AMD Ryzen 5 1600x comptiblity with Gigabyte 970A-DS3P

[thedangerdog1]

Will the Gigabyte 970A-DS3P work with the AMD Ryzen 5 1600x or not. If not what is a good thing to get bearing in mind it is an upgrade and not a new build

 

[CooLWoLF]

No, your motherboard has the AM3+ cpu socket. You need a new AM4 socket board for the Ryzen cpu series. You'll also need DDR4 ram. What is your budget?

 

[thedangerdog1]

No, your motherboard has the AM3+ cpu socket. You need a new AM4 socket board for the Ryzen cpu series. You'll also need DDR4 ram. What is your budget?

Well for the motherboard i would like something under £150 for definite

 

[CooLWoLF]

No, your motherboard has the AM3+ cpu socket. You need a new AM4 socket board for the Ryzen cpu series. You'll also need DDR4 ram. What is your budget?

Well for the motherboard i would like something under £150 for definite

That won't be difficult. There are lots of good <$100 AM4 motherboards.

DDR4 ram is where a lot of your budget would go, since DDR4 prices are currently high.

 

[thedangerdog1]

No, your motherboard has the AM3+ cpu socket. You need a new AM4 socket board for the Ryzen cpu series. You'll also need DDR4 ram. What is your budget?

Well for the motherboard i would like something under £150 for definite

That won't be difficult. There are lots of good <$100 AM4 motherboards.

DDR4 ram is where a lot of your budget would go, since DDR4 prices are currently high.

So are there any good motherboards that support DDR3 RAM as i already have 16GB of that

 

[CooLWoLF]

No. You will need DDR4 ram if you upgrade to AM4.

 

[thedangerdog1]

No. You will need DDR4 ram if you upgrade to AM4.

Thanks for all of your help, would you be able to recommend anything bearing in mind size of the motherboard is very unlikely to be an issue

 

[CooLWoLF]

It really depends on your total budget.

 

[thedangerdog1]

It really depends on your total budget.

My budget for just the board would be £120 if its possible to get it that low. As far as the RAM and anything else i might need, i wouldn't know how much it costs so if you are able to drop me some rough figures for 16 GB of DDR4 RAM i would be grateful.

Thanks

 

[CooLWoLF]

It really depends on your total budget.

My budget for just the board would be £120 if its possible to get it that low. As far as the RAM and anything else i might need, i wouldn't know how much it costs so if you are able to drop me some rough figures for 16 GB of DDR4 RAM i would be grateful.

Thanks

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: *AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($193.67 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: *MSI - B350M GAMING PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($70.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: *G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($179.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $444.64
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-05 16:28 EST-0500

 

[Karadjgne]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£64.36 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£154.67 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £219.03
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-05 21:49 GMT+0000

 

[thedangerdog1]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£64.36 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£154.67 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £219.03
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-05 21:49 GMT+0000

Thanks for the input, i am assuming the motherboard can support an RX480?
And also the RAM is currently out of stock and has been for a bit, would you be able to advise me on any potential others that would work (if not the ones suggested by CoolWoLF)

 

[Karadjgne]

Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£152.94 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£153.95 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (£151.63 @ Amazon UK)

Yes, any motherboard built in the last 5 years or so will support a Rx480