[SOLVED] Best pairing for gaming

[Chasm325]

Have Asrock mbs AB350M-Pro4 and B450M-Pro4. Have Ryzen 7 1700 and Ryzen 5 2400G cpus. Which pairing would be the best way to go? I don't understand the difference between the B450 and AB 350 Promontory chipsets. Can anyone point out the differences?

 

[Barty1884]

Basically, B350 came out with the 1000 series CPUs, and B450 was the equivalent chipset for the 2000 series CPUs.

If you've been sitting on these boards for a long time, chances are the B350 won't support the 2400G and will need a BIOS update.
It will support the 1700 out of the box.

Luckily, you have a 1000 series CPU, which will allow you to update BIOS' as necessary anyway.


You're looking at equivalent boards anyway so, provided the relevant BIOS is installed, you could pair either/or with either/or and see no difference in performance.

 

[DMAN999]

This does a good job of listing the difference between the B350 and B450 chipsets:
https://www.msi.com/blog/amd-ryzen-b350-vs-b450-chipset-difference

And I would pair that Ryzen 7 1700 with the B4540 MB as long as you have a Graphic card you can use with it.
If you don't have a separate graphics card then the Ryzen 5 2400G is really your only choice until you do get a graphic card.