Ryzen 2700x motherboard question

[Spike]

Hey there, finally building a new gaming pc after a few years off. Instead of being smart I sorta went the shotgun approach and bought a bunch of stuff depending on how black friday/cyber monday sales went. So, all that being said, I now have a 2700x coming my way. Why? I don't know, it was cheaper than the intel equivalent and I wanted to go back to AMD? Anyway, it's coming, and I'm too lazy to return it. Looking at motherboards I see both X370 and X470 as the primary options. I currently live in Europe and I can get the Asrock X370 Killer SLI for about a hundred euro which seems reasonable. I did some research but most of what I found seems to be related to when it first came out, it sounds like now there should be no compatibility issues with the 2700x. I already checked the memory I ordered (4x8gb crucial ballistix LT 3000) and it appears to be fine. Any reason I should look at an X470, or other, board instead?

For my plans I will be using this as a gaming machine with an RTX 2070. I'll also be leaving the CPU to do it's own boosting but I do want to make sure the ram runs as fast as it can given the amount and type.

Thoughts? X470 or another the better way to go?

Thanks!

 

[DownTheSky]

Gamers Nexus just recently made a review with best AM4 motherboards:

I would advise against x370/older generation MB since you don't know how recent the BIOS on them hence if they support the 2700x or not.

 

[ao_ika_red]

Ask your seller first about its BIOS version, otherwise you would need to borrow older AM4 CPU to update its BIOS. With X470 board you don't have to worry about this.

 

[Spike]

Thanks for the replies, it sounds like I should just go with an X470 to be sure. I'll poke around the european sites and see what I can find for a decent deal. Though "decent" over here means at least 10% more than the states, ugh.

 

[ao_ika_red]

ASRock Gaming K4 and Gigabyte Aorus Ultra Gaming seem decent.

 

[Spike]

ASRock Gaming K4 and Gigabyte Aorus Ultra Gaming seem decent.

I ended up saying screw it and ordering the Gigabyte Aorus gaming 7. As you get to the more premium boards the prices tend to become more equal between the states and here, or at least thats the justification I used in spending this much.

 

[ao_ika_red]

Well, you pay for better features.
I like its VRM cooling fins. It reminds me of Core2Quad days.

 

[Spike]

Well, you pay for better features.
I like its VRM cooling fins. It reminds me of Core2Quad days.

My hope is that this board will support the zen 2 chips with minimal/no downsides or missing features. Might be a long shot, but I'm hoping that a more premium board will be more likely to do this once they launch. We will see.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Gamers Nexus just recently made a review with best AM4 motherboards:

I would advise against x370/older generation MB since you don't know how recent the BIOS on them hence if they support the 2700x or not.

Ugh don’t they just have a list. I really don’t want to watch a 30 minute video to find out.

 

[Spike]

Ugh don’t they just have a list. I really don’t want to watch a 30 minute video to find out.

I ended up watching the whole thing... and then buying the first board anyway.