General Discussions

[ardankyaosen]

Does anyone know of any decent X570-I (Mini-ITX) motherboards?  As far as I can tell, the entire universe of those boards (with minor variations in accessories) is:

• ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB3
• Asus ROG Strix X570-I Gaming
• Gigabyte X570 I AORUS PRO WIFI
• Gigabyte X570SI AORUS PRO AX

I just built an SFF computer with the Asus board and immediately disassembled it and sent the motherboard back:  the chipset fan constantly ran at over 6,000 RPM and was intolerably loud.  Unfortunately, I keep seeing bad comments about that chipset fan on all but Gigabyte's X570SI.  And, I can't even find it for sale let alone find comments about whether its fan runs quieter than the others.  Also, only the Asus had enough rear USB ports.  The Gigabyte's are just barely acceptable and the ASRock just doesn't have enough.

No one else makes X570-I motherboards?  No one at all makes a decent one?  I'm not absolutely wedded to X570 (though Mini-ITX is mandatory).  But, I worry that the B550-I motherboards will have the same issues.

[elstaci]

Deleted my reply since I noticed you got the same information as I did from PCPARTPICKER website.

[ardankyaosen]

Yep.  I should have mentioned that those four motherboards are from PCPartPicker:

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#s=33&f=8&c=138&sort=name&page=1

Also, I think my mention of the fan on the new Gigabyte board is spurious.  I saw a fan on a picture once, but I looked again and I think that was for the non-SI version.  I don't see a fan on the SI.  Of course, I saw a lot of recurring problems with the old board (CMOS reset didn't work, access to the CMOS battery required disassembly of the system, Q-Flash not working, Bluetooth not working), but don't know if they've been resolved in the new one (I can't find any actual reviews by real human beings).

[jglathe]

Can't say about Mini-ITX, but I have one(!) ASRock X570M-Pro4 and 2 B550 mATX boards running. The X570 one was hard to get, bought it on ebay. It's nice, and with newer BIOS it is pretty much great. Running a 3950X, didn't max out the VRM settings (board does only allow board limits despite whatever you set as manual override). So, upper EDC limit is 170A, which is about 10..15% less than what a 3950X could draw on all cores 100%. The chipset fan is mostly silent, the whole board should be cooled in a constant air stream, though. No issues after figuring that out. The B550 ones are a MSI B550m Mortar, running a 5950X, to the full potential. And a Gigabyte B550M-S2H, running a 3600X. Those have no chipset fans, though silent, and certain limitations regarding I/O combinations you can use. On an ITX board with only one PCIe x16 slot this is more or less moot, shouldn't have limitations.

Found this here: https://www.igorslab.de/community/threads/kaufempfehlung-amd-mini-itx-board.2905/

My choice from previous experiences would be:

premium https://geizhals.de/msi-mpg-b550i-gaming-edge-max-wifi-a2369208.html

other premium https://geizhals.de/gigabyte-b550i-aorus-pro-ax-a2295234.html

both have 2,5G LAN and AX200 WLAN, so... not bad.

Regarding X570 chipset fans: I have several (5?) in use, and even under heavy use in my use cases (mostly DB/Compute) no loud fans regardless of board manufacturer. Newer BIOSes are a good idea, though.

[jglathe]

Oh, and BTW. That I211AT chip is one pesky b*tch. No issues on Linux or FreeBSD, but boy is this a hassle on Windows. Downloading the newest Intel driver package, unpacking, finding out which one is the right one (I210 gigabit wired), installing it despite warnings left and right. Until then, only WiFi or an USB RTL8152 adapter. I'm sure the hardware is fine, however that driver rigamarole is a PITA. The ASUS ROG is for sale but this is ultra premium: https://geizhals.de/asus-rog-strix-x570-i-gaming-90mb1140-m0eay0-a2120023.html