt.
PCI-E 4.0 throughout the slots. Primarily, at this point, this should improve NVMe performance by quite a bit with newer drives just coming on the market, but it should also help GPUs once PCI-E 4.0 GPUs (NAVI?) appear.