AMD Motherboards

The ASRock B850 Challenger WiFi White is a good value-for-money option for budget gamers if they want to step into the latest Ryzen CPUs. It comes with a 12+2+1 VRM phase design and an adequate cooling system to keep everything under control. Moreover, the number of USB ports and other connectors on this board is pretty decent as well. Besides those, the synthetic performance is still a let-down, making it a viable option only for gamers.

The ASRock Phantom Gaming X870 Nova WiFi is a solid mid-range offering, boasting features you'll find on more expensive motherboards. It looks great, performs solid, and has just about everything you could ask for at this price point. Just look out for the bandwidth sharing complications of the M.2 slots.

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The best motherboard for the Ryzen 7 9800X3D doesn't have to be from the X870 chipset. Budget B650 chipset motherboards perform well, too.

We tested plenty of motherboards based on VRM, features, design, and overall value to roun up the top options for Ryzen 7 9700X.

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The MSI MAG B850M Mortar WiFi is an excellent mATX option to run the latest AMD Ryzen 9000 chips, offering a decent design plus excellent I/O and performance at a fair price. 5G LAN, WiFi 7, 20G USB, and dual PCIe Gen 5 M.2 slots are some of its highlights, and we can't get enough of the EZ-DIY features either.

The ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Hero is one of the most premium ($700) offerings for AMD's most premium chipset. It offers a fresh, all-black design highlighted by the large Polymo Lighting II array, excellent VRMs, five M.2 slots, and 20 USB ports. Dual LAN ports are also on offer, but we would've preferred a singular 10G port.

The Ryzen 9 9950X3D is nailing all workloads and gaming benchmarks, and we've rounded up the best motherboards for it.