Recent content by MrBlargMan

Here is a cinebench comparison of the Ryzen 5 3600 and the Ryzen 7 2700. The new Zen2 archetecture makes the new Ryzen 3000 series much faster with more instructions per second. https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/compare_cpu-amd_ryzen_7_2700-875-vs-amd_ryzen_5_3600-927 I just built a Ryzen 5 3600...

I just wanted to pop in with an update. The build went smooth. The X470 Asus board already had the bios update for Ryzen 3000. The Ryzen 3600 is purring along @ 4.2ghz, the ram overclocked easily to 3600mhz and everything is working together great. Really enjoying 4K60FPS with the eye candy...

Thank you for the detailed reply! Your information aligns with what one of the techs at Micro Center also tried explaining to me. You just made it more clear. Since in theory it should work, I will just build with what I bought and let 'er rip. Hopefully I won't be disappointed.

Hello, all! I searched profusely and could not find a solid answer to my question, so here goes. Building a new rig. The first one in a while. Ryzen 3600 Asus X470 Pro 16GB 3200 (2x8gb) 256GB M.2 2280 2TB M.2 2280 2x GTX 1080 SLI So after I purchased everything, and before I assemble, I want...

So... After another bit of looking around. It appears that the BGA1023 chips are soldered to the motherboard. I guess that pretty much eliminates that idea. Cheers everyone!

Hello everyone! I have an HP Sleekbook 14 (4-1110us) running an Intel I3 - 3217U processor. I was hoping that someone could shed some light on a processor swap that I had in mind. I am looking into swapping my I3 3217U to an I7 3667U in my laptop. My research has shown that both of these...