I'm spending 3 hours heading to my local Microcenter tomorrow to purchase a CPU/Mobo/Ram combo. Thinking of grabbing the 9800X3D and Gigabyte board for $679; is there any reason to spend an extra 50 bucks on the MSI combo if I only plan on gaming?What do you guys think? Which is the best deal here?
I paid less for my CPU, Motherboard, and Ram individually than this "bundle". the absolute state of DDR5 platforms.
>>108878082Would be better for overclocking if you wanna do that. Otherwise, not really.
>>108878082ask ai to explain to you what the hardware differences are for those two motherboards, and then decide if the more expensive one has features that you plan on using
>>108878082Should also note the ram was changed
>>108878082>is there any reason to spend an extra 50 bucks on the MSI combo if I only plan on gaming? Number of fan/rgb headers, PCIE slot generation, proprietary UEFI stuff, RGB controller integration (though Open Rgb is pretty awesome now), number of M.2 slots, aesthetics, and maybe chiplet cooling/heatsinks
>>108878092I built an entire AM4/DDR4 system this spring for about $600.>muh gamez thoThe only good game out right now is Minecraft and it runs fine on a much older system.
>>108878212Minecraft was out in 2011Unless you meant every game that is out, then you mean that Minecraft is the only good game in the world? Strange opinion.
>>108878082Dont buy an MSI board ever, their firmware update team are a fucking disgrace. Vibe coded updates every 2 weeks where they pull them days later due to having critical problems
>>108878082I regret buying an MSI motherboard
