I just bought a Gigabyte board (Aorus Elite AX) for a new system for my daughter. My first time with a Gigabyte board, always had MSI and ASUS boards previously, but like you found it seems like you get a few more features for the same or less money. I went with the Gigabyte over the Asrock you mentioned as it has WiFi (might use Bluetooth occasionally), more of the rear USB ports are USB3 instead of USB2 and all of the M.2 slots have covers for heatsink functionality. But I've heard the ASRock boards are pretty good as well.Anyone have recent experience with Asrock boards? Decent bios support? General stability?
I'm considering an Asrock B650 Pro RS. Lots of features for the money but I don't mind paying a bit more if Asus or MSI provide better software and/or less bugs.
No issues, nothing else to compare to.Any issues on your end with your boards? Do you have any other brands to compare them to?
That's odd. Which EXPO kits are they that boot at that speed without issue?both booted at DDR5-6400.
BTW, from personal experience, my EMP kits had all sorts of problems. the EXPO kits work perfectly. Also, others may go above 6000 at 1:1 but good luck. All I can do is 6000 cl30 at 1:1. I have 3 systems that run that. All 7950x that memory and 3090TI FTW3 cards.its this
and this
Both kits can do DDR5-6400 with 3200 MHz MC. I’m on my phone right now I will post screenshots later. Overall my memory compatibility/stability concern was overblown.
edit: actually I can’t say anything about stability yet. All I have done so far is booting and running superpi 1m. XD
SkillzBTW, from personal experience, my EMP kits had all sorts of problems. the EXPO kits work perfectly. Also, others may go above 6000 at 1:1 but good luck. All I can do is 6000 cl30 at 1:1. I have 3 systems that run that. All 7950x that memory and 3090TI FTW3 cards.
Try large FFT AVX512 Prime95. Let us know how it goes.
This. You don't want the headache of a non-EXPO kit.6000, 36-36-36-96, 1.35V EXPO, GSkill Flare
I flashed it on my MSI Carbon WiFi X670EComboAM5PI 1.0.0.4 is out for some ASUS mobos (beta tho)
Any Guinea pigs? 😋
T-Force is Hynix and the rest of them are Samsung. Honestly I do think any one of them will do fine since Zen 4's memory controller seems limited to DDR5-6400. Though Hynix chips are generally regarded higher than Samsung ones, iirc. (for DDR5)Which kit would you recommend for a 7600X build?
All 32GB kits, ~$150
Are you a human?
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6000, 36-36-36-96, 1.35V EXPO, GSkill Flare
5600, 36-36-36-89, 1.20V XMP, GSkill Ripjaws
5600, 36-36-36-76, 1.25V XMP, Corsair Vengeance
5600, 32-36-36-76, 1.20V, XMP, T-Force Vulcan
I had ordered a 5600, 36-36-36-76, 1.20V, T-Force Vulcan kit at $130, but it's on backorder so I'm looking for a potential replacement if that doesn't become available.
Thanks. I ended up getting the EXPO kit.This. You don't want the headache of a non-EXPO kit.
This kit is for a new PC for my daughter and surprisingly, she doesn't want RGB. Saves me a few bucks at least! I originally bought the T-Force kit because it was Hynix chips and I was confident I could get good results with them. I don't plan to tinker with it since it is my daughter's PC. I'm hoping to just set it to EXPO and let her enjoy it.T-Force is Hynix and the rest of them are Samsung. Honestly I do think any one of them will do fine since Zen 4's memory controller seems limited to DDR5-6400. Though Hynix chips are generally regarded higher than Samsung ones, iirc. (for DDR5)
I'll add another to the list. $30 extra for RGB. Hynix chips
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One more, $30 less for no heat spreader. Pretty sure these are Hynix as well. Known to hit DDR5-6000. You are buying single sticks with these, though.
I bought G.SKILL DDR5 7600 32GB DDR5. Totally overkill for Zen 4. No EXPO setting to select. Getting better performance than any EXPO kit available. It takes time and knowledge to tweak every setting to get there. 6200 30-38-38 with just about every secondary and tertiary timing manually tweaked.This. You don't want the headache of a non-EXPO kit.