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MSI X470 GAMING PLUS MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $178.82 Delivered @ AZ eShop (PCByte) via Amazon AU

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MSI X470 GAMING PLUS MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $178.82 Delivered @ AZ eShop (PCByte) via Amazon AUAffiliate
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GirlFriday on 10/07/2020 - 15:03 amazon.com.au (618 clicks)
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I recently took advantage of the (now expired) excellent Ryzen 5 3600 Ozbargain deal and was looking for a motherboard to go with it (new system build). After reading a tonne of reviews I wanted the B450 Tomahawk but that seems to be hard to get. After googling I found plenty of sites recommending the MSI X470 Gaming Plus Max as a good alternative (including this previous deal at OzBargain).

Looked at PC Part Picker and saw a link to Amazon for $177.75 instead of $189 at CentreCom or the like. Seemed like a good deal.

Never heard of the seller (they're coming up here as PCByte?) but they have a pretty solid eBay presence and its Amazon so I'm cool with it.

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  • RichardL on 10/07/2020 - 15:08
    +1

    Never heard of the seller (they're coming up here as PCByte?) but they have a pretty solid eBay presence and its Amazon so I'm cool with it.

    AZ eCommerce Pty Ltd also owns iot.hub & FFT.

  • NotAnAudiophile on 10/07/2020 - 15:14
    +3

    Careful! X470 is not on the list of boards that will support next gen Ryzen.

    • XeKToReX on 10/07/2020 - 15:17
      +3

      AMD says they will eventually as long as the board partner updates their BIOS.. MSI are pretty good so you'd have a fair chance.

    • eecan on 10/07/2020 - 15:21
      +7

      Not terribly familiar with the AMD boards but this seems to imply otherwise?
      https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/grnllj/msi_confirms_su…

    • jztilly on 10/07/2020 - 15:24
      +3

      but in all seriousness.. does it really matter? I generally keep my pc for 3 years, and when it's time to upgrade i upgrade board + chip + ram.

      i dont get this need to support the next few gens. AM4 has had a pretty good run

      • stingyAF on 10/07/2020 - 15:54

        Yup. DDR5 will likely require new board anyway.

      • ItsMeAgro on 10/07/2020 - 16:06

        What does it gain you to upgrade the motherboard every 3 years?

        • coxymla on 10/07/2020 - 16:41
          +4

          New PCI gens, USB3, USB-C, SATA3, NVMe slots, new DDR gens, new WiFi specs.
          If you're upgrading your PC every 3-5 years then there will be a few of those that will make a mobo upgrade worth it.

          If you're upgrading your PC every 1-2 years I can see why you'd prefer AMD's long lived chipsets.

        • jztilly on 10/07/2020 - 16:44

          because if i dont, i usually miss out on new features/efficiencies made in the past 3 years?

          ryzen wasn't even out when i built my previous PC (7700k), and this time I've switched over to a 3900x. I don't think I'll need to upgrade for at least another 3 years and definitely don't expect my current board to work with a CPU 3 years in the future.

          who knows, maybe Intel will be my next choice again. Unless you're upgrading your CPU every year (why?), I really don't see the advantage.

          i sell my old gear as a bundle, and buy new gear as a bundle (CPU+RAM+MOBO).

          maybe it's just me?

      • B3 on 10/07/2020 - 16:56
        +1

        If you're going to sell a motherboard then the value and usefulness of that motherboard is affected by the CPUs it can work with. That's why there is huge demand for old CPUs that used to be top of the line, because that's how people get the most out of old motherboards.

        More recent CPU compatibility will always be more useful and valuable than less recent CPU compatibility. So yes, generational compatibility matters in all situations where the board will continue to be used by someone.

        If you're going to incinerate the mb after three years then by all means, pay no attention to generational compatibility.

    • MAXXYY on 10/07/2020 - 15:47

      Do you have a source of ones that will?

    • Slizard on 10/07/2020 - 16:54
      +2

      MSI confirmed support for Zen 3 on their B450 and X470 boards. This is the MAX board also, so should have no issues as it has the 32MB BIOS but non-MAX, 16MB boards might have some limitations (though should work).
      https://youtu.be/S1daLRFbdPY?t=1160

    • JTL on 10/07/2020 - 15:36
      +1

      AZ eShop run Ninja.Buy, Tech.Mall and iot.hub on eBay which have 270k+ combined sales so definitely reputable.

      I personally have bought multiple items from them without any issues.

    • RichardL on 10/07/2020 - 15:37

      "Sorry, this store does not exist."

      Their eBay Store - azeshop

  • jackwoz on 10/07/2020 - 15:47

    I assume this board would be all good with the recent Ryzen 7 3800x i picked up?

    • Lief on 10/07/2020 - 15:55
      +4

      Yeah it's a "MAX" model.
      That guarantees out of box support for ryzen 3000 processors.

      • GirlFriday on 10/07/2020 - 15:56

        Thats why I chose it - I wouldn't know how to flash a bios to be honest and didn't want to be dealing with that malarkey.

      • onyxsinon on 10/07/2020 - 16:37

        will 1600af work on it? because it was released after 3000 and im not sure how bios works

    • stingyAF on 10/07/2020 - 15:55

      Yes it will work just fine.

  • bobvegas on 10/07/2020 - 16:41
    -1

    WARNING: This doesn't have wifi or bluetooth and all wifi usb dongles are garbage. does anyone know of decent wifi that can be bought for these older motherboards without wifi, is an internal card better?

    • jackwoz on 10/07/2020 - 17:14

      I would assume any PCI card will do the trick fine, if you dont want USB

      • bobvegas on 10/07/2020 - 18:28

        A usb solution could be good, just not dongles for fast wifi

    • TilacVIP on 10/07/2020 - 18:45

      ASUS make some decent Wifi cards - Asus PCE-ACE68 Dual band wireless adapter springs to mind.

  • dokyung on 10/07/2020 - 19:53

    This or b550/x570 for the 3800x?

  • GirlFriday on 10/07/2020 - 21:37

    All sold out at this price now.

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