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AM5 Motherboard Question, which of these two should I go with?

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My local microcenter has an open box MSI B650 Carbon (16 phase, regular $329) for only $160 - and I could sell my current Mobo I just got; here on TPU for hopefully around 85 (I paid 95 just two days ago and it works perfect)...

worth the upgrade or no? a $330 Mobo would be pretty epic for that price....not sure it's worth the hassle though cause the current setup is working fine.
 
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Whoa...no way you getting rid of that HDV. You own that . You own that and give us feedback for the next year how great that deal that was. :laugh:
It had a VRM heatsink!
 
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A Computer Guy said:
Whoa...no way you getting rid of that HDV. You own that . You own that and give us feedback for the next year how great that deal that was. :laugh:
It had a VRM heatsink!
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I mean it does work fine, so yeah I guess I won't upgrade it. It was just tempting. Damn microcenter, stop doing this to me! :roll:
 
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Space Lynx said:
I mean it does work fine, so yeah I guess I won't upgrade it. It was just tempting. Damn microcenter, stop doing this to me! :roll:
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Well look I'm not really trying to tell you what to do. :cool: You do you and everything will work out just fine.
 
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After selling your current, it will come out to be the same as buying new. Just stick to what you have.
 
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ir_cow said:
After selling your current, it will come out to be the same as buying new. Just stick to what you have.
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Yeah I agree, plus I would have to deal with slower boot times on the Carbon. the boot times on this Mobo from what I understand are the fastest of any AM5 board.

thanks for talking me down everyone LMAO :peace: :toast:
 
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I'm going with Asus B650-A ROG Strix at 230, need that water temp sensor input.
 
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Space Lynx said:
Yeah I agree, plus I would have to deal with slower boot times on the Carbon. the boot times on this Mobo from what I understand are the fastest of any AM5 board.
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Umm interesting. Probably just a newer BIOS i'd imagine.
 
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ir_cow said:
Umm interesting. Probably just a newer BIOS i'd imagine.
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old review: but this is what I was talking about, BIOS updates have narrowed the gap though, for some reason power limit removed even gained 3 seconds on this board in boot time. wild. Steve seems to think its dual slot memory design instead of quad that gives it the extra boot time speed.

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Space Lynx said:
My local microcenter has an open box MSI B650 Carbon (16 phase, regular $329) for only $160 - and I could sell my current Mobo I just got; here on TPU for hopefully around 85 (I paid 95 just two days ago and it works perfect)...

worth the upgrade or no? a $330 Mobo would be pretty epic for that price....not sure it's worth the hassle though cause the current setup is working fine.
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That would pretty much be a downgrade, considering pretty much all of MSI's B650 fare is bargain basement 6-layer + 2DIMM to 4DIMM is a straight downgrade + HDV VRM is enough to handle anything. You are paying more for the sake of paying more.

2DIMM is in a perfect position right now. You get its advantages, but you also get access to 64GB and 96GB Hynix kits for basically no compromise.

I actually thought HDV was 4DIMM. The fact that it isn't, basically cements it's position as budget king, no ifs ands or buts.
 
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Get x670 for 40$ more and get more pcie lanes and better hardware overall? I don't like being cheap with the foundation of my house. But I understand money matters.
 
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tabascosauz said:
That would pretty much be a downgrade, considering pretty much all of MSI's B650 fare is bargain basement 6-layer + 2DIMM to 4DIMM is a straight downgrade + HDV VRM is enough to handle anything. You are paying more for the sake of paying more.

2DIMM is in a perfect position right now. You get its advantages, but you also get access to 64GB and 96GB Hynix kits for basically no compromise.

I actually thought HDV was 4DIMM. The fact that it isn't, basically cements it's position as budget king, no ifs ands or buts.
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yeah, I already decided to keep the HDV. I would have bought the Steel Legend B650 non-e, if they had it at MSRP for 179, cause I want an optical port and I really really love steel legend design and features like the 20k caps, that board will last 4x as long as other boards that use 5k caps. that's only think I really regret, the b650 carbon was just temptation cause $330 board half price, but yeah its not that good of a board, doesn't even have a pci 5.0 slot and for that money that is a joke.

microcenter has a pretty lackluster selection of boards to be honest. I would have went with the ASRock b650 livemixer, ASRock b650 steel legend for around $150-180 range MSRP, full price, but they simply don't even carry it. but oh well it is what it is, I made some good deals
 
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