Best MB & ram for ryzen 5 1400?

[Sipan9000]

So I got a free ryzen 5 1400 from a friend and I'm going to buy a mb & ram but I want to upgrade to a higher end zen 2 cpu when it releases sometime next year. So what's a good motherboard & ram set to get right now that will future proof it so that they'll be sufficient for a zen 2 processor when I upgrade to that?

I didn't want to spend 2-300 for a mb so I was thinking the asus prime x370-a or is it worth spending the extra money on something better?

For ram I want something over 3200 so I thought of getting the gskill trident z 16gb ddr4 3600 but I heard about compatibility issues with motherboards over a certain speed so I'm not sure.

I am going to overclock the cpu too, What do ya'll recommend?

 

[photonboy]

Over 3200MHz is pointless since you'd be lucky to even support 3200MHz prior to the X470 boards which are currently expensive.

There's also rapidly dimishing returns on memory bandwidth... in fact, I believe Zen3 is tweaking the architecture to be less reliant on the DDR4 bandwidth so it's likely a 3000 or 3200MHz kit will get you within a few percent of maximum CPU performance for most tasks.

You also want a motherboard that has:
a) x4 DIMM slots
b) 3000 CL15 or 3200MHz CL16 DDR4 kit (two sticks so 2x4GB or 2x8GB)
c) motherboard that supports overclocking

I'll post this then see about links.

Just FYI, but Zen naming is confusing:

R5-1600 (Zen1)
R5-2600 (Zen+)
R5-3600 (Zen2 so future 2019 CPU)

 

[photonboy]

Motherboard: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Y4kwrH/msi-b350-tomahawk-atx-am4-motherboard-b350-tomahawk

DDR4 kits:
8GB (2x4GB 3200MHz) https://pcpartpicker.com/product/zgJkcf/gskill-memory-f43200c16d8gvk
16GB (2x8GB 3000MHz) https://pcpartpicker.com/product/3CdFf7/gskill-ripjaws-v-series-16gb-2-x-8gb-ddr4-3000-memory-f4-3000c15d-16gvkb

The X470 boards started at $130 and memory prices vary a lot too so something like the above might be the best place to start depending on your needs and budget.

There were even cheaper DDR4 kits but I don't know how compatible they are. Corsair and G. Skill are pretty good generally with BIOS support.

So I'd put that together then:
1) Overclock the CPU (3.9GHz?), then
2) set DDR4 to its XMP profile (or whatever term the BIOS uses), or if necessary manually adjust the settings, then
3) run MEMTEST86 www.memtest86.com

4) then install Windows 10 64-bit

 

[ashifkhanoppoa37]

Mobo msi b350m gaming pro.
Ram ki gston hyperx fury 2x8gb modules 2400mhz.

Cheap and best.

 

[ashifkhanoppoa37]

Oh yeah. Asus is best choice if you really want to spend money. So asus prime x370 sli.
Ram. G skill trident z. Rgb . It is also a great choice go for them.