CHEAP Aliexpress A320 Motherboards - COMPLETE Crap or Hidden Value?

[@techyescity]

*Hope you guys enjoy these Aliexpress bangers!* Made a mistake on the temps for the Maxsun board, graph should read *77* Degrees not *75* , that doesn't change anything else though!

[@juicecan6450]

I was just looking at the Onda A320SD4 ITX motherboard last night. You shouldve tested it out as its pretty interesting with support for upto Ryzen 3rd gen, but its cooler mounts are for Intel cpu coolers.

[@jannybravo8429]

CAN YOU MAKE A PC FOR AUDIO PROCESSING

[@emdea]

Absolutely LOVE these kinds of videos, doing audio and VRM testing on bottom of the barrel motherboards is awesome. On that note would it be possible to do some testing on some of MSI new MAX boards? They are updated for 3000 series out of the box but the vrms on those concerns me; just did a build with a b450 max for a friend (couldn't find anything else in stock) and the board didn't seem much better than the ones you just tested here even tho it was much more expensive...

[@pctrashtalk2069]

Try some small adhesive heatsinks. They sell kits on Amazon "Easycargo 20pcs Small Mini Heatsink Kit 8.8mmx8.8mmx5mm" for 7.99

[@powerfulshammy]

Galax one of best brands here in South East Asia and Europe my b350 from 2012 just updated bios for Rhyzen 5 3400g is running fine still

[@AntKardano]

would be amazing if Chinese started making cheap a320 based ITX boards, imagine all the budget small form factor Media Center PCs you could build using cpus like 3000g

[@sijedevos2376]

jamir is it really going to be cheaper then €47? Because that’s what the cheapest a320 goes for in my country and it’s from asus.

[@TechTino]

Was going to say this. No point buying these a320 boards for me, when in the uk I can get a b450 for 10 pounds more and less shipping ofc. If they made itx it would be perfect for my server

[@lmchua8644]

These are actually cheaper for people that has access to domestic Chinese market. These boards cost around $30-$35 euro in the chinese market while the cheapest asrock is around $40. If every single dollar matters it is something to consider.

[@cicciograziani6697]

asrock deskmini?

[@bsh7390]

as a chinese, I musn't recommend those for future use, for temporary replacement it is okay. Because those board lacks of warranty

[@josefmprable]

this is why i love this channel. unlike other channels, you test random chinese stuff, review them, and surprisingly, recommend them. (sometimes)

[@Ganimoth]

Is that AIO cooler ? That would be highly unrealistic scenario for someone looking into something as cheap as a320. They would probably stick with stock cooler, which would help with VRM temps quite a bit..so showing such test would be probably more usefull for people looking to buy such board. Personally, if I was to buy a320 board, I would probably consider Asrock a320 pro4, good enough for even ryzen 7.

[@johntet]

top-down airflow cooler + super cheap vrm heatsinks would be the optimal config for a320.

[@insurgent3315]

most of people who order from ali express have bad markets used deals are bad too my market has one company that gets the components in the country and sell prebuilds so they could project prices as they can

[@DenzCasuela]

Lower temps help reduce power consumption too but I don't know if AIOs are powerful enough to do that

[@joshpowell3557]

he's trying to eliminate any factors and have the "worst case scenario". with that said you can expect the same if not, better performance.

[@opraiderman904]

Totally thought the same thing!

[@idriss-289]

I just bought my first rig straight off from China and both my motherboard and gtx 1650 4g are Colorful brand. I'm very nervous on how these boys would perform. I'm dirt poor and as soon as I saw these guys went to sale I immediately jumped the gun and bought em. This video gave me a bit of relief knowing that my rig won't be completely trash. Thanks TYC!

[@mikesunboxing]

Thanks this is my kind of video love a good a320 or b450 board although using the clc cooler is probably not the best way as most people on a budget will maybe use the stock cooler or an updated down draft cooler which will get the vrm a lot cooler

[@tobiaspauli]

this is just a worst case scenario because there are people in hotter climate so downdraft coolers maybe don't impact it as much

[@jessicabruno2820]

Intro misheard lyrics: "I wish that I was an iPad"... XD

[@biiyen8458]

♪ ...that maybe I will pay for one ♪

[@Magnulus76]

Thank you for being fair to the A320. So many people are bashing this chipset just because it doesn't cost as much as some others. I have an Asus A320 and it works just fine. The A320 is a value priced motherboard but that doesn't necessarily mean the components are low quality.

[@ConsideringQuiet]

I've been waiting on the cheap A320's of last year now that I managed to snag a deal for an 80 dollar Ryzen PC that somehow had an extra R5 1400 bundled. Maybe this'll help! Aside from that though, thanks for putting out this content. It's tough to stay on top of things with all the new tech coming around and your focus on used stuff is real handy for a college student like me!

[@Beastykato]

In the U.S. A320 motherboards are only $55 on Amazon from brands like MSI, Gigabyte and ASRock. Still, I appreciate these videos as sometimes you can get value from Aliexpress even in the U.S.

[@jaber5345]

Yea, I can see why there is little appeal for a lot of products on ali from an american perspective, here in europe we can dodge our >20% vat

[@italooliveira5574]

He lives on Australia

[@Beastykato]

@@italooliveira5574 Yes, we are aware of where he lives, thank you. And Aliexpress is in China. That's North West of Australia over the land and sea lol.

[@italooliveira5574]

@@Beastykato thanks, sooner you would be talking about your neighborhood used parts hehe

[@futurew0782]

James Berney These boards are only like 50€ in most of Europe with vat included...

[@MarcoGPUtuber]

0:39 I wanna go to that free breath store. I wonder what they sell.

[@mimireich]

ANYTHING.... yeah

[@clash1768]

Tech yes traitor still here bitch

[@ORBPHIL]

If they have anything to everything Sir Marco, it may be worth checking😆

[@nintendowiids12]

You should test how A320 VRMs handle with aftermarket heatsinks.

[@The_Trojan]

Hey, very informative video as always. I think there is one improvement you could of made here. An air cooler would be much more appropriate to keep VRM temps under control. I’ve been running a stock 1600x on an A320 mobo with no heat sink on vrm but with wraith cooler for years with no overheating issue.

[@MarcoGPUtuber]

I'd love to see a comparison of these boards and the similarly-priced GIGABYTE A320M-S2H. It's $57US here in Taiwan and GIGABYTE has a great track record of updating the BIOS.

[@TheTurnipKing]

the A320M-S2H V2 even has a B350 chipset. I assume they just ran out of A320 chipsets or something? It's great value, but It'll be interesting to see what the A520 can offer.

[@MarcoGPUtuber]

@@TheTurnipKing How much is it?

[@techyescity]

I already checked out the gigabyte a320, it was good. ASrock one does the job too with the budget 6 cores.

[@elstondias9172]

@@TheTurnipKing can you overclock your cpu on that mobo as it has the B350 chipset? Thanks

[@elstondias9172]

@@techyescity Hi Bryan do you remember a video that you had made in the past comparing the Ryzen 5 1400 on an ASRock A320 mobo Vs a Xeon X 3440 I think it was both were paired with a Rx 580 Both were housed in coolermaster cases I guess you had Overclocked that R5 1400 to 3.8Ghz on that A320 ASRock board I would like to know how? Thanks

[@bhushanahuja4584]

Been waiting for this all night!

[@inkysteve]

I know that supply differs around the world but here in U.K. You can get an Asrock b450 for the same price as that Onda board.

[@Leo9ine]

Same in the US.

[@zionhilado9715]

i tried using that colorful Board and it's quite a decent. never tried to overclock that much

[@opraiderman904]

Did you test with an aio? Wouldn't testing with the wraith stealth be a better representation of price to performance and also add a little vrm cooling?

[@smashandburnyt6938]

Tech Yes City- best KZbinr talking about deals on PC parts

[@deminybs]

you must've only seen one tech channel 😂😂

[@alex16dark]

You should try putting a homemade heat sink on those vrms to see if reduces the temperature, maybe then, they can handle a 6 or 8 core CPU. I would love to see that.

[@mysterychemical]

I bought A320M-HDV instead of other Chinese brand from AliExpress. Firstly for no issues later after purchase and Secondly for BIOS updates for new CPUs. And it has been working fine.

[@Lana_Warwick]

Hi, bumping a 3yr old vlog to say thank you for this kind of "Aussie" based content, which unfortunately is very hard to find. I don't have a prob with aussie content creators chasing the international audience$, but not including aussie pricing, even if just text on screen, means a lot.

[@techyescity]

no worries, whereever I am looking at parts in the world I usually display the local pricing, in Japan at the moment however, so everything is in yen.

[@compuguy123]

The Maxsun motherboards only have bios updates from the cn version of their website, their global website doesn't have even half the boards they make

[@jment34]

4:10 Did the galax board allow him to get into the bios even without the cpu being recognized?

[@SquirtlePWN]

The cheapest a320 on Newegg is currently $68 (only $3 more than the highest here) from Gigabyte. I know that board's normal price is closer to $60 too. At the very least a warranty is worth the extra $10 not to mention it arrives in a week not a month.

[@TheBackyardChemist]

ouch that colorful VRM was practically incandescent under the 1600AF, those caps would get cooked really soon too bad the VRM layout is not a straight line like the Onda board, very hard to add a heatsink

[@robertt9342]

It would at least help to add a fan directed at them

[@edbeagle7929]

Keep it up showing you don't need the newest and coolest to have a solid machine

[@MarcWeavers]

tried some tiny Raspberry Pi heatsinks on the VRMs?

[@pitracks]

can you plaster some heatsinks to the colorful board and do the tests again? ty

[@Jose32450]

Whats the music used in the video in min 9:27? (ITS JAKARTA)

[@TheSauronchik]

yep, Colorful is a brand, they have experience, so I'm not surprised. big problem with these and most 320 MBs is a lack of !ability! to install decent VRM cooling. no holes for heatsink means you have to go with dangerous, ugly or/and permanent solutions to overheating problem. but its cheap... ish, if you start spending money on decent cooling :) Great video as always! Thanks!

[@IIMANIXII]

Have you ever done these audio tests on the MSI-X470-M7AC I built my system for music production mainly so would be interested in the results - That being said I use an external audio interface from Mackie so would it even matter. ( link it if so )

[@CorneliusTalmadge]

Best video title I've seen in a while.

[@JD96893]

Colorful actually has decent mobos! Also I'd like to point out that you can just throw on a heatsink as said and a fan! You can find small fans really cheap and I think these these vrm Temps are worst case scenario in an open air bench without direct air cooling! Also colorful does have b350 mobos and b450 mobos both at reasonable prices on Ali! And they do have vrm cooling! So that is also a option and can provide some upgradability!

[@smashandburnyt6938]

Big thanks to AMD for bringing 4 cores to 8 threads to budget Ryzen CPUs and making affordable and good motherboards. Before Ryzen, Intel stuck with 4 cores 8 threads on flagship CPUs. PCs are getting strong.

[@tomfirens1400]

Needed a windows key and thought off you. Worked like a charm

[@febrianadji5758]

There's cheapo mosfet heatsink available on most E store How about making a vid to test the effectiveness that thing to cool this budget board?

[@dikbozo]

as of today, Colorful has added anothe rupdate BIOS and it explicitly adds support for Matisse CPUs. the 1010 version. File date is 6/22/2020.

[@50H3i1]

What is the maximum best cpu that you can use on an A320? R5 3600 or R7 3700x? (Both are 65watt)

[@tobiaspauli]

I think if your motherboard supports it, maybe a ryzen 7 if you're using a name brand a320. The ryzen 5 3600 is compatible with good a320 boards though

[@victorhugo-wo2ci]

There are a320 motherboards that support 95w cpus if im not mistaken, only problem would be VRM temps

[@nathangamble125]

@@victorhugo-wo2ci Pretty much all A320s support officially support Ryzen 9 (officially from the motherbaord manufacturers, but not from AMD). But just because it will run doesn't mean it's a good idea, because the VRM would thermal throttle.

[@dexsters5643]

Gigabyte B450 AORUS ELITE AM4 will whats the max cpu it could handle? My friend has a R5 3600x whats the next cpu he could put in? Maybe R9 or R7 possibly?

[@ORBPHIL]

You can also recheck Brian’s video on the RYZEN 5 3600 & A320 mobo he did awhile back😎

[@richiedeadsix]

Colorful used to be a decent brand back in the day, but they have relegated themselves to be an OEM for different brands now. Onda has quite a few unique motherboard designs for different use cases, but their regular pc motherboards are pretty bad.

[@raikoh05]

Interested to see if the A520 boards are worth it

[@Stelio_Contos]

So I have a USFF Hp that I got for cheap and it has a Ryzen 2400GE PRO, apperntly the pro chips are more reliable and have slightly better performance then their consumer counterparts. Though as you can imagine thats hard to test in a USFF system with no upgradability to its full potential, and I can't seem to find anything on compatability for the PRO chips anywhere. So I'm wondering if I can get it to work on a "Gaming board" for a system build, should I just put it in one that has compatibility for the regular 2400ge? I think TechYes. Will it go up in blue smoke? Only time will tell.

[@freddyfredrickson]

In 2017 I purchased a new MSI A320 with gigabit ethernet for $50, so none of those are worth the amount they are selling for.

[@DiegoAmsapomac]

I did not know about these mobos. Theres is x370 aliexpress mobos?

[@thesillysamurai435]

In the uk an msi a320 pro a max is around £44 and on AliExpress a standard a320 is around £50

[@blakeaust]

waiting months for it to arrive sucks :/ still waiting on stuff from april...

[@falcoquroni1371]

Yea! I'm done with AliEx. Until that Human malware ends. 2-3 months for delivery is horrible even I'm a quite patient man.

[@exzobree9158]

@@falcoquroni1371 is it also going to take a long time even if we use premium shipping or DHL?

[@kremache2210]

Yeah..not a good place to shop..

[@gorjaharchangel2267]

Thinking about buying a cheap micro ATX MB. I saw the MSI B450M Pro-VDH Max. What do you think? Is it a good idea? I plan to put a 4core in there at first but probably I will replace it within a year or so with a 3600 or a 2700

[@daPabOu]

There is a bios update (from June 2019) for the Challenger on the CN website, not the global (english) one. But I think you already got one with the latest bios.

[@MJ_M]

118 degrees! is that close to the record on this channel?

[@hanpa7309]

I have a question regarding x99 boards. I know that you recently did a video on how to update bios to overclock e5-2630,etc... Can you also update bios on dual motherboards so that both cpu can be overclocked on those AliExpress dual x99 boards??

[@starwagon]

For most people living in NA, Europe or Oceania, it doesn't make much sense to buy any of these, but for someone living in the Philippines or somewhere where the market is really piss poor, it makes a whole lot of sense.

[@_________________404]

Can't you just put some of the block aluminium heatsinks on the VRM to make it cooler ?

[@Trick-Framed]

Price performance? Killer reviews on worldwide available products? TECH YES CITY!

[@MarcoGPUtuber]

TECH YEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

[@stephenrobinson1944]

Looking back at how I got an a320mk from Asus for 40cad

[@stevengeiss9112]

Here in Germany A320 Board from Gigabyte and AsRock come in at 45 Euro or 50 USD so why should i buy the aliexpress one

[@3nygma_]

Cannot find AF 1600 anywhere 🤧 in market

[@imnota]

Are am4 boards really that expensive in your market ? I've heard they've been getting expensive in the US and in a couple of other markets so I guess Australia aswell. But here in Belgium I literally can buy a brand new a320 Msi board for 55 euros, that's about 60USD...

[@thomasjensen1590]

MSI motherboards are pure crap.... get an ASRock or an ASUS motherboard. I'd rather use an unknown dodgy chinese mainboard than one from MSI! ASRock A320 mainboards can be had for between 20 and 30 dollars in my country. My MSI intel mainboard from 2016 has begun to fail over time... first it was 2 ram slots that DIED...YES ... DIED! THEN it was the USB3.... I am now waiting to see WHAT comes next...

[@imnota]

@@thomasjensen1590 I've had two msi boards that still work to this day. I've had two asus boards, one died and the other is just absolute shit. Never had asrock so I can't say anything about them but msi is far from shit.

[@thomasjensen1590]

@@imnota well my msi mainboard for intel cpus from 2016 is in the trashcan now. It began to loose features over time... first it was 2 out of 4 ram slots that died, then usb 3 died, then sata, my m2 boot ssd still worked though... I finally gave up and bought an asrock mainboard for intel cpus instead. I have had MANY mainboards, but I have NEVER seen anything like that happen before... my first pc was a 80286 and I have had PCs ever since

[@imnota]

@@thomasjensen1590 You had one failure and you're judging a whole brand on it. There's nothing else to be said and no further discussion is needed.

[@thomasjensen1590]

@@imnota msi has a bad rep and I have never ever trying anything ... anything like this.... with other brands..... never... with countless mainboards from countless manufacturers

[@flapjackboy]

Considering that you can get known brand A320 boards from AliExpress for pretty much the same price as these boards, there's no real reason to get them.

[@simtruckerz]

here in Malaysia msi/gigabyte/asrock/asus a320s are selling at $55-$65 too

[@TheGreatSatan_]

They really need to update the BIOS to make it easier for locking in memory speeds? At that price what incentive do they have?

[@Royan356]

A new Gigabyte or ASRock A320 is cheaper at our market than the ali express ones. Same with B350/450.

[@elere9932]

All the listing for Ryzen CPU on Aliexpress are gone... do you know What happend?

[@cd-lf8xm]

MSY were selling that Colorful a320 board about a year and a half ago. It was absolutely horrible and I had to RMA as it couldnt even handle the 2200G.

[@keith8225]

A320m mobos are actually pretty underrated for ppl who want a basic gaming rig with no special features

[@TheD4VR0S]

Those cheap boards is the bios always in english ?

[@pauledisonbatacan7518]

Can you review gigabyte a320m-s2h v2? Advertised as a320 but actually uses b350 chipset. That may be a better option because you are paying less but getting more since its a b350 chipset

[@WellBeSerious12]

Can you do a video about replacing heatsinks from VRMs, chipsets, GPUs, M.2?

[@wolf-x-51]

will ryzen 5 3600 work on colorful a320m without bios update ?

[@jment34]

Does the galax support the ryzen 3 2200G out of the box?

[@CarlosMendez-ig5gl]

If you put a vrm cooler like the ones that come with premium motherboard do you think it would make any difference

[@fauzanbri]

hey TYC does buying gpu from aliexpress really safe? i have a plan to buy an rx 570 from aliexpress but im still kinda doubt

[@Razor-gx2dq]

You should be fine, but have you checked out the local used market? You may find better deals

[@fauzanbri]

@@Razor-gx2dq i found aliexpress is cheaper 10$ than my local online shop

[@tobiaspauli]

@@fauzanbri from your channel I'm assuming you're Indonesian, I would recommend buying in Indonesia because if you're buying from aliexpress there is the new tax system so the $10 difference will be unnoticeable

[@fauzanbri]

@@tobiaspauli oh yeah, i just found about about the tax system when i read some article about buying imports. thanks for the information mate

[@edbeagle7929]

I have gotten fx cpu and a ryzen1200 from ali express all worked all were what i ordered at dirt cheap price

[@victorschneider6348]

what is the music you have at the ending of your video? gotta have it myself

[@bejoteknotechid5085]

Sir is the sleep and hibernate working properly??

[@doctordoom1337]

I have a microcenter near me and I also sell computers. Before the pandemic, I was able to get a Ryzen 5 1600 and a A320 motherboard for $100 combined. Even though aliexpress has good prices it's always difficult for me to justify it.

[@nathangamble125]

I just want to say... that ONDA board has a hecking thicc VRM for an A320. Looks like 12 low-side mosfets. That's better than a lot of X570s.

[@nathangamble125]

Edit: thicc, but apparently shitt

[@geowilson1587]

i got the colorful a320m m.2 pro.with a athlon 3000g prebuilt…ram ddr4 2666..update bios in windows? ram or cpu upgrade suggestion..cool vrm with heatsink ?

[@nelmarnicolas4995]

Kamusta po build mo sir?

[@1973Hog]

Thanks for the video. I just purchased an MSI A320M-A Pro Max motherboard to use in an entry level PC on Amazon Warehouse for $55. Hopefully it works well with the Ryzen 1600 AF. Otherwise, I will just use a 3300X.

[@nathangamble125]

If possible you should get the 3300X. It's faster than the 1600 AF (even in a lot of multicore workloads - though not in all situations), and significantly more efficient, so should be able to run to its maximum potential on that motherboard.

[@campbellwilson3043]

I just bought an itx a520 board from onda that doesn't even support my Ryzen 7 3700x boost clock, nor the ram speeds it claims to (claims up to 3600 but only maxes at 2133). I should have spent the extra $40 on the next cheapest board from asrock.

[@judedevilla2885]

I got the colorful a320m motherboard will it do good with a 1660 gpu?

[@TheGreatSatan_]

It sucks that these deals apparently are never available in the US. Because whenever I order anything from AliExpress nothing ever comes and then I have to get a refund

[@borosgeri7293]

Are you planning to do a UK parts hunt in the future? I have just recently built a new PC and I have a lot of used parts I would donate to you

[@lukethmpsn]

I have a ryzen 5 2600 with 2400 mhz ram. I was considering selling the ram to buy 3200 ram which will probabky boost me $80 AUD but i haven't seen any good benchmarks which show that its worth that much money. Do you think it is worth it to eliminate the ram bottleneck?

[@xkillerpn]

Im running a 3900x with a x370 gaming pro carbon. THis thing stock does 7300cine30 and 4.4ghz at 1.37v does 7800cine20. its crazy fast and vrm temps are like 40c . Really nice board. Good work on the video keep it up

[@cristobalfernandeziv]

There's a reason why it's entry-level man. There is market for non-overclockers and they want the cheapest thing avaailable...

[@mikemouse40]

I tested a Colorful X570 with my 3950X ... if using up to 3700X maybe OK but it showed some BODs and weird shutdowns after a while using

[@owokemosan]

Is the ASRock A320m HDV r4.0 a good motherboard cuz it's the cheapest in my area, tq.

[@MarcoGPUtuber]

That Onda board not On Da Ball.

[@Jabid21]

some of these boards look like they are mini DTX. Might order one for a custom build. I have a case that can't take a micro atx but can take a mini dtx.

[@catriona_drummond]

I bought BioStar B450 MH boards for the job. 60 € a pop for a new board with warranty.

[@twaych9576]

test b450 boards (colourful) from ali?

[@MrVanderwel]

$65 for a no name brand A320 that'll take a month or more to get to me.... or... $65 for a ASRock B450 from Amazon that I'll have in 2 days.... tough choice.

[@Kubickz]

What do you guys think in this cases to put heatsinks on the VRM to cool them down and preserve them? Like those aliexpress heatsink?

[@gradient6090]

Investing into a better motherboard with overclocking features is probably better cause Ryzen CPU's have great potential and all of them support overclocking, even with the including heatsink.

[@futurew0782]

Is it safe to use a Ryzen 5 2600x with a Gigabyte GA-A320M-S2H?

[@pawladry]

That 99.8 Bus Clock surely fires everyone's OCD.

[@larrybon2]

The b450 and above are the only ones that AMD will approve for the 3100 3300x. Don't waste your time with 320's. Ryzen 3200g is a great match for the 320. Btw...2933 is perfect ram settings.

[@yubinator7455]

try Metalfish z39 and z22 cpu coolers

[@ravenof1985]

i dont know that these make sense when there are $90AUD Asrock boards?