motherboard selection for a cpu 12400F

[pingus]

Ello peeps

first time building pc and so far i have brought the rtx 3060 tuf gaming and intel 12400F cpu. everything else shouldn't matter listing much but pc case, ill be getting corsair 4000d and psu ill be getting a seasonic focus gx-750 gold rated. Now the only thing I'm worried about is motherboard and the 3 options i got for a LGA1700 is these three links ill post

asus prime B660M-A (the cheapest out of all)

Its Asus Tuf B660M-PLUS motherboard so aesthetic lul(most expensive one too)

MSI PRO B660-A, The underdog, decent price and somehow was 350 cad based on the honey history, but now its 200, also ATX

which one makes sense to buy

 

[joemama]

Unless you need that pcie 5.0, I don't think you need the second board, the first one should be enough for you

 

[pingus]

Unless you need that pcie 5.0, I don't think you need the second board, the first one should be enough for you

true yea, i defo dont need it but the msi board has these random boost cpu thingys, like features but ig they dont matter much?

 

[Nike_486DX]

msi looks good to me, its always nice to have the good old ps/2 (either for troubleshooting or using the fav peripherals with it), also i had better experience with msi bios, at least it worked more stable than asus to me, ymmv. Plus its common to see triple slot cards these days, so with matx you will be left with only one slot (for a better wifi card, or some extra sata, etc). Also if you are getting the 4000d case, a matx mobo would look cheap (IMO), because there would be all that extra empty space on the bottom. Go for atx.

 

[pingus]

msi looks good to me, its always nice to have the good old ps/2 (either for troubleshooting or using the fav peripherals with it), also i had better experience with msi bios, at least it worked more stable than asus to me, ymmv. Plus its common to see triple slot cards these days, so with matx you will be left with only one slot (for a better wifi card, or some extra sata, etc). Also if you are getting the 4000d case, a matx mobo would look cheap (IMO), because there would be all that extra empty space on the bottom. Go for atx.

will do that chief, thanks, 40 dollars more but should be one time anyways, cpu should last me couple years

 

[Nike_486DX]

will do that chief, thanks, 40 dollars more but should be one time anyways, cpu should last me couple years

also check the other brands like gigabyte and asrock, to see if you find other b660 board within your budget. but ps/2 and full size atx are nice to haves.

 

[pingus]

also check the other brands like gigabyte and asrock, to see if you find other b660 board within your budget. but ps/2 and full size atx are nice to haves.

this is the cheapest i found so far, the rest are all about 200 cad without tax and my budget was 160 but im gonna spend 40 more for the msi since its an atx as well, there is another gigabyte for 150 cad but i heard its not good so it was gonna be either asus or msi

 

[Hyderz]

in recent video from hardware unboxed they recommend the msi pro b660m-a wifi
apparently its vrm is capable enough to handle a 12900k should you upgrade to one...
also in the video they are building a system with the 12400f as well.

 

[Cowboystrekk]

I would avoid msi since it swts the locked SA volt to 0.89v on all samples I've seen. This is often below what you need to run 3200 xmp ram in gear 1. Asus seems to set SA volt at 0.95v which helps a lot and 3400-3600 is possible.