Cheap vs Expensive Motherboards - Does Price Matter? 🤔 [How to Pick a Motherboard in 2023!]

With such a massive price disparity between the cheapest and most expensive motherboards around, I’m often asked just how much difference spending a lot more on a motherboard can make for a gaming PC build. So in this video I’ll be answering just that, by comparing one of the cheapest and most expensive AM5 motherboards and walking you through how to pick the perfect motherboard in 2023.

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00:00 Intro
00:32 Context for Motherboard Specs
01:56 Chipsets Explained
03:16 Differences between A620 and X670 chipsets
03:51 Connectivity
04:42 Does any of this affect gaming performance?
05:20 Usability Features
05:39 Power Delivery
06:18 Testing the A620 vs X670E with real life PC build scenarios
06:30 Apex Legends
07:02 Hogwarts Legacy
07:14 COD Warzone 2.0
08:18 Which chipset for which CPU?
10:01 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

[kylewolowiec]

1 flaw I saw in your testing, your cases were different sizes. You had more fans and a water cooler in the ATX case and in the mATX case you had a Air Cooler and less fans! I’m not beating you up for this, as the numbers are close enough to be within the margin of error. However they could make some people seeing the extra frames on the ATX build with a few extra frames think its worth the move expensive MB. I appreciate your videos and reviews.

[blixo]

At the end of the day, the b450m pro still remains true to our hearts.

[BidoTech]

I am fine with my Aorus B550m of $110.00. It has all that I need PCIe 4.0, support all the 3000/5000 Ryzen CPUs and could be pair with all the video cards that my pocket can buy.

[TakaChan]

I would never go for the most expensive MB, the mid tier stuff is just better all around without wasting money on something most people don't need.

[chstewart]

The real question for me is, is there a difference in a $700 Z790 and a $300 Z790 when it comes to gaming performance? Disregarding any overclocking capability.

[HuntaKiller]

Funny thing is b550m+5700x setup with ddr4 32gb is the same price as a620m+7500f and ddr5 5200mhz 32gb
And slap in 2tb nvme
All that for $450 each

[SG-qbne]

I quickly glanced at the thumbnail and for a second I thought it said "How to fuck a motherboard"

[RobloxianX]

My 7500F and my A620 pair up really well. Both of them cost 300 USD together. When Ryzen 9000 launches, the price will go down even further, AM5 is finally for the masses!

[volteriaz]

Basically no, you invest more if you want aesthetics, more options when adding things to the board

[ravijotsingh]

I don't do overclocking but only single thing is that VRM... Most people don't do overclocking anyway... I think cheap B series Mobo are enough for mid to high range build(i7 cpus).

[ibrahimsarpani]

I will pick $500 if i have the budget because i will get both astheticelly beautiful board and high vrm capacity... great to be match with ryzen 7 or intel core i9.

[adeetyaarora]

How's MSI B760M mortar Ddr5 WiFi mobo? Considering it for a $1200 built with i5-13400f

[FarTwoInsane]

Is a Asrock B760 good with a i7 13700 or should i upgrade my motherboard

[fnzonix]

is a GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS Master X good?

[jayymonty]

Welp, i just made a combo with b660m pro rs ax with i9 12900k and currently eyeing for 3080ti ? Is it a RIP ? 😢 My first ever pc build

[morskoylev]

so why exactly is that fps difference between that two?

[xastarothx]

I just built my PC with an Asrock B870m with an I3100f and with rx 7600 with 32ram at 6000mhz and I get from 120 Fps to 200 must game at 1080p but Im trying to get an asus rog maximus hero z790 with an I9 13900k and a rx 7900 xtx 24gb oc.

[paulminter]

Hey Geekawhat) I have an MSI b600m mobo, 750w 80gold psu and i5-12400f and 2x16 spectrix 3600mhz ram. Can i put 4070 into my build?

[martinolach]

i have tested msi godlike z 790 good motherbord but sound chip is terible ear fatique after listen sessions so i have used also dac very good one (naim) conected tu usb motherbord same result bad sound quality ear piecing very bad, Also tested aeorus xtreme x mobo same result very bad sound thru usb to my naim usb dac .I have before this test build 3 pcs no problems with my naim dac always good sound so they have someting downgraded in qualty of componenets and that is shame

[-R]

What is a good motherboard for i9 10900F ?