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Recommendation: MSI B450 Tomahawk or MSI B450 Gaming Plus?
- Thread starter Metroid
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| System Name | Matter's / Helios 300 Predator |
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| Processor | Ryzen 7 2700 / i7 7700HQ |
| Motherboard | B450 Tomahawk / Acer Helios 300 Predator |
| Cooling | Arctic Freezer eSports Duo |
| Memory | Patriot Viper ddr4 32gb / 32gb gskill ddr4 |
| Video Card(s) | MSI RTX 2080 Super Ventus OC / GTX 1060 6gb |
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| Case | Antec 300 / Acer Helios 300 Predator |
| Audio Device(s) | On Board - Steel Series Arctis Pro Wireless Cans |
| Power Supply | Antec 850watt high current pro |
| Mouse | Steel series Rival 600 |
| Keyboard | Corsair K70 / Acer Helios 300 Predator |
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I have the tomahawk and am very pleased with it, mine is paired with the 2700 and 32gb of ram. No issues with it.
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They both have very weak power delivery. I would seriously try to save a few more pennies and grab the Pro Carbon.
Alternatively: perhaps look on second hand markets? You can get great deals from people that have the upgrade bug (myself included!).
Alternatively: perhaps look on second hand markets? You can get great deals from people that have the upgrade bug (myself included!).
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The x470 prime pro is only 15 more than the Tomahawk (US) and has a real 6 phase vs 4 phase
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The tomahawk is a nice board, it gets my 1600 to 4.0 with zero trouble. I would go with the Carbon as the best overall B450 board, but both share the same 4+2 phase VRM.
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Good to hear, quality / price win here.
Yeah but that one doesn't have where i live.
Where i live is $50 more, so for that price, i'm more inclined to get a x570 like aorus elite at $210.
Thanks.
pcie layout is something i dont like on msi b450 tomahawk, sadly where i live that motherboard is not available, after the tomahawk only the x470 prime pro interests me but here is expensive $50 more, there is the msi b450 gaming plus, the cheapest with quality but it does not have a good heatsink like the b450 tomahawk but it has a better pcie layout.
There is this list here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...TJFqqVxdCR9daIVNyMatydkpFA/edit#gid=639584818
If I knew amd would not replace the am4 chipset then I could buy a high end x570 chipset, around $300, that would probably help in the coming years. If amd decides to behave like intel then gameover, buying high end boards every time is stupid.
