No good budget B350 AMD mobo in market?

whitestar_999

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Nowadays there is no good budget B350 mobo in market,all I see is Asus B350M-A & similarly priced MSI model priced at ~7.3k.In 6-7k range again there are only 2 B350 models,one from asus & one from msi,both having 4 sata ports.If one wants a B350 mobo with 6 sata ports then no choice below 7k which I find strange because a few months ago I remember seeing many B350 models with 6 sata ports in 6-7k range from gigabyte,msi & asrock.The reason I am considering good B350 mobo as one having at least 6 sata ports is because using a M2 sata ssd disables 1 sata port while using a M2 NVMe ssd disables 2 sata ports in many mobos(asus mobos don't disable but instead share bandwidth but then again it is not recommended to put a OS drive on a shared bandwidth sata port & most ssd are used as OS drive only).With increasing bandwidth & UL plans data storage requirements are only going to increase so it is a good option to have a couple of free sata ports in mobo for next 3-4 years of hdd/ssd upgrades.

What is the reason for this as there are enough models in lower end A320 & higher end X370 as well as higher price range B350 series?Any hopes for B350 mobos with 6 sata ports in 6-7k range in near future or has this gone the gfx card way with no chances of such mobos getting available again in this price range.
 

nac

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B450 is on the way, hope board makers bring some in your desired price range with the features you want :Fingerx:
 

SaiyanGoku

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Some good atx X370 mobos were priced at 7-8k a while ago. Considering the price difference, it would make sense to go with these instead of B350 mobos.
 
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whitestar_999

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Cheapest X370 mobo is ~7.8k but I am talking about a good B350 mobo at 6-6.5k.As such difference is not much but then if one is simply using a ryzen 3 with no OC then there is no point in getting a X370 mobo & if one is getting a X370 mobo for OC then there is no point in getting an unusually cheap X370 mobo as online reviews suggest these are almost similar to B350 in terms of OC potential(hence priced lower,you have to cut corners somewhere to price a X370 mobo at B350 price level).

I am not hoping much from B450 mobos either,most likely they will be released at similar price range replacing current B350 models in 7k & above range & a few which do get release in 6-7k range,I am expecting 4 sata ports like the current ones.
 
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whitestar_999

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Another big annoyance is the location of pcie ports in many mobos.I thought about using a pcie sata card but then many mobos place the usual 2 pcie slots directly below the x16 gfx card slot & any decent gfx card will block at least one such pcie slot while leaving very little vertical space above the 2nd pcie slot.Only some models(usually costlier ones in any series) have a pcie slot above x16 slot or with sufficient gap below x16 slot.
 

SaiyanGoku

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There is Asrock AB350 PRO4 which usually goes for ~7k but is OOS currently. Other lower priced B350 mobos are mATX ones and they don't more than 4 sata ports.
 
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whitestar_999

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No,all mid range series are supposed to have 6 sata ports in mATX format(there are exceptions of course) whether in Intel or AMD.In fact Asus B250M-K(intel 7th gen mid tier series) has 6 sata ports but corresponding B350M-K(amd Ryzen) has not,go figure.

Asrock after sales support is doubtful in India(at least there aren't much reviews & the few ones I found were mostly negative).I prefer asus & gigabyte for mobos,even MSI after sales support has more negative than positive reviews(in this forum itself there was some bad review of MSI after sales support in late 2016).
 
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