The USB onboard controller on my ASUS Crosshair VI seems to have busted on me. That being said, it would seem I’m now in the market for a new MB.
I haven’t been keeping up with the industry and my MB crash is a bit unexpected, so I’m coming into this a bit blind. Looking for advice or feedback from your own experiences.
I have the following components:
- 2 x 16 gb 288 pin 3600 DDR4 SDRAM G.Skill Trident Z Neo
- EVGA FTW3 RTX 3080Ti
- AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-core/16thread
- Seasonic - PRIME TX-1000 80+ Titanium PSU
Looking for suggestions. Not sure if it’d be better to get a new CPU and MB or continue with the current setup with a new MB. I’m also vibing with MBs that have very little to no RGB, I’m a bit RBG’d out.
Appreciate any help or advice
(Edit: added PSU)
X570 or B550 would probably be your best bet if you wanted to stay with AM4, and X570S (no chipset fan like the original version) would be ideal if you can find a board. I really liked the Crosshair VIII Dark Hero I ran for a while, but it’s not particularly cheap.
As for minimizing RGB, MSI usually includes a physical switch on the board for turning it off-- in addition to the software switch in the BIOS-- if that seems appealing. ASRock also lets you manage very basic RGB settings directly in the BIOS if you just want to avoid installing extra software.
If you move up to AM5 you’ll need a new board, CPU, and RAM… so that route could be pretty expensive. That’s the route most would probably recommend, though, instead of investing more in an older platform.
Current Intel isn’t really worth it for gaming, and 13th/14th gen honestly aren’t worth the worry/headache.