I need help choosing between motherboards in Micro Center bundles
Motherboards from Micro Center
Are the Microcenter CPU/Mobo bundles any good?
Thoughts on Microcenter’s bundles?
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I’m deciding between a
ASUS B850-E TUF GAMING WIFI AMD AM5 ATX Motherboard
and a
MSI X870E-P Prime WiFi AM5
Both are paired with a 9850x3d and 32 gbs ddr5.
Furthermore I’m gonna be using a 9070xt nitro+ ( if needed info)
Also I’m aware I’m gonna need to flash bios but both can do it without an extra cpu.
The msi board bundle is 50 dollars more and slightly white which I’m going for a black build.
I am looking to build a new computer (current computer was built in 2019 i5-9600k, RTX 2070), and I live close enough to a Microcenter to be able to consider their CPU/Mobo bundles. My general use case for computers is I build one every 5-6 years and dont really make upgrades along the way, so "future proofing" doesnt really matter to me, as by the time the future is here I will just build a new computer.
Looking at the Logical Increments guide, I was thinking at something around the Outstanding tier (RTX 5070, R7 9700X, 32GB ram). The only mobos they have to pair with the R7 9700X are B650, while the LI guide is listing X870 mobos. From a quick google search, it looks like the primary difference is PCI-E 5.0, but it doesnt sound like a RTX 5070 would saturate PCI-E 4.0 anyways so I am not sure it really matters. Are there any other significant difference between the chip sets that offer any real tangible benefit?
It looks like B650E is more or less the same as X870, but that would change the bundle to the R7 7800X3D or R7 9800X3D CPUs which is basically the same price as the R9 9900X with an X870E mobo.
Or is there real value in just skipping the bundles and buying the components from the LI guide?