CHEAP vs MID-RANGE motherboard for budget gaming PCs

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@lvc394 2 года назад

Thank you for doing this. I am not sure why I was getting the higher R23 score but it did seemed unexpected. With the stock cooler I do get the same score for both board. I bought the A520M S2H because it was cheap and it had Qflash for BIOS. You are right about the VRMs I don't know why they did not put a heatsink on the board. I made this as a training system and a way to teach kids how to build a computer. If they mess up a $61 motherboard I would not feel too bad. Thank you once again for looking into it.

@qT_p13 2 года назад

A520 boards are fine, but I think nowadays a board should come with vrm heatsinks they aren't expensive to slap on. Usb-c, even just on the rear is also a good addition.

@Hardware_Hermit 2 года назад

Could be down to a difference in ram speed/timings/dual rank vs single rank memory. Interesting to see a chipset comparison.

@haurjie 2 года назад

Good video! Would definitely have been an interesting discussion if you were able to replicate the commenter's benchmark results. Would make me really curious about other board comparisons in different price ranges too. Hearing the sound effects used in your graphs makes me want to play the OG FF7 again hahah.

@YuProducciones 2 года назад

Yep, the sounds effectsare great 👍🏼

@BuzzKiller23 2 года назад

It all depends on use case. If you need a cheap computer that "just works" and don't plan on upgrading or overclocking then A520 is fine. If you want want a "starter" PC that you can upgrade as time goes on a mid range board makes more sense.

@Razor-gx2dq 2 года назад

I build PCs on the side, I've found that a basic Gigabyte B450 or A320M does the job, although when I do use Ryzen 5000 series CPUs I usually try to find a MSI B550M Pro about $100.

@jamesgtoxed6669 5 месяцев назад

I just bought this motherboard after looking at your review in 2024. paired it with a gigabyte a520m ds3h, ryzen 5500 stock cooler, gtx1060, 500gb kingston nv2 and 16gb 3200mhz ram... this thing is snappy! easily handles Aliens: fireteam elite at 90fps on medium settings 2x aa 1080p, fortnite is a breeze, warzone a stable 70fps... gave this PC to a friend who has 42" LED TV 1080 60hz as his desktop screen, and i gotta say, what a low budget quick PC! sure it's pcie 3.0, but he doesnt notice it. temps on idle - cpu 37c gpu 44c vrm 32c load- cpu 60c gpu 73c vrm 48c my friend is super happy, we can finally play games together without lag! was super cheap as well to build.

@SmithBeatZ1 2 года назад

Another great video. I've played around with similar things. He must've hit the silicon lottery, among other factors. Some great parts deals on Newegg lately as well.

@andreilee5668 2 года назад

Hi NOAB; I love your channel and content! Thanks a lot for doing this test; I love seeing how lower end boards perform. I know Gigabyte actually rolled out 5000 series support for A320 boards, surprisingly. I actually have a Gigabyte A320M-S2H board and am curious to see how it handles a 65w processor like the 5600x. I'd love to see you test out that combo if you're able. Much love and looking forward to seeing more budget hardware tests.

@Javysayajin 2 года назад

I think we are paying 30dls or 40dls more, but not for that 5%, ist just because the electronic parts are and should be of higher quality, greater durability, have more ports and connections, in addition to having a little more guarantee that it will last over time and with future updates. A part also for the aesthetics of the motherboard. They are more aesthetic and when it comes to building a pc with a nice case it looks much better.

@shadyb834 Год назад

Funny thing is my as rock steel legend b450 broke down after 6 months while my msi a520m is still fine almost a year now

@Javysayajin Год назад

@@shadyb834 Yes, it's funny. And it's rare for that to happen. But it happens. So be it a 570, B550, etc. I have 2 b450 asus tuf for 2 years and without any problem. But I had 1 aourus b450 elite which stopped working after 6 months. And what I find funny is that those 520 have more rgb argb connectors than the b450 which in theory are better.

@KryptonicHD 3 года назад

Amazon warehouse has had some great deals on the B450, snagged 2 different times for 50$ each!

@skeetlejuice522 3 года назад

i have a huge problem, i have an i7 7700 and can not find a good board can anyone please help me

@SomeBleu 2 года назад

@@skeetlejuice522 the 270 intel motherboards are super expensive nowadays. Continue to check amazon and see if there are any used models.

@skeetlejuice522 2 года назад

@@SomeBleu ok thanks bud

@oldmanwithers4565 2 года назад

I snagged a msi a520 from amazon warehouse for 30, it runs well with my 3600 at stock. If your not going to overclock or run pcie 4.0 A520 runs fine.

@AtracBreezy 2 года назад

@@skeetlejuice522 check eBay. Old intel boards are really expensive tho. I switched my 8700k to mini itx this year and had to buy a used board for $200. That probably has a lot to do with the fact that itx boards are more expensive in general but even regular ATX ones are a bit on the expensive side.

@CoalitionGaming 2 года назад

Good job on all the testing, Mr.DannysNexus! 😅🤘

@jeffie8696 3 года назад

I find the B450 boards very useful and a great bargain

@JVCFever0 Год назад

FR, I bought a b450m for a friend on Newegg (Open Box) for $60

@jasonnbalm8690 3 года назад

I like the cheap stuff cause it works. I also have a tomahawk b450 with a 5600G.

@bradsmith8977 3 года назад

Hey Danny I'm using a B450 M from Aorus with with Ryzen 3 second gen. it working great and I don't ever overclock anything but the only game I have said the cpu is out of dated is WWII COD I think it need a 6 core to run it and your lan party video like always really awesome to watch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@madness_rising 3 года назад

I love the AM4 platform.

@babbadzz 3 года назад

I like uniformity in my things. Crooked things on a motherboard. That board is out. Also extra features are always nice. So I'll spend a bit more. Always looking for sales.

@SmithBeatZ1 2 года назад

I haven't seen others like that. I think it could just be this one or very few.

@csr2tdqgamer988 Год назад

Thanks for the visual comparison table

@yurimodin7333 2 года назад

my guess is that the viewer lives in a country with 220/240 volt mains power thus providing much cleaner power to the power supply which in turn helped PBO. Other than that this re-enforces my love for downdraft coolers and B series chipsets, my last 2 intel builds were non-K chips on the B150 and B360(still running it) chipsets.

@muhammadferdiansyah456 3 года назад

Hey Noab good to see you upload again awesome video as always

@skeetlejuice522 3 года назад

i have a huge problem, i have an i7 7700 and can not find a good board can anyone please help me

@dkat1108 2 года назад

WOW really interesting about a stock cooler blowing over the vrm's vs a aftermarket taller cooler...

@AndrewWoodford 3 года назад

Heck yeah! More staying up late to get edited videos!

@BillyBobDingledorf 2 года назад

Your aftermarket cooler likely helped the VRMs as well, thank to the Bernoulli effect. It's going to pull the air over the VRMs. Overall, liked the video. Don't care so much about overclocking, but some features are worth it. Just two weeks ago, I spent $90 (Microcenter) on a Gigabyte B550M motherboard. Features of a mid-range MB at a lower price and it's treating me very well so far. For a low end-build, yes a low end board as long as it's quality. If building for my parents, I'd go with a $60-$70 board. Once I build it, it's not going to change.

@Scott-ig1zd 2 года назад

I have a Asus tuff A520 board and it has a vram heat sink. I don't overclock so when my 18 month old Msi b450 bazooka started acting up I got the Tuff board on sale for $80 and it works just fine.

@binkaram6577 11 месяцев назад

the boss budget in the market called maxsun and soyo B450m B550 and they are really well and half the price of these known brands

@superkamiphobos9697 2 года назад

The A520M S2H is the only 500 chipset motherboard that can run Zen 1 APUs like the 2200g and 2400g.

@areastudiopropcgaming8674 2 года назад

Gigabyte just release bios update to support vermeer (5000 series non G) on A320 board. Insane but need to wait them release 5000 G series support. I hv A320M S2H rev 1xx already with latest bios.

@YuProducciones 2 года назад

Dope video my guy

@digitalintellect9870 3 года назад

In other words, overclocking is DEAD - on AMD or Intel's recent chips! You also confirmed what many other reviewers have noted about the AM4 motherboards lacking performance variance, so buy the one that has the features you want. Cheers.

@capsikseason 3 года назад

A x570 is pointless if ur not going to use the features that's why I got a b550 this time and it's good

@skeetlejuice522 3 года назад

i have a huge problem, i have an i7 7700 and can not find a good board can anyone please help me

@capsikseason 3 года назад

@@skeetlejuice522 get a b550 with ryzen 5

@skeetlejuice522 2 года назад

ummmm u liked it but gave me no help lol

@yurimodin7333 2 года назад

@@skeetlejuice522 are you in the US? I have a spare ASUS Prime z270

@1973Hog 2 года назад

Great video. I prefer to use the components that I need for today and worry about tomorrow when it comes. Since the stock performance is so close I would guess that most would opt for the lower cost board to either reduce the total cost or to upgrade another component.

@zn9219 2 года назад

would you recommend 5600x and a520 with stock cooler, i dont want to oc or anything and i dont care about future upgrading

@lvc394 2 года назад

I would say at least buy the $25 ID cooler. However for gaming Stock should be fine, you can always add a better cooler later.

@OwnedByChristian 2 года назад

I found a b550m pro with wifi for 108,60 dollar is that good for a ryzen 5 5600G?

@kimosan132 3 года назад

Hey Danny, another awesome video! Cheap is good if you just want the basic stuff. But getting a mid range mb gives you more leeway, I got a B450 for my son’s build myself.

@SpaceLion949 2 года назад

High 60s is totally fine for VRMs, those can go over 100-115 without any issue even when using garbo components. I've become a believer on solid well featured boards, I used to think the bare minimum board was enough but there's a few advantages on buying a mid range value one. Features like RGB connectivity, # of fan connectors, VRM cooling, RAM OC support, general built quality, I/O, included sound. Nothing wrong with using entry level A520 but an upgrade if possible is really worth it my opinion, usually is not much more money for a way better board. Even if you don't OC like a madman, having a robust VRM and good OC support for RAM ensures you'll have no issues and will probably have a better experience. I'm no expert by any means but I have used Ryzen DRAM Calculator to tweak the primary and secondary timmings of my RAM, 5% of performance is quite nice, that and others tweaks have been possible because of a decent value B450.

@campermobile3217 Год назад

Great job, thank you.

@RAREB18 2 года назад

do you have any b550 for sale? trying to switch my b450 =D

@sig3ldunc4nI 3 года назад

Moral of the story: Never listen to randoms

@YuProducciones 2 года назад

Exactly!

@houssamijjaali2143 6 месяцев назад

guys b450m pro4 (110$) or b450m-a pro max II (80$)? i don't have the intention to oc

@djamelq 3 месяца назад

Great vid but that will be more if u add igpu test between those motherbooard

@1worldgaming18 2 года назад

imagine actual heatsinks on your vrm is better then no heatsinks , who would have thought :) nice vid!

@thetechrealist 2 года назад

Never cheap out on a motherboard. You will get less features, less upgradability except in certain situations, and less reliability.

@deathclutch913 2 года назад

maybe the viewer achieved those scores because he benchmarked his rig in alaska or siberia. places with low ambient temps

@PSx1991 8 месяцев назад

My b450m mobo died after 4 years and ordered a520m. I'm waiting for mobo to arrive and try it out.

@wiz2400 5 месяцев назад

isnt it a downgrade?

@murraystechtime8530 3 года назад

Get video, Danny. Very interesting information, thanks...

@leandroheh1008 Год назад

stock cooler in 100% cpu ?

@Gortok1 2 года назад

Why were there no A420 boards?

@swampysanta5445 11 месяцев назад

windows tweaks matters alot on bench test.

@iramanable 2 года назад

good review

@ncrdisabled 3 года назад

i try to pay a little more for higher quality.

@alexv182 3 года назад

ryzen master won't work on cheep A board. it will launch, show temps and watts, but that's about it. I say that because i'm a thinkerer, I love to overclock but ryzen master do a better job a turboing and rising clock than I do at all core.

@irfaanharits4188 2 года назад

maybe because rams, because ryzen soo sensitive rams

@skeetlejuice522 3 года назад

i have a huge problem, i have an i7 7700 and can not find a good board can anyone please help me

@nat99997 3 года назад

Check ebay dude. Thats old hardware

@skeetlejuice522 3 года назад

@@nat99997 i know i just dont know what boards i can even use

@skeetlejuice522 3 года назад

@@nat99997 i found a site with a list of all the boards and when i look them up there is non anywhere

@DroneMee 2 года назад

@@skeetlejuice522 not gonna be easy to find new stock of that chipset. Probably better off buying one off FB Marketplace or something. Good luck!

@skeetlejuice522 2 года назад

@@DroneMee thank u

@phillipstidham Год назад

Give you 25 bucks for it

@dendrobium.stamen 2 года назад

AMD said it themselves that there's no performance difference between 4xx and 5xx mobos. Now which one would you trust more, the company that made the hardware or some random people on the internet?? 🤣

@nerdonabudget 2 года назад

The person that commented may be random, but based on how the conversation was going over multiple responses I believe that they were able to get that high score they claimed, there's no reason for them to lie about it.

@dendrobium.stamen 2 года назад

@@nerdonabudget sure, but this video says otherwise though, and i think it's valid. The difference is within margin of error.

@nerdonabudget 2 года назад

I wouldn't call 5% margin of error though, especially if it's consistently that trend over multiple runs gonna have to get more details on what he was doing. Interestingly enough, he was also only running his memory at 3000 MHz, so that makes it even more puzzling since all my numbers were at 3200

@dendrobium.stamen 2 года назад

@@nerdonabudget I meant your own score difference between b450 and A520 is within margin of error, but yeah you're right. There are lots of variables, it could even be software, like particular driver version (chipset), Windows version & updates etc.

@lvc394 2 года назад

@@dendrobium.stamen I am not sure why I was getting the higher score but I will admit I am no testing expert. The CPU R23 score is higher with the cheap tower cooler and it was a clean install of windows. For a $61 motherboard it did well (except for the VRMs at 70c and no overclocking lol)