"no one is going to pair a 7950x with a cheap mobo" Amazon prebuilts: Allow me to introduce myself

@deivytrajan

Жыл бұрын

So accurate

@ilhamshobriantoro311

Жыл бұрын

most prebuilt duing that including asus, dell, etc

@badass6300

Жыл бұрын

Any and all prebuilts, along with cheap RAM and cheap PSU

@pseudzy

Жыл бұрын

@@badass6300 insane the margins they must get selling $1000 components for $1700

@foxboi6309

Жыл бұрын

​@@badass6300 Cheap SINGLE channel ram, with poor speeds 😂

0:00 - Intro 1:51 - Sponsor - Gigabyte Aorus Laptops 2:47 - AM5 platform review 5:45 - Cinebench R23 -- Testing [Ryzen 9 7950X] 6:38 - Cinebench R23 -- Testing [Ryzen 7 7700X] 7:02 - Cinebench R23 -- Testing [Ryzen 5 7600X] 7:13 - Cinebench R23 -- Testing [Ryzen 9 7900] 7:25 - SoTR gameplay [Ryzen 9 7900] 8:12 - Contacting Asrock and further troubleshooting 8:52 - Vendor contact, new motherboard BIOS 9:08 - Revocation of 170w TDP support and resolution 10:27 - Benchmark - Cinebench R23 11:57 - Benchmark - Cinebench R23 (10m loop) 12:07 - Benchmark - SoTR 12:25 - Benchmark - Watchdogs Legion 12:45 - VRM thermals - 1 hour test 13:31 - VRM thermals - comparison [Ryzen 9 7950X] 13:52 - Benchmark - comparison CB R23 [Ryzen 9 7950X] 14:07 - Comparison between B650M-HDV/M.2 15:40 - Conclusion & “Caveat Emptor” between this board and non-plus variant

Loads of testing of Ryzen 7000X cpus in "ECO mode" have already established that these CPUs are capable of great performance, even when TDP limited well below 120W. What on earth is Asrock doing to make the cpu panic throttle to 544mhz?

@mrfaern

Жыл бұрын

Asrock,

@OfSheikah

Жыл бұрын

@@mrfaern if thats the case then Asus is better off to not exist.

@creativityfails1

Жыл бұрын

The budget ASRock boards only exist as an exercise in getting familiar with the RMA process.

@BleedForTheWorld

Жыл бұрын

@@creativityfails1 that's funny

@WickedRibbon

Жыл бұрын

​@@creativityfails1 😆👌

Great work. Don't underestimate the importance of reviewing bad - ahem (sorry) limited - products like this motherboard. Now we are informed and advised. Keep up the good work.

@plonk420

Жыл бұрын

i still have my hopes up for other A620 boards. at least to Buildzoid levels of success...

@KerberosLive

Жыл бұрын

I would watch a video on the suspicious Asus and MSI boards

@Psi-Storm

Жыл бұрын

Funny how bios fixes only take 3 days when a journalist reports a problem, but regular people wait weeks or month for fixes on reported problems.

@Ometecuhtli

Жыл бұрын

That's the reason the news media is known as "the fourth power"

@TheOmegaAlfa

Жыл бұрын

Well said, when making incremental upgrades on budget different ideas come to mind.

Thanks for Steve’s effort for making Asrock’s product better. They should definitely pay the QC officer’s salary to you instead!

@PQED

Жыл бұрын

What QC? Sorry, I just had to.

@patlotpotlot6154

Жыл бұрын

@@PQED quality control

@PQED

Жыл бұрын

@@patlotpotlot6154 i was being facetious (joking). Don't worry about it. :)

@paulomarf628

Жыл бұрын

I think thats something that most brands have problems with, new tech! Always something new to tweak.. you can see Asus having issues of their own!

@maxdamage4919

Жыл бұрын

Asrock improve thanks to the Engineer and people Freedback in the forum. Steve did good job, but all improve is beacause customers.

This video shows why I’ll never unsubscribe from this channel. The dedication is out of the charts. Thank you for the high quality content! ❤

@Markisha64

Жыл бұрын

Sponsored by asrock....

@shinmopi

Жыл бұрын

​@@Markisha64 Nope sponsored by Gigabyte. And being sponsored doens't mean they won't say honestly what they think. Did you watch the video ?

I can’t believe Asrock released this board in that state, Steve doing their darn R&D product testing for them fs. Man, good work exposing this and getting it fixed Steve!

Sounds like Newegg is the real MVP here with their product listings informing consumers about the wattage limit of the motherboards.

@conyo985

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. At least Newegg did something right.

@felipeavlopes

Жыл бұрын

While they do deserve a fair deal of praise on informing consumers it's probably more a safety measure rather than a display of good faith on their end... Avoiding getting blasted by the horde of angry customers and all that. On the bright side at least some retailers are more cautious than the likes of AMD, Nvidia and their partners

@davidg2731

Жыл бұрын

From the get go when Newegg started selling these 620 boards they indicated 120W and 65W so I don't see how he thought they could handle 170W if he bought from Newegg!

@blkspade23

Жыл бұрын

Even though it is a good thing, it clearly stems from them not wanting to have to deal with returns.

@kengxi

Жыл бұрын

​@@felipeavlopesAs long as they are informing this type of information it doesnt really matter if they did it to avoid backlash from fans. At the end of the day it provides a better shopping experience and better transparency for consumers. We benefit either way.

I think labeling CPU max wattage support for motherboards is really useful. Researching for it on the internet is bloody brutal.

@dyslectische

Жыл бұрын

Normal it have . Online you can see it My b450m msi have a 95watt tdp beult. Bit still i can use a 5800 serie on it And those cpu are 105watt tdp. Bios have it but the performance is just not thare. Funny thing is that automatic overklok on the x serie is not support.

@EVPointMaster

Жыл бұрын

It would make sense, if CPUs actually only pulled as much power as their "TDPs" say they do.

@sassuki

6 ай бұрын

You can usually tell, just by looking at it: - No heatsink on the VRMs: up to 65W with tower coolers and 95W with a topdown cooler - With heatsink on the VRMs: up to 95W with tower coolers and 125W with a big topdown cooler For anything beyond 125W, count the chokes: as a rule of thumb, each choke can easily handle 15W if cooled in a topdown manner or 10W if cooled by an AIO or a tower cooler. So basically for 170W, you should ideally have at least 12 chokes in total.

@robparker5525

Күн бұрын

@@sassukiwhere did you obtain this information?

You would think these mb companies would at least test configurations before putting out stated information, but no, we as consumers have to beta test all technology's these days. Keep up the benching!

@bimasetyaputra8381

Жыл бұрын

What do you mean these days? Its way worse back in the day lol

@mikem2253

Жыл бұрын

Its why i’m still AM4. I’ll let everyone else beta test a while longer before I jump in.

@HSG4meR

Жыл бұрын

@@mikem2253 and in that time prices goes down, I see this as a win

@PQED

Жыл бұрын

@@HSG4meR Will the prices go down, or will the profits go up. That's the real question.

@brucepreston3927

Жыл бұрын

​@@mikem2253 I feel you! I used to buy to newest CPU/MB every 2 years, but it has bit me in the ass so many times in the last several years! I'm sticking with I have for the next 4 years at least and then I buy whatever chip is a generatio old at that time...I'm tired of beta testing $1000 CPU/MB for these companies!

Thanks for your excellent fast review as always Steve. Very informative. And I've come to watch it fast to show my respect again!

Great video Steve. Way to be on top of these board manufactures.

thanks for the in depth review. i assemble PCs for living. your videos always saves me hours of troubleshooting. i'll be recommending the b650m hdv for anything above 120w

I consider Asrock is already doing a good job by releasing a BIOS fix in just 3 days after Steve's report. Somehow, that shows Asrock was taking input from external source seriously. They were wrong, but at least Asrock managed to correct them.

@yukisnoww

Жыл бұрын

it does seem like they were working on it already, 3 days seems tight for such things..

@cguy2guy511

Жыл бұрын

​@@yukisnoww Yep, his feedback most likely got it pushed up the priority list...they know he will have a review

@Hardwareunboxed

Жыл бұрын

It would have been a fairly straight forward fix, change the power limit and raise the temp the VRM can hit, or it could have just been the latter. They've released another revision since then.

@yukisnoww

Жыл бұрын

@@Hardwareunboxed i see, but the timeline for straightforward fix can be anywhere from couple minutes to a month 🤣

@Hardwareunboxed

Жыл бұрын

Not when they know a video is coming ;)

Not in for an upgrade in the next two years, but I always love this content and thanks for going through with the testing. I'll consider Floatplane for this type of contgent!

Thanks for the great work with testing these boards! Looking forward to the Gigabyte MK one.

Good work Steve. Much appreciate the pain you go through to test these products so we don't have to. I'd like to see how the ITX AM5 mobos compare to each other. There's not that many of them and I've a sneaky feeling that they may actually provide better quality parts for the overall package. Not that I know for certain. I'm sure people will drop comments one way or another, I just hope they have facts rather than opinion to back it up :)

@christopherjames9843

Жыл бұрын

ITX boards are usually a good bit more expensive and of a good quality because ITX is a niche people will pay a premium for.

I hope you guys or someone else makes more videos on a620 boards. I know they will be commonplace for budget builds in the future. My used a320 board works well with my Ryzen 5600, and I managed to snag it for only $30 several months ago! I wish I saw some testing on the limits of the 65W boards. The "65W TDP" Ryzen 7000 CPUs actually consume about 90W without PBO on all core load according to GN. The "120W" 7800X3D is around the same power consumption at 90W on all core load, so if the boards are fine with a 7600 and 7700 - I would expect the 7800X3D to perform as usual. If they can't even handle "65W TDP" CPUs, then that's a story worth covering!

@imnotusingmyrealname4566

Жыл бұрын

That 7800X3D is just an absolute efficiency monster!

@_TrueDesire_

11 ай бұрын

TDP = Thermal Design Power If it's 65W TDP you need a cooler that can handle 65-70W TDP in order to run the CPU within temperature specifications. It is in no way a 1:1 ratio regarding power usage.

Great video, thank you for dealing with all the issues and testing it out!

Awesome piece! Thanks for the time invested Steve.

AsRock HDV back on top of their game LOL

To be honest this would be good board to look at for budged builds after next gen boards will start to appear, low end boards often get really good discounts at the end of their lifetime.

@nathangamble125

Жыл бұрын

Only for the Ryzen 5 7600 and any future entry-level AM5 CPUs though. Even if it's cheap, there's no point in wasting your CPU's potential.

Thank you for this absolutely crucial testing. Finding products behaving out of spec and reporting them in an independent and fair way is super necessary.

Great reviews, congratulations, you gained a subscriber from Brazil.

Much appreciated! Way more valuable than pre-release reviews as this shows the actual consumer experience. I know it's frustrating but more like these will make a big difference!

So similar things to this are happening on Intel 13th gen with 12th gen boards, especially with XMP RAM speeds and fast boot causing PC not to boot. Tons of BIOS revisions, at least on the Aorus Ultra board I have to try to address some of it, but really nothing much has changed. I'm honestly surprised someone isn't suing at this point over the RAM speed thing. It's almost impossible to get advertised speeds on some boards, even with RAM that has been "verified" to work on those boards.

@Lodethebig

Жыл бұрын

At my work we regularly have to disappoint customers who want a PC built with 6600Mhz ram, simply because we can't get stable performance over 6200 or 6400Mhz. Sometimes even capping at 6000Mhz before failed Memtests. It's a gamble and no kit is the same. We send these kits back to the manufacturer with our complaint and we do get new sets, but even then it's a game of luck if it actually runs at the advertised speeds.

@tilburg8683

Жыл бұрын

Intel is always terrible with RAM speeds in my experience. It's always just randomly how fast your cpu can handle while AMD so far could always run the RAM at the XMP speeds.

@maxdamage4919

Жыл бұрын

@@tilapiadave3234 Both have problems, dont mention Asus history in the crosshair formula in Iintel and amd

Usually I have criticism of the exclusion of MSFS in benchmarks of yours. Thanks for this great review of entry level hardware covering not only high end products Hardware Unboxed! Also thanks for out to the patreons 🖤

Thank you for your time on this subject.

I've always had a good experience with Asrock and their boards, although I've always been someone who builds mid-range computers.They added CPU BIOS features to their B450 boards that all other manufacturers only put on their B550 and above.

@RANDOMNATION907

Жыл бұрын

Same here.

Apparently they have not changed. This reminds me of the infamous ASRock Fatality 970 Performance - a AM3+ board with cheaper AMD 970 chipset - supposedly supporting the 220W TDP FX-9590. Two of them simply burned out after a few weeks (a chip near the VRM scorched). That was because the VRM reached over 100° C when putting (simple gaming) stress on the CPU. But in the forum support kept insisting it is supported, but customers have to care for any extra cooling required, namely active VRM cooling. Others got it right without modding, though.

Always asking the right questions, awesome!

Thank you for making this video. Great content!

What if we undervolt and apply PPT edc values ? for 7950x

Thank you for testing the boards at the budget end of the scale.

THANK YOU!!!! I’d been considering the A620 board for a cheap build

The 7950x is back on the list of supported CPUs. Even after this video. No mention of what TDP it will run at, on their site. So much for fixing this. They are back at it.

There sseem to be on-going issue with Asus boards killing X3D chips. They seems to deleted all of their previous bios and leave the only recent one. Will you do a cover on it?

@yukisnoww

Жыл бұрын

ASUS sneakily pumping up the juice (voltage) to try get advantages in benchmarks, lol.

@razoo911

Жыл бұрын

i know the asus motherboard allow to bypass voltalge limit on 3d cache maybe that s the problem

@madtech5153

Жыл бұрын

gamers nexus bought one for testing so expect it from them to release a video

These are things that people need to know about. I can't believe they updated their website to support less cpus like you wouldn't have checked when buying a budget motherboard. Wow.

Good info man thanks a lot

Great work mate! Fighting the good fight!

Thank you Hardware Unboxed for keeping Asrock honest. Reviews like this greatly influence my buying decisions.

@imnotusingmyrealname4566

Жыл бұрын

It's likely ASRock was just lazy and didn't bother with in-depth testing and optimizing. Once Steve notified them about it they promptly made changes improving performance and clarifying compatibility. That's great! Steve basically improved the product, I think he can be be proud of that.

I hope Asrock is grateful for your findings, you brought a huge issue to their attention

that's a new and different review for motherboards you have been tested. Good job

We need more reviews like this.

Reviewers shouldn't be weighed down with the task of QA testing. I'm sorry you have to deal with that Steve. I've been seeing this trend in tech companies for over a decade now. I worked as a sysadmin in a test lab for a tech company in 2010-2016. I saw them whittle down their testing departments repeatedly over the years. In 2010, I worked with over 50 people. By 2016, I worked with 8, and all those were outside the country and not direct employees of the company, outsourced to save money. (I bet they're having a great time testing now, considering their whole team was sourced from Kiev, Ukraine.) More and more companies are sending out untested hardware and software and "fixing" the issues after customers complain. It's lazy and cheap, and their miserly attitudes are hurting the entire industry.

@Vatharian

Жыл бұрын

It's not a trend. This stuff gets more and more complicated each generation. On top of that, ASRock is just 70 Engineers - it's not ASUS or Gigabyte - forget about couple of issues here and there, with time they fix it all. It's just they have to eat and sleep sometimes. I have always been impressed by level of technological wizardry ASRock has been able to pull out of their behinds over they years, and despite Platform Integration Documentation - basically a reference board with everything exposed with full documentation - creeping up to 2000 pages from measly 130 in Sandy Bridge era - they still drop insane products with same tenacity as giants. For the slimming of validation, I work myself in it, and I can only say you are wrong. In 2016 product my team works on line had about 330 tests, with 25 people running them in shifts to chase the release dates and bug escape analysis performed at least once per week. Now it's just 7 people, with over 46000 tests, and just few of them requiring manual intervention, everything else is automated. We still get customer reported bugs, but 99% of them are bizarre corner cases or eldritch combinations of hardware and users making up things and stating that 'by their judgement it should work, but why it doesn't?'. Of course things will slide under the radar unnoticed, for something we didn't think to test or due to specific combination of equipment used for testing purposes.

@dangingerich2559

Жыл бұрын

@@Vatharian To make my previous comment clearer: I'm not criticizing the testers. I'm criticizing corporate management for cutting back on testing staff. You even mention this with having previously 330 tests and 25 staff and now you have 7 staff and more tests to run. I'd like to smack certain management upside the head for their lack of sense in cutting back testing staff so much.

@cheshirster

Жыл бұрын

Google started this with Android and everybody followed.

It's baffling to me that ASRock didn't just enable ECO mode by default for the 170W CPUs on this board instead of dropping support. The 7900X and 7950X don't drop all the much performance at a 120W TDP limit, and it would avoid the huge drops from thermal throttling on the VRM. Obviously this would need to be made clear in the product listing and specifications so buyers know what to expect.

Very useful information and is appreciated!

Great video, thanks for the review.

Lost of talk about VRAM lately but what about DRAM? Steve's last 16GB vs 32GB video was 4 years ago, it would be interesting to see how it compares with modern games

@124thDragoon

Жыл бұрын

In my anecdotal experience the only game that truly cares about having access to more than 16 gigs is Star Citizen. Now, I realize that that might not “count” as a game yet, and if so, my answer would then change to “none”.

@xalderin3838

Жыл бұрын

​@@124thDragoonThen you haven't met my good old friend... 7 Days to Die. It sucks DRAM like no other 😅😂

@124thDragoon

Жыл бұрын

@@xalderin3838 the last time I played that game was ~6 years ago. It was fine at the time. Weird.

@xalderin3838

Жыл бұрын

@@124thDragoon Ahh, so you haven't played any recent updates. I have 32gb of Ran, and it sucks about 25+ relatively easily, when I play.

@124thDragoon

Жыл бұрын

@@xalderin3838 Jesus Christ

HUB being migrated from the ASRock blacklist to the BETA testers group is at least a move in the right direction.

@Hardwareunboxed

Жыл бұрын

Sadly though, it was a paid program, and we were the ones paying.

@marty_nz

Жыл бұрын

@@Hardwareunboxed It's as if they didn't learn from their previous mistakes and thought no one would notice. Continue keeping them honest.

I'm going to upgrade to AM5 this summer so I'll be eagerly waiting for your AM5 motherboard reviews!

That comparison shot of the dead guy on quake and cyber punk in the same pose was legendary!!!

My take from this review is that the 7800X3D is a god among CPUs. Good job AMD. Maybe next time release the successor sooner ?

I'm just glad that the board is in a working state now. It's good to know that one of the lowest budget boards can properly run a 7950X3D

Thank you for the warnings!

Steve thanks for taking a lot of time to provide info for average buyers.

1:43 oh wow, I thought Asrock had blacklisted HUB?

@Hardwareunboxed

Жыл бұрын

We're back in their good books this year ;)

@obeliskt1024

Жыл бұрын

Thats nice, all Asrock have to do is put out good products and do away with the marketing BS and they'd get good reviews from HUB anyway

@tomorpedreiro3032

Жыл бұрын

@@Hardwareunboxed I can tell by first minute thats not gonna be long lasting 😅

Perhaps adding a heatsink and even a fan could improve vrm temps?

@annoyingguyoninternet1631

Жыл бұрын

It already have a heatsink so adding would be hard.

@ozzyp97

Жыл бұрын

@@annoyingguyoninternet1631 It's hard to see how this'd be worth the trouble anyway, since you can get proper 170W support for an extra $20-30. The temps are just fine for the CPUs you should realistically use in a board like this.

@annoyingguyoninternet1631

Жыл бұрын

@@ozzyp97 absolutely this and A series traditionally drop prices down to $50 overtime

I appreciate the testing.

Thanks to your tests, I was able to decide on the choice of motherboard for AM4. And I'm not the only one

Nah this is the question I want answered 😂. Please don't give me a reason to upgrade my 5800x3d. *Edit no... No it does not 😂

@TippyHippy

Жыл бұрын

I put my hamster in a sock and slammed it against the furniture

so bad that it pulverized the oc world records on a 7950x MDR

Great review, as always.

Tests like this one are the absolute gold standard, well done!

I disagree with the mindset that nobody would pair a cheap board with an expensive CPU. For me, a board is basically just there to house the actually important hardware. So long as it can power the CPU and have all the connections i need which are not many and doesn't have any other serious issues, i'd always take the cheapest board available.

@gorjy9610

Жыл бұрын

Most people will be quite satisfied with basic A620 features and performance of 65W CPUs. There is a room in a market for them (much bigger than for boards we here actually want to buy :)). But board makers should limit them for 65W CPUs and advertise as such limited boards. Asrock did same thing even in 775 days, I recall few boards with holes in place of VRMs just from using CPUs on support list (not even most powerful) so it's nothing new in fact that they lie. Fact that now they all lie is new.

i have an msi rtx 3070 gaming x and 5800x.. i think im good..

@DebasedAnon

Жыл бұрын

Not for long with the 3070...

@DeadPhoenix86DP

Жыл бұрын

@@DebasedAnon Depends on the Resolution. 1080p 8GB VRAM would be enough. 1440p you need to lower down the textures to high or medium depending on the game.

@DebasedAnon

Жыл бұрын

@@DeadPhoenix86DP Even in 1080p you need to lower it in newer games... Only reason 8GB was enough was because they were still developing with PS4 in mind, now they're switching to focusing on PS5 and they wont limit VRAM usage anywhere near as much and you can already see that with Hogwarts and how its literally unplayable even at 1080p ultra on a 3070...

@DeadPhoenix86DP

Жыл бұрын

@@DebasedAnon Never seen any game go above 8GB on 1080p Resolution. 1440p yes but 1080p no. And the PS5 is using 10GB at best for games, while the rest is reserved for the OS.

@FrancisSyCoCo

Жыл бұрын

nah 8 gb is still good. those games are just unoptimized. and people are blowing it pjt of proportion.. u can still do good with 8gbs..

Thanks for the top tier content 👍 Can you please do the midrange b650 boards as well, Steve 😭😭

This was great, thank you.

Interesting to hear how much Asrock apparently tried to gaslight you

I recently built am AMD system using ASRock using a mid range mobo chipset and was pleased with the quality and software support. Compared to my much more expensive PC with a mobo from gigabyte, it was a steal and worked far better out of the box

@Tripnotik25

Жыл бұрын

Asrock is entry level, if it was "midrange" it would already be ASUS otherwise they'd be eating into their own sales. Asrock are excellent and often pretty much just a solid ASUS board with a few less features.

@givemeajackson

Жыл бұрын

@@Tripnotik25 ah yes, the 550 dollar entry level asrock x670 taichi... asrock hasn't been part of Asus since 2002.

@Shl0kk

Жыл бұрын

As even Steve stated, the b650 from ASRock was a great board, whereas this baseline wasn't. In my experience a midrange ASRock (on sale at $120) gave me a better experience than a top end gigabyte (originally bought at $340).

@Tripnotik25

Жыл бұрын

@@givemeajackson I stand corrected then. They apparently are still owned by the same company but asrock no longer just parent company but a straight competitor. They still kind of own the low end segment.

@givemeajackson

Жыл бұрын

@@Tripnotik25 no they're not, asrock is owned by pegatron. and asus is the main brand of Asustek. pegatron split off from asustek in 2010, they're completely independent companies.

Such reviews are of the most importance not only because push the complacent vendors to fix their product descriptions and firmware, but exposes bad products warning people to dodge a bullet while saving $20.

Excellent work!

7800X3D with a cheap board is for many a perfect combination, it will last a loooong time and thanks to its limited power consumption the need for the high end VRM cooling etc just isn't needed. So is it worth it?

@JagsP95

Жыл бұрын

Why don't you watch the video first lmao

@streamstreak

Жыл бұрын

Yes

@3k3k3

Жыл бұрын

@@JagsP95 I watched the video and was honestly surprised that it was a test that focused more on the motherboard and its shortcoming (who would brings this to market in this state??) with all CPUs above 120 watt. I did expect a 7800X3D focused test on a super cheap board and a conclusion that would say something about it.

I do believe it is nothing absurd to see an entry level board not able to run a 170W cpu, as I believe no one would ever use a combo like that. Even if am5 ends up supporting another 3 generations like am4 did, there will always be lower consumption cpu. Even the 7950x itself has the bios option to limit consumption to 95 or 65W in ECO mode

@memitim171

Жыл бұрын

No, but it is absurd to claim that it does in fact do that, when it actually doesn't.

@leonardo.muricy

Жыл бұрын

@@memitim171 sure, I agree. At least now it is correct

I almost ordered a a620 but I am about to stick a 7700x into a 2u chassis and not having voltage control can get messy real fast. So I got a Gigabyte B650I but these boards a crazy expensive.

Thanks for making a video like this. It allows anyone to see just how these type of motherboards would work with higher end cpus. Timing of this video is really weird for me, because before seeing the video listed, I had literally wondered, why anyone would do these sort of pairings and that there would defnitely be some obvious drawbacks, exactly the type of things you mention.

could you take a look at the recent fiasco over asus boards burning 7800x3d cpu's?

@Squashed8Ball

Жыл бұрын

This is news to me. What is your source for this please?

@NGreedia

Жыл бұрын

@@Squashed8Ballit’s a popular thread in the Amd subreddit. Gamers nexus offered the person to purchase it from the person who’s board and cpu died

@adamadamx5464

Жыл бұрын

@@Squashed8Ball On videocardz you have article about it

@chriswright8074

Жыл бұрын

@@adamadamx5464 the German did a video he does speak English

@eudyptes5046

Жыл бұрын

That's how rumors start, we know of 1 (ONE) case and now it's already "asus boards burning 7800x3d cpu's".

You're right , enough for A620 . We need more B650 and X670 hardware unboxed review .

@b_s_p_k

Жыл бұрын

No! I'm waiting for gigabyte a620 boards

another great review, please do the b650 comparison , I'm stuck on 3 board ( looking for m-atx or mini-itx) and I don't know who is better , they all get good reviews and compatible with 170watt cpus ( even if I will have the 7800x3d but we never know the future ) . its between Msi mortar b650 / tuf b650 / asrock riptide b650. i know there is more expensive ones but I'm just not spending 400$ ( canadien) on a motherboard ever.

Thanks for being honest and showing the truth. They just hope people that go to purchase those boards realize what they're getting because most won't watch videos

video was barely about the 7800x3d

@Smallman647

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It's called motherboard review.

@Deathscythe91

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@@Smallman647 then dont name the title 7800x3d +a620 is it worth it? Makes it sound like the video is about testing the x3d chip on a620??

@AshtonCoolman

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​@@Deathscythe91 how much more needed to be said about the 7800X3D? The review is mainly about the this A620 board so the content reflects that. The 7800X3D works fine in this board and he showed that thoroughly.

Ok 🥲

I remember Asrock doing this same thing with AM3+ and Bulldozer. Initially some boards listed compatibility with 125W processors which were later removed from the support list because they would throttle the 8120. It was very unfortunate for buyers who bought them to pair with the 8120s.

Hoping for more boards test since it still supports memory OC (I mean, you tested Intel's B series boards), but pretty much appreciate with your finding on the Asrock board. Thank you

Nothing but problems with multiple x670 chipset MB's I have used and tested. Zen 4 CPU's are exceptional, truly amazing. The motherboards as a whole are without a doubt, the worst generation I have ever seen. They are FULL of problems. We now have the x3d cpu's frying the sockets of ASUS/MSI mb's.

@eudyptes5046

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I know of one case and even if there was a second one it doesn't mean anything in relation to the number of chips sold, time will tell. Also, it's unclear what the problem was, the CPU or the motherboard.

Asrock makes the worst hardware. Period.

@ALph4cro

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My AB350 PRO4 from Asrock is serving me well. Upgraded the cpu from R5 1600 to 5800x3D and it's still working perfectly.

@DeadPhoenix86DP

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Yep Asrock is trash.

@TerraWare

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That's not true although they do seem to be rather inconsistent but Steve himselv said their B650 is the best in that class.

@skyryudo311

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Surprisingly Asus entry level ones are worst on b650

@ALph4cro

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@@skyryudo311 Not suprising to me, tbh. Asus always seems to be lacking with AMD hardware.

In my potentially naive opinion, you salvaged your time spent. I hope this video performs well. It was very informative for me and thanks for the insight about what happens behind the scenes as well.

Any word on the availability of the Asrock A620m Pro RS boards? They "look" like they might be more robust. But, I haven't seen them listed anywhere.

Hey Steve, long time listener, first time caller. I know since the big x3d chips came out, you've been benching the 7950x3d with one chiplet disabled to simulate the 7800x3d, but have you considered doing this with the 7900x3d? I'm really interested in what the results would be, as a 6 core x3d chiplet really appeals to me as a pure gamer on a budget, and I feel would get near 85% of the 8 core variants.

Great review

Good stuff!, thanks.

I learned the hard way to avoid the low end ASRock boards esp the HDV models when I built my first Ryzen system. There were so many little issues that were remedied when I went with something of higher quality and my system was actually more stable.

This is good info to know, especially since the ASRock B650 was so good.

Glad to see this time ASRock responded adequately! There is hope.

Currently the ASRock A620M-HDV/M.2+ costs €104,90 and the ASRock B650M-HDV/M.2 costs €154. Would you go for the A620 board or save up for the B650? it's a bit more than $20.

11:20 I wonder if the 7950X would perform better by manually setting lower power/electrical limits (PPT, EDC, TDC), so it keeps all cores at a lower but steady frequency rather than some of them running full speed and others clocking down way too much.

@Safetytrousers

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Then it would still be hobbling the 7950x performance.

Great review, love your reviews! Can you please test the budget B550 board + budget DD4 RAM and 5800X3D vs WHATEVER AM5 config can be purchased for the same money, as I personally think if you're on the budget it's cheaper to get 5800X3D these days (even if you have to buy a new board + RAM) then investing in to AM5 platform. I know AM5 it's a good investment, but the reviews is also good as millions of people have AM4 boards + RAM and not sure if it's a good idea to jump to AM5 or just upgrade. I personally would wait for another year on my AM4 platform till AM5 will go down in price even further after 2nd gen AM5 CPU's and by the way AM4 B550 boards are much cheaper these days. I'm sure AM4 performance would be sufficient enough for a few more years, especially with 5800X3D. P.S. Gigabyte B550 Elite has a new version and it's not as bad as the initial review -) Many AM4 boards were updated since the old days. Thank you and much appreciated. Paul @ iTFT Computers UK.

I been convinced that for my next build Asrock Motherboards aren't a bad start. I found this A520 for $200AUS, but I also found a B650M RS PRO for $240AUS but I haven't pulled the trigger becuase CPUs are still to expensive and then thier's buying windows 11, maybe when series 8000 CPUs come out people will start upgrading some cheap 7000.series CPU will come up on ebay.

Good to see that Asrock, at least, reply to emails. On the other side you have Gigabyte, which only replied to me with a copy-pasted message when I asked help with their faulty B650-DSH3. And the worst thing, after 1 month I'm still waiting to resolve my RMA.

You might want to put the link to the video of B650 board (which you referenced as one of the best) into description or into a note (or whatever the "i" in the corner is).