Question Please Recommend a x670e Motherboard for me

[Justinbaileyman]

I purchased a 7950x and 4 x 32gb of G.skill Flare X5 5600 cl36, but need to know what is like the go to motherboard these days.
I was looking at the Gigabyte x670e Aorus Master , MSI x670e Carbon , and the Asrock x670e Taichi or Carrara.
I don't care about over clocking at all and need the system to run cool and it has to be stable as can be.
Hoping to run at 65w mode 24/7 if that helps at all?
Also I have several Team group 2tb m.2 Gen 3.0 x 4 ssd's and was wondering if I can use these on any of these boards?
Thanks for any help in advance!!

Edit - I forgot to mention that I plan to use air cooling - Noctua NH-D15 Chromax Black ED. So will need this to fit one of these boards..

 

[In2Photos]

Why do you need an X670e board? With the requirements you listed a B650 board would work fine. I'm partial to MSI myself. I planned on getting the B650 Carbon, but went with the Edge as I did an all white build. Your NVME drives will work fine in the new board.

 

[Justinbaileyman]

I haven't even really bothered to look at the b650 boards yet . Maybe I will go check them out.

 

[EXCellR8]

I may be in the market for a B650 soon as well, to replace my X370. Good luck with whatever you pick!

Side note... DDR5 prices not as bad as I figured.

 

[Justinbaileyman]

Nope not at all bad , I snagged my 64gb kit at newegg for $239 during the valentines day week special thing that was going on along with my 7950x which I got for around $ 549.. I just cant decide on a stinking motherboard. Prices are out of control when it comes to all next gen motherboars though.

 

[In2Photos]

Nope not at all bad , I snagged my 64gb kit at newegg for $239 during the valentines day week special thing that was going on along with my 7950x which I got for around $ 549.. I just cant decide on a stinking motherboard. Prices are out of control when it comes to all next gen motherboars though.

Hence my response about looking at B650. X670 only gives you some additional Gen 5 NVME slots or extra PCIe slots and 10Gb Ethernet. What did you think about the MSI Carbon B650 board?

 

[Justinbaileyman]

To be totally honest here, most if not all of the b650 boards not having post code displays and missing bios flash back and bios reset is killing me and making a b650 choice very hard for me.

 

[In2Photos]

They have LEDs for CPU, RAM, and VGA. I've used both the MSI B650 Edge and the Gigabyte Aorus Elite AX and they both have BIOS flashback.

 

[Justinbaileyman]

I actually like the look of the Edge more so then the Carbon, but the Carbon looks to have slightly more features. Wonder if MSI plans to drop a B650 force version?

 

[Justinbaileyman]

Any one know if there will be more b650e models released or is this it ?
I am really liking the B650 Mortar Matx board. The only caveat is its only pci-e gen 4 and there is no gen 5 at all on the board.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Check out the three Gigabyte mobos in this post if you care about boot times: https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/zen-4-builders-thread.2605910/post-40956257

 

[Justinbaileyman]

Check out the three Gigabyte mobos in this post if you care about boot times: https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/zen-4-builders-thread.2605910/post-40956257

Thank you for posting a link to this thread. I didn't even know this thread existed,. This is exactly the info I was looking for!!