Asus prime B350M-A or MSI B350M gaming pro?

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These boards, with B350 chipsets, are basically very similar so the answer to that question could be (mostly) opinion and depends a lot on what is important to you. To help in choosing between them look at features such as: USB ports (number, type and location), integrated audio, network.

While they do have different approaches to VRM design, with Ryzen overclocking results ultimately depends a lot more on the quality of the CPU/silicon you have, the cooling solution and case (airflow) you're using. Either board should enable a (capable & cooled) 8 core Ryzen to achieve a P95 stable 3.8-3.95G and 4 core to 4G.

One thing to consider is that Asus offers a downloadable utility...


These boards, with B350 chipsets, are basically very similar so the answer to that question could be (mostly) opinion and depends a lot on what is important to you. To help in choosing between them look at features such as: USB ports (number, type and location), integrated audio, network.

While they do have different approaches to VRM design, with Ryzen overclocking results ultimately depends a lot more on the quality of the CPU/silicon you have, the cooling solution and case (airflow) you're using. Either board should enable a (capable & cooled) 8 core Ryzen to achieve a P95 stable 3.8-3.95G and 4 core to 4G.

One thing to consider is that Asus offers a downloadable utility that allows for something called P-State overclocking. It's a bit geeky to set up (from what i can tell) but when set up it allows the processor to down-clock at idle which is something Ryzen doesn't normally do in an overclocked state. It is supposed to allow for lower power draw but I'm not sure how effective that is as my system (MSI Mortar w/R7-1700 @3.9Ghz) is very low power at idle already. Ryzen's are remarkably efficient, low-power processors.

 
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