i dunno about pricing in the us, but try get at least a BX50 tier motherboard. B450 works and might be cheaper, but make sure the bios is compatible with your chip.

i tend to highly favor taiwanese manufacturers like asus and msi. i don't think anything else is worth spending your hard earned money on.

[–] convity@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Thanks for the advice. Though what do you mean by BX50 tier? Like B550?

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

b450, b550 and i think (dont quote me on it) b350 also supports the 5600g.

the a series chipset usually comes with weak power delivery which might not be adequate for upgrades, and lower tier components.

[–] TwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 days ago

Some b350 boards are compatible, but not all, and you may need to use an older compatible CPU to do a bios upgrade before the 5000 series will work on some b350 boards too - iirc