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Cheap AM4 overclocking board?

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mackerel

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Mar 7, 2008
Been thinking about getting another AM4 board for two reasons:

1, I want to try a suicide overclock on a 3000G when I get one
2, I want something to run my 3600 (at stock) in longer term as my Asrock B450 ITX doesn't seem compute stable if running under load 24/7 (it also did it with a 2600 previously).

So... as contradictory as it sounds, it should be a cheap board, have good power delivery, stable under sustained CPU loads, don't care about size or chipset used (a previous gen high end board on sale could be interesting). I have access to older CPUs in case a bios update is needed to support Zen 2 CPUs. "Cheap" in this sense doesn't mean it has to be the lowest cost board, but it should be closer to the entry level price bracket and not a balls out OC board at double the price.
 
Yeah that board isn't known for having a great VRM, but I'm still a little surprised that it had a hard time with a 6 core CPU. This should do the trick https://www.amazon.com/MSI-Performance-Motherboard-B450I-AC/dp/B07F83RY49/ref=sr_1_1?

Most of the B450 boards from MSI were a notch above the competition in terms of VRM, you can check out more details here and here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...FnsZYZiW1pfiDZnKCjaXyzd1o/edit#gid=2112472504
 
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