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May 5, 2025 12:47 PM
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frontpage Posted by sr71 • 4d ago
May 5, 2025 12:47 PM
GIGABYTE B650M GAMING PLUS WIFI AM5 mATX Mobo + 32GB CORSAIR DDR5 6000 Kit
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But Newegg had a B850M Gaming X with somewhat better VRMs, PCIe 5.0 GPU slot, and 2x16GB of DDR5 6400 memory for $174.99 not more than 2 weeks ago. Patience may yield a better deal.
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PCIe 5.0 doesn't worth that much over PCIe 4.0 for gaming. Take 5090's PCIe scaling for example, across all 3 resolutions of FHD, QHD and UHD, PCIe 4.0x16 has 99% of the performance with PCIe 5.0x16. Difference is less significant with lower end GPUs.
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A 5060 ti that is already cut to 8 lanes gets hurt worse by a drop to pcie4. Up to 10 percent or more from testing so far. https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-c...g-pcie-4-0 [tomshardware.com]
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I JUST did a 5700x3d build like 3 months ago and I don't need an upgrade/crossgrade.
But with the tariff uncertainty I wanted to get on am5 since it's got probably another 2-4 years left. Am4 is dead end.
Got this, a 9600X, a nice case and a 240 aio for 426 bucks shipped.
The 9600x came w monster hunter AND a free 512GB SATA SSD. And it has an iGPU to tide me over until the GPU market shakes out. Or maybe I'll throw my old 3070 in it.
For around $425 (after tax) it's a complete budget build minus psu (I have a spare psu).
But Newegg had a B850M Gaming X with somewhat better VRMs, PCIe 5.0 GPU slot, and 2x16GB of DDR5 6400 memory for $174.99 not more than 2 weeks ago. Patience may yield a better deal.
Very true. Got the 850m board after looking at this one. No issues with my build.
One plus is that gigabyte seems to monitor Newegg reviews and they respond to complaints.