AMD X570 motherboard tier list: features and price points

We recently took at a closer look at the feature set of AMD's new X570 platform, which launched on July 7th alongside the firm's 3rd generation Ryzen processors. PCIe 4.0 is the headline addition here, allowing for significantly faster SSDs to be used, but X570 boards have also seen improvements to power delivery to deal with AMD's beefier CPUs, active cooling to deal with the added power draw and better support for high-end RAM. However, not all boards will get all of these features to the same extent, so we're revisiting the topic with a tier list of X570 motherboards.

Rather than going into exhaustive detail about each board's power delivery specs - something /u/firewrath9 has already done - the idea here is to let you know which features you can expect to find at which price points, so you can decide whether it's worth picking up a new board or not. After all, most B350, X470 and other legacy AM4 motherboards will work with the new Ryzen 3000-series processors at stock speeds, so upgrading to X570 isn't a requirement for this generation unless you want these new features or you plan on doing some heavy overclocking.

Generally, we can split X570 into three traditional tiers: entry-level, mid-range and high-end. These include traditional gaming-focused motherboards and an emerging segment of professional motherboards for content creators. For each tier, we'll look at what kind of features you can expect, which are missing and what you'll likely need to pay.

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