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B550 Gigabyte aorus Master - 16 Phase with 70Amp power stages some X570 boards dont even have that.
X570 Gigabyte AORUS MASTER - 14 Phase

Mr Jay2cents and those guys only tested on the Asus boards , could just be a bios issue on those asus board hence the reason the 3950X could not run at full power.That Asus B550 Strix Board is a 12+2 phase 50 or 60amp stages if not mistake.
That should run a 3950X without a sweat damn thats enough to run a Threadripper 2950X.


Lets Break it Down:
B550 boards support a full 20 usable PCIe 4.0 laneson the CPU, so you’ll be able to run both a PCIe 4.0 SSD and GPU

X570:
Will Give you a further 4 Lanes Pcie 4.0 from the chipset where as B550 will only have Pcie 3.0 Lanes coming from the chipset this is why you see no fans on the chipset like the x570 as pcie 3.0 dont run hot.

That is the most important difference between x570 and B550

The rest of the changes like rear i/o is and sata configuration is dependent on the manufactures and the various models they have and the layouts they choose to go with on those items.

X570 Boards with 2x 8Pin CPU Plugs only one is needed to be use ,you will never pull enough power to saturate the power of one of those 8pin connectors even with a 3950X unless you go LN2 then yes you will need both 8 pin connectors.

I Would not touch this board with 10 Foot Pole:


It Thermal Thottles running a 3900X 115 Degrees on the VRM.yet there was B450 Boards that could run a 3950X


So in Short B550 is just a slightly stripped version of the X570,PCIE 4.0 on the chipset is the biggest difference.


I think OP should wait on B550 boards to arrive locally for sale then make a decision.if the extra lanes on PCIE4.0 not important then i would think about going for a highend B550 thats feature Packed than a shitty low end stripped X570.

If you want to know about motherboards down to the nitty gritty component level watch this guy Below and the videos on his channel.
He gives you the full run down ,he is not sponsored by anyone so you get honest reviews from him and great teardowns on both mobos and gpus.


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Just a Heads up here is the figures for a 3950X i missed this in my earlier post :eek:ne Single 8Pin CPU can pull just under 400Watts. 3950X overclocked even water cooled cant pull more than the 400Wattson on a Single High Current 8Pin connector.So those boards that come with 2 8pin or 1x 8pin and 1x4pin only plug in the one 8pin on any board.

Watch the Youtube channel above called
Actually Hardcore Overclocking
Watch videos on z490 b450 and z570 explains power consuption on the 8pin cpu rail.

Check out der8auer(Creator/Co creator of the lian li Dynamic 011 case) and his Channel he is a Pro Overclocker and Engineer

These are the go to guys if you want info on mobos and cpuz.
 
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My research around this led me to believe that yes it works but there are all sorts of quirks if there's no official NVidia G-Sync approved stamp on these monitors. People are reporting screen flickering, tearing, etc. Unfortunately, it seems SA does not have a large variety of screens available, and pretty much all the freesync monitors sold locally do not have the g-sync compatible label.
Ok. There is some truth to this but it's not as bad as you think.
My LG 27UK600H is Freesync and would give the issues you describe.
My Dell S2419HGF and S2719DGF work perfectly and GSync was enabled automatically. I think if you do a poll on here people would say 9/10 newer Freesync monitors work perfectly without the sticker. There is also a resource online that shows which Freesync monitors work fine with GSync even without the certification.

I sound like I'm trying to convince you not to get the 5700XT, I'm not, its a great GPU but I wouldn't discard a sweet deal on a 2070s or > if you know your Freesync monitor works fine.
 
Ok. There is some truth to this but it's not as bad as you think.
My LG 27UK600H is Freesync and would give the issues you describe.
My Dell S2419HGF and S2719DGF work perfectly and GSync was enabled automatically. I think if you do a poll on here people would say 9/10 newer Freesync monitors work perfectly without the sticker. There is also a resource online that shows which Freesync monitors work fine with GSync even without the certification.

I sound like I'm trying to convince you not to get the 5700XT, I'm not, its a great GPU but I wouldn't discard a sweet deal on a 2070s or > if you know your Freesync monitor works fine.
Yeah totally get you. To be honest, I did try and do as much research around the build here before posting, and my first choice up until right before I made this post was a 2070 super but then when I started looking at the monitors available locally I changed my mind for the fear of spending 20k on a GPU and monitor that does not work together.

I think I might need to do some more research around the available monitors and their unofficial g-sync support.

I would welcome some feedback from anyone running freesync monitors that works fine with their Nvidia cards.
 
Another question for those following along. There is almost an R1000 difference between the 3600mhz and 3200mhz RAM. Is the price difference worth it?
 
Another question for those following along. There is almost an R1000 difference between the 3600mhz and 3200mhz RAM. Is the price difference worth it?
Depends on whether you OC, what the CL ratings are etc. There is a difference and a benefit, but it's diminishing returns as you increase speed.
 
Depends on whether you OC, what the CL ratings are etc. There is a difference and a benefit, but it's diminishing returns as you increase speed.
My bad, the prices I was comparing was a 32GB 3600 kit vs a 16GB 3200 kit, the price difference between the two 16gb kits are +- R400, that's roughly 26% increase, both C16. So my question would be, would I notice a 26% increase in performance between the two rams.
 
My bad, the prices I was comparing was a 32GB 3600 kit vs a 16GB 3200 kit, the price difference between the two 16gb kits are +- R400, that's roughly 26% increase, both C16. So my question would be, would I notice a 26% increase in performance between the two rams.
Faster RAM at the same CL rating is a win win. No you won't get a 26% performance increase. But you will get an increase.

Have a look here

 

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