The AMD Reelong 5000 series and Intel's 11th generation Core are both the latest and most popular processor choices in the current installation. However, in order to give full play to the performance of these new processors and meet the functional requirements of daily applications, it is necessary to pay more attention to the selection of motherboards, which must not be cheap or as long as they are "bright". In fact, as long as you pay attention to the following aspects when shopping, you can ensure that your plate selection and installation will not roll over.
Power supply is the key, heat dissipation cannot be saved
The processor power supply design of the motherboard is very important, which is the key to the stable release performance of the processor
Although each motherboard has a different brand premium, our suggestion is that within the reasonable premium range, we should try to choose products with better workmanship and materials. Motherboards with "stacking" in place can provide stronger power supply capability, more reliable stability and better heat dissipation performance, which will even directly affect the performance of the processor.
Taking Intel's 11th generation Core desktop processor as an example, its performance has been improved and its power consumption has also reached a higher level. If only the TDP marked on it is used to select the motherboard with the corresponding power supply capability, it will not be able to give full play to its performance. For example, the Intel Core i7 11700, whose nominal TDP is only 65W, can be seen during the machine test. If the motherboard can only support 65W power supply, the actual long-term full load power consumption of the processor will fall back to 65W after a short performance burst (about 150W by default) (28 seconds). At this time, its multithreading performance is only about 85% of full load, which is equivalent to spending i7 money to buy an i5, Now do you think you have made a profit or lost by saving money on the motherboard?
We have seen a brand host worth tens of thousands of yuan, which uses a B560 motherboard with 5+2 phase power supply and no power supply heat sink (in fact, many cheap B560 versions are of this material level) to match the Core i7 11700, As a result, the motherboard can only barely support the stable operation of the processor 105W (at this time, the temperature of the MOS chip powered has exceeded 80 ℃, and the overheat protection will automatically reduce the frequency if the temperature is higher), while the Core i7 11700 needs to run full blood, and the power consumption must be up to about 135W.
On the contrary, the motherboard with solid materials will not have such trouble. Taking the mainstream dessert Gigabyte Snow Sculpture B560M AORUS PRO AX as an example, it uses up to 12+1 phases of digital power supply (equipped with 50A Dr. MOS, the maximum single phase can withstand 50A current). The more phases, the less current allocated to each phase under the same power supply, which can effectively reduce the operating temperature of the power supply circuit, Or output much higher total power under the same temperature performance. In addition, Gigabyte Snow Sculpture B560M AORUS PRO AX also adds a full coverage heat sink to the power supply circuit and is equipped with a high-quality heat conduction pad, which can further reduce the operating temperature of the power supply circuit, ensuring the stability of long-term full load operation and the service life of components.
Electrical performance is very important. High frequency memory depends on it
Better wiring and higher grade PCB materials can enable the motherboard to stably support higher frequency memory
In order to give full play to the processor and memory you have bought, in addition to sufficient materials, the electrical design of the motherboard is also very important. Especially in the aspect of compatible high-frequency memory, the low-cost version of the motherboard uses less materials and has poor workmanship and design. The memory frequency is slightly higher, and it doesn't light up.
The motherboards that pay attention to electrical performance, such as the snow sculpture B560M AORUS PRO AX under Gigabyte, use a 6-layer PCB board with stronger anti-interference ability and daisy chain memory routing scheme. The maximum memory frequency can support DDR4 5333, which is sufficient for the high-frequency memory available in the market. Some second and third tier versions of the B560 are even reluctant to support mainstream DDR4 3600 stably, and only provide two memory sockets, which is really terrible.
Don't ignore the expansion capability, and there should be no lack of practical interfaces
In 2021, the motherboard will be out of date without 2.5G network card and USB 3.2 Type-C interface
Although mainstream players do not require the motherboard to reach the expansion level of the top flagship, many practical interfaces are still necessary, and the mainstream motherboards of first-line brands are indeed doing a very good job in this regard, which is much more reliable than the poor and provincial version.
The first thing that cannot be saved is the number of M.2 slots. It is recommended that you do not choose a motherboard with less than two M.2 slots. After all, it is inevitable to expand more M.2 SSDs in the future. Secondly, the USB Type-C 3.2 Gen2 × 2 interface is also indispensable. After all, more and more devices use dual Type-C interface data cables to transmit data or charge. Thirdly, the higher the bandwidth specification of the network card, the better. It is better to have both the 2.5G network card and the WiFi 6 wireless network card to adapt to more networking environments, and the host can be placed more freely.
BIOS functions should be in place, and official research and development should not fall behind
The first-line manufacturers with strong R&D strength will do more reliably and have more functions in motherboard BIOS
After talking about the "hard" requirements for selecting the motherboard, we should not forget the "soft" requirements, that is, the motherboard BIOS function. We have seen a three-tier version of B560 motherboard. Due to the weak research and development capability of the official BIOS, the motherboard can not even enable the Core i7 11700 to reach the highest single core Remax frequency. It always works at a much lower full core maximum frequency, and the single core performance is appalling. Moreover, the BIOS interface operation is stuck, and the function is scarce, which is very messy to use.
In sharp contrast to the Beggars' version, the motherboard BIOS of first-line manufacturers can not only give full play to the hardware performance, but also provide a very rich range of overclocking and additional function options, such as general unlocking power wall, anti voltage drop, Resize BAR, PBO2 curve adjustment of AMD platform, fan control strategy, etc. Don't think about the third tier Beggars' version. Thank God that the official BIOS can work normally. I think they are afraid of the rollover due to the added functions. At most, they can only guarantee that you can use the default frequency when you start up.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that some first-line mainboards also provide the function of one click BIOS update without CPU, memory or graphics card. For example, Gigabyte Snow Sculpture B550M AORUS PRO AX has this function. You can find the Q-Flash Plus button on its integrated I/O panel, which is very convenient to use.
To sum up, as long as you pay attention to these points when purchasing the motherboard, the probability of rollover will be greatly reduced. Of course, if you think it is too complicated to understand, you can also directly choose the two popular dessert motherboards recommended below.
Reliable installation is not a worry. The popular motherboard snow sculpture has
Intel Platform
Gigabyte Snow Sculpture B560M AORUS PRO AX
Reference price: 999 yuan
Gigabyte Snow Sculpture B560M AORUS PRO AX, which is featured by silver white tone, is equipped with 12+1 phase digital power supply, uses 50A Dr. MOS and 6-layer circuit board, and can provide stable and sufficient power supply for the 11th generation of Core. For the heat dissipation part, the Snow Sculpture B560M AORUS PRO AX adds a large full coverage heat sink to the VRM part, and provides heat dissipation armor for the first PCIe 4.0 × 4 M.2 slot. The heat dissipation design is detailed and reliable. In the memory part, the motherboard not only supports memory overclocking, but also supports up to DDR4 5333 memory frequency. In the interface part, the Snow Sculpture B560 is equipped with an integrated I/O panel. It also provides a 2.5G wired network card and a WIFI 6 AX200 wireless network card. The USB 3.2 Gen 2 × 2 interface can also support more high-speed devices.
AMD Platform
Gigabyte Snow Sculpture B550M AORUS PRO AX
Reference price: 769 yuan
Gigabyte Snow Sculpture B550M AORUS PRO AX is equipped with 10+2-phase digital power supply, uses 50A Dr. MOS, and can provide sufficient and stable power supply with 6 layers of 2-ounce copper circuit board. It supports the whole line of Reelon 5000 processors without pressure. In terms of heat dissipation, the Snow Sculpture B550M AORUS PRO AX not only provides VRM with thick extensible heat sink, but also provides heat dissipation armor for the first PCIe 4.0 × 4 M.2 M.2 slot, ensuring that it will not overheat after a long time of operation. For memory, the motherboard can support DDR4 4733 memory frequency at most. In the interface part, the Snow Sculpture B550M adopts an integrated I/O panel, and provides a 2.5G wired network card and a WIFI 6 AX200 wireless network card to meet the high-speed network transmission requirements of various environments. In particular, this motherboard also provides the Q-Flash Plus button, which can update BIOS with one key without CPU, memory or graphics card. It is very practical.
