Which mATX B450 motherboard adn RAM to buy?

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So I'm planning a new build based around 2700X or 2600X.
I'm looking at these two motherboards:
1) Gigabyte B450 AORUS M
2) MSI B450M MORTAR TITANIUM

Any experiences regarding those two motherboards? Or any other suggestions?

Also, which RAM would be nice to get?
I'm looking at some 32 or 16 GB kits, like:
1) Corsair Vengeance LPX CMK32GX4M2A2666C16
2) Corsair Vengeance LPX CMK32GX4M2B3200C16
3) HyperX Fury HX426C16FBK2/32

Wondering if the is supported on the above mentioned Gigabyte MBO - it's not mentioned under the RAM support list on their website at all.

NOTE: I don't plan on overclocking at all.
 
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MSI B450M Mortar has a much better VRM design with a substantial heatsink covering all VCore phases that keeps it cool running with stable core voltage even for a moderately overclocked 8 core. Don't be fooled by the 8 inductors on the Gigabyte board as it is a weaker 4 phase design - it uses 3 FET's per phase while the Mortar uses 4 FET's per phase and one of the VCore phases is completely un-covered by the heatsink so it's uncooled.

B450 boards and 2000-series CPUS can get quality memory to rated speed up to about 3200 but you may have to tweak the timings to get there with some kits. Vengeance LPX in particular can reliably and easily reach 3200, or even 3400, with low latency timings if you get a kit with Samsung B-die chips. But you can't tell by the part number alone: B-die kits will be more expensive but that could also be a scamming dealer if they don't guarantee B-die chips on the kit.

My favorite for Ryzen is Skill FlareX memory. In rated speed of 3200 up they are more expensive but they are dependably Samsung B-die so you're getting value for money.



 
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So I should go for the Mortar - thank You :)

Where I live (Croatia) I have the following RAM options available:
1) CORSAIR LPX 3200 C16 - CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 - 215 USD ***
2) CORSAIR LPX 3000 C15 - CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 - 200 USD
3) CORSAIR LPX 3000 C15 - CMK16GX4M2B3000C15W - 200 USD
4) CORSAIR LPX 3000 C16 - CMK16GX4M2C3000C16 - 185 USD
5) GSKILL Flare X 3200 C14 - F4-3200C14D-16GFX - 308 USD ***
6) GSKILL Flare X 2933 C14 - F4-2933C14D-16GFX - 308 USD ***
7) HyperX FURY 2600 C16 - HX426C16FB/16 - 183 USD
8) HyperX FURY 3200 C18 - HX432C18FB2K2/16 - 203 USD
9) HyperX FURY 3200 C19 - HX434C19FB2K2/16 - 231 USD
10) HyperX PREDATOR 3200 C16 - HX432C16PB3K2/16 - 215 USD
11) HyperX PREDATOR 3000 C15 - HX430C15PB3K2/16 - 215 USD

Which of those should I choose?
Pricewise they are all more or less similar. The ones marked with asterisks are not listed as supported on the MSI site.

Any suggestions?
BTW, I'm really sorry for giving sooooo much options :D
 
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In that selection go for the GSKILL - Flare X 3200 C14 - F4-3200C14D-16GFX. Flare X memory is optimized specifically for Ryzen and should operate at it's rated 3200 speed and C14 timings with no fiddling beyond simply enabling its XMP-2 memory profile in BIOS. This of course assumes the price is right for your budget, otherwise go for the LPX 3200 kit.

I'm currently operating that FlareX kit in a B450M Mortar at 3400 speed with an R7-1700 processor. It starts right up at 3200 with the XMP-2 profile but took a little fiddling to get to 3400. Don't worry about not being listed on the MSI site.
 
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Thank You very much for Your help. That clears all of my doubts :)
 
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