Personal computing discussed
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Waco wrote:If you don't plan on overclocking, there's literally no difference in performance between motherboards.
Platedslicer wrote:In my (admittedly very limited) experience, the higher end motherboards, besides the bells and whistles mentioned above, are more durable. I had issues with some cheaper motherboards dying, or the audio no longer working; that seems to happen less often with more expensive ones.
mikewinddale wrote:The B450 and X470 are very similar. The only differences I am aware of are:
--- The X470 supports SLI, allowing two PCIe x16 (physical) slots to operate at x8 (electrically) so that you can have two graphics cards,
and
--- The X470 has more USB and SATA.
So if you want to have dual graphics cards, you need X470. If not, then ask how much USB and SATA you need, and look at the specs of each motherboard you are considering.
derFunkenstein wrote:Only the first thing is true. The two chipsets have identical connectivity. The X470 allows splitting the x16 slot into a pair of x8 slots for SLI and...that's it.