ASRock B850M-X R2.0 vrm question
Posted by Previous-Mixture-369@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 3 comments
I’m currently building a new PC and I have some concerns about my motherboard’s VRM and whether it’s good enough for my CPU.
My specs:
- CPU: Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU: RTX 5070
- PSU: 700W
- Motherboard: ASRock B850M-X (WiFi)
- RAM: 32GB DDR5
- Storage: 2TB NVMe SSD
I’ve been reading that this motherboard has a pretty basic VRM (6+1+1 phases), and now I’m worried it might not be enough for a 9800X3D.
I mainly use my PC for gaming, not heavy workloads like rendering or productivity tasks. From what I understand, gaming doesn’t stress the CPU as much, but I’m still unsure if I could run into thermal issues, VRM throttling, or long-term stability problems.
I’ve also seen some posts about Ryzen 9000 series (especially X3D chips) having issues on certain ASRock boards, which made me even more concerned.
PenFar9334@reddit
Do NOT get ASRock ESPECIALLY for 9000/X3D CPUs. They've been killing those CPUs left and right and ASRock has not figured out why yet. Stick to other brands i recommend MSI or Gigabyte instead
whomad1215@reddit
all the brands have had failures, asrock was just the most prominent
even asus crosshair boards have killed the cpu
jamvanderloeff@reddit
9800X3D really isn't very demanding, any board that cares enough to put a heatsink over the VRM section is generally going to be one that's way more than enough.