That is a great take.
But it will depend a lot on the user.
Recommendations are B chips as they won't hinder performance at all in the CPU department but the questions is much more deeper than this.
Are you on a very limited budget?
Get a mid tier board with the mid tier chip B450/550/650, try to stay away from A chipsets if possible they will offer very limited support but can be nice if its the most basic of builds.
Need Features and lots of I/O?
Very few B Chips boards will have the best features and they are limited by "nature" in I/O, best pick here is X 470/570/670.
What about the Brand?
Each maker will have its traits and its not down to just the physical aspect of the Board, some handle better RMA than others (example). This should be a personal choice.
High vs Mid vs Low Tier?
Each brand will also have several models to fill the market, some with more bling, others more plain but not less capable in general. Still a personal pick but do read carefully, because this is when things get blurry.
EXAMPLE:
RoG normally gets better binned chips, better caps, integrated I/O shield, better quality VRM's, better materials than for instances TUF or Prime models.
= AND to complicate even more! =
A RoG Strix B450 E-Gaming (B450 has more than 4 variations for the RoG Strix alone, A;F;E and I) The B450 E-Gaming this is the highest and is much more capable board than the RoG Strix X470 F-Gaming, except for the I/O. Better VRM's is one of the examples, so it will handle OC'ing better if you really want to go that way.
Finally, you have the RoG Flagships like the Darkhero, these are crammed with features like no other but that will you cost you more than some GPU's.
This will happen with every brand, either be ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI, ..... etc..
FINAL TAKE (my opinion only)
Don't get a X chip just because you think it will give you more FPS, get the feature set you want exactly! Do not overspend on the board and underspend on the GPU/CPU.
The Englishman
