Question Looking for help picking an ATX motherboard for AMD 7800X3D

[Lil'John]

After decades of almost being Intel only(one Cyrix and one AMD), I am locked in on going with an AMD 7800X3D next month and I'm 'lost' on the AMD motherboard choices/options.

Primary use will be mid-level gaming that are locked more by single thread performance than having tons of threads. An example is Battletech with Roguetech mod.

I need to be able to run a GPU plus two Intel PCI-e 750 SSDs thus I want at least an ATX size. The 'final' GPU will be a Christmas present so I'll be probably be reusing ASUS 1050ti for now.

I have zero need for wifi. I would rather pay less on a MB than extra for an un-needed feature.

I have no desire for any RGB or other flashing lights.

I will be buying a new case/PSU so I'm not locked in to any size MB.

I'm partial to ASUS and AsRock but not locked in to the brands.

 

[Tech Junky]

AMD can be an overload of a learning curve when switching. I went with an ASRock PG Lightning for my use. I picked it up in Amazon for $160 as a return last year.

The only kink right now is the new boards coming end of Sept. But, the only significant change is adding USB4 ports as mandatory.

The pgl though has a good assortment of features and plenty of bandwidth for the slots. It's stable with the latest uefi as well. When I got it the previous person left it with the initial beta firmware which is probably why they sent it back. It took me three different versions to find one that worked well.

 

[In2Photos]

Well based on what you said any B650 or X670 ATX motherboard should work. All of these boards will have at least 1 PCIex16 slot, some will have 2, plus a PCIex1 slot. Some mATX boards will as well. You can use PCPartPicker to add your existing equipment and it will show you which motherboards will work. AsRock, Asus, MSI, Gigabyte all have several boards. I prefer MSI boards, but the ASRock boards are nice as well, I just don't have personal experience with them, but always hear good things.

One thing to keep in mind with using the 2 Intel SSDs. GPUs are getting bigger and bigger these days. Your 1050Ti will fit fine, but you may have trouble down the road getting a bigger GPU to fit above the 2 Intel units. Do you absolutely need to keep these? What's the reason to hang on to them moving forward?