X870E Tier List

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Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
1:35 - Gigabyte
5:42 - ASUS
10:57 - ASRock
16:41 - MSI
20:30 - NZXT N9 X870E
21:20 - Biostar X870E Valkyrie

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[jasonkustra]

Praise Jeebus! I was anxiously awaiting to see where you put the Nova as that is the one that has intrigued me most with features and looks. Thank you so much for this video! I was waiting for someone to do a full line review of the 870-E and you nailed it!

[mrburley]

These more technical videos are massively helpful over so many channels that go the simple review route. Good stuff, you earned a sub.

[prototypep]

one thing you didn't take into consideration with the gigabytw boards. If you want a white board there is absolutely ZERO competition the pro ice and the elite ice are in a league of their own with the white connectors . I'd have loved to go an s tier board but my pc is a white build. All the other boards are not even worth considering.

[harrishuskers]

Just purchased the MSI Carbon. Not too worried about the $50 price difference since I plan on using it for several years. The overall features and bios is worth the price in my book!

[christopherdevries]

I watched both of these x870 and x870e videos twice. Massively helpful, I decided on the mag x870 Tomahawk with no regrets. You have detailed every aspect of every board very clearly. Thanks!

[potvinsuks]

If they made the NOVA in White (currently building a PC - searching for motherboards) then I would be 100% buying it! I would have absolutely ZEERO problems paying for the dreaded 'White Component Tariff" either. In today's age it's unheard of to find a board of these features to be sold at this price. Digital Post Code, thick azz back plate (having one at all, even!), the Audio, Power Delivery etc.

[mikeoleksa]

Nice catch of the 6L PCB on the Aorus Pro. It was on my short list, but now it made my shortlist even shorter by being taken off of it. ASRock really seems to have checked as many boxes as they can with both the Taichi and Nova for the price. They are on my list as well. Great video! Thank you!

[andrewbauer]

Thank you for your diligence in preparing the X870E motherboard comparison data, which is interesting and useful. I would like to give you some feedback on the Asrock X870E Nova WiFi that you placed in the 'S+' category. "AMD X870/X870E Roundup, 21 Boards Tested" by "Hardware Unboxed" in YouTube found this motherboard had the worst high speed memory stability of all 21 X870/X870E motherboards tested: Asrock had a rock bottom score (pun intentional) of only 7400 MT/sec maximum speed for DDR5 memory (manual timings; 1 hour Prime95) while just under half the boards were stable at 8000 or higher. The Nova also failed to boot with DDR5-8000 EXPO memory. 'Hardware Unboxed' is a very professional Australian channel, so it would be interesting if you could either verify his results or contest them. How much improvement can one expect from a BIOS update? I'm not advocating that these AMD motherboards must run with DDR5-8000 RAM, however it does give peace of mind when operating with DDR5-6000 (for example) that there's adequate room for stable performance. Keep in mind that memory failures don't suddenly cut in at a specific frequency - it is a gaussian distribution implying that the chances of failure are diminished the further away you are from a DDR5 frequency that definitely fails. In addition, I also found other data points he measured interesting, e.g. VRM temperature measured under controlled conditions. With thanks for your cooperation on this.

[serene_-fbns]

I've been dying to see this video. I watched the one from last year like a hundred times. You ROCK!

[aleksdeveloper]

Thank you for these videos, I think you are the best youtuber so far to explain the motherboards.
Btw, omg I just saw you placed the NOVA S+! I wanted to buy that exact board! I didn't know it was that good and nobody has reviewed it so far.

[yonson_racing]

The Strix X870E-E also has a clock generator which should bump it up a level IMO.

[kaiser-]

I was interested in the Nova Wifi, but I ended up ordering the Taichi Lite because I liked the fact that it didn't have rgb. Go Asrock!

[TroyRossberg]

I'm so glad I went with the Asrock X870e NOVA Wifi, I feel like it's the best bang for the buck and Asrock has always had good customer service and quality parts

[Aurummorituri]

The Nova has basically no premium audio, though. You would have to spend for a sound card which would wipe out a good chunk of its value.

[Arccanos]

It's funny how subjective you let this be. The Taichi Lite being on a tier beneath the Taichi despite being functionally identical is...well...rather comical. "No RGB"...."No quick release"

Good. I don't know who replaces their GPUs daily or weekly. The quick release actually becomes useful at that point, but the number of people reseating/replacing a GPU more than once every two years is very, very small. And no RGB is a feature for many people.

Fun tier list, but people should know that it's incredibly subjective.

[AvroBellow]

Anything from ASRock that has "Phantom Gaming" on it is going to be incredible. I feel the same way about my ASRock RX 7900 XTX Phantom Gaming OC.

[marshal]

Damn the Asrock X870E Nova is a steal!

[RC-jq]

It’s crazy that on social media PC groups are saying that the B650 is as good if not better then all these MOBO for gaming.

[ShickMan-qo]

For Aorus Master you can use Gen5 M2 drive on M2A_CPU slot and Gen5 GPU and they will both work at full speed. Only M2B and M2C M2 slots are sharing lanes with the GPU

[MentalityOS]

was thinking about doing this but u did all the hard work for me, you are the absolute greatest. thank you for ur convenience