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terribleperson 
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 Posted: 02 Mar 2025 at 11:59am |
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I have to concur on the audio situation. I recently put together a new build with the B650M-HDV/M.2 (which is an extremely similar board that also uses ALC897) and a 9800x3d. I'm very happy with the board, but the audio quality difference is stark. The audio chipset wasn't something I was really thinking about, but once I got back into Windows and started testing things out I immediately noticed how much worse the audio was compared to my previous build (on an old X99 motherboard with ALC1150). That's with earbuds.
Despite that, though, I'm satisfied with my B650M-HDV/M2 and will be recommending the B850M-X to people. |
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ATF
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Posted: 05 Mar 2025 at 6:17pm |
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Why are you satisfied if the audio is so bad?
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Xaltar
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Posted: 05 Mar 2025 at 6:41pm |
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Audio isn't a deal breaker for a lot of people. There are so many bluetooth, USB
and other external audio options out there, many of which people already own, the onboard audio is not as critical, particularly with more budget oriented boards. Even your GPU has audio through it's HDMI/DP output. If audio is a big concern then there are other board options available, both from ASRock and other manufacturers. Eccential was simply noting that the onboard audio was an area that had been compromised on with this board (B850M-X Wifi). There is always compromise on lower cost boards, this is why there are so many models to choose from. Some may be OK with weak audio, others may prefer not having as many M.2 slots, some may only want or need 2 RAM slots etc. Personally, I use high end sound devices on my systems so the onboard audio is completely unnecessary for me, I don't use it. I am far from the only one. |
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eccential
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Posted: 05 Mar 2025 at 7:29pm |
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Me personally? Because I worked around it using an external DAC.
Ultimately, I ended up with better audio, although the DAC alone cost almost as much as the motherboard (LOL). |
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MarkWreckless
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Posted: 12 hours 10 minutes ago at 8:38am |
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I'm specing a new server to replace my 13 year old server, and I'm intrigued by this ASRock B850M-X motherboard paired with ECC memory.
Were to buy the ECC memory? Is this memory a good choice? https://www.newegg.com/nemix-ram-64gb/p/1X5-003Z-01FR9?Item=9SIA7S6K3T3030 I usually only buy memory that is officially supported, but I don't see any ECC memory on their list: https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/B850M-X/index.asp#Support Is it a safe bet that ECC memory will be compatible, assuming it is the right kind? |
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eccential
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Posted: 1 hour 31 minutes ago at 7:17pm |
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I bought mine directly from Crucial.com. Crucial is subsidiary of Micron, so I know exactly what I would get.
Unfortunately, they stopped selling directly soon after I got mine, so now they just point you to external vendors, like CDW, Inslight, etc. You'll get the same thing, but I think there's a bit of middlemen profits involved. I've always stuck to Micron and Kingston Server Premier memory. From Micron, I know I'm getting Micron DRAM. From Kingston, I know which brand and die I'm getting (SK Hynix or Micron, depending on model). Kingston sometimes sells directly, also, and I've gotten my DIMMs that way before. I don't know why all these companies stopped doing that. I've seen NEMIX brand listed on various sites before, but I've never used them. In theory, they should work the same way. This is just anecdotal, but found this when I searched: https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/ram-ecc-and-non-ecc-un-buffered-dimm. "I can't really speak to DDR5 with Nemix RAM but my DDR4 system with Nemix was not stable with 4 sticks (128GB) at idle so my confidence level with them isn't as good as let's say genuine Crucial/Micron but other than that they seemed to work and I saved some money at the time. In retrospect I ended up buying Crucial/Micron later to solve the problem and would have been better served just buying that option up front for the extra $100 or so premium at the time. I don't know why but there is a reason Nemix is cheaper and you pay for what you get." I've never used QVL because they almost never test ECC memory. I have 416GB worth of DDR4 and DDR5 ECC UDIMMs. They're all JEDEC standard, because they simply are. Never had problems with them. Remember, ECC will only work on PRO grade APUs (Phoenix, Kracken), whereas it will work on all chiplet CPUs (Raphael and Granite Ridge). Lastly, we now have standard 64GB DIMMs in the market, so I assume both Micron and Kingston will release 64GB EUDIMMs "soon." I don't know how "soon" that will be though. Mmmm, 128GB with just two DIMMs.... Edited by eccential - 1 hour 24 minutes ago at 7:24pm |
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