fatality ASROCK ab350 gaming k4 with Ryzen 7 2700x.

[Itsu_haru]

Hi, I'm planning to upgrade my PC,but I have this motherboard, ASROCK AB350 GAMING K4,won from contest.I was wondering if ryzen 7 2700x would fit with it? also with 2x16GB ram and 1TB SSD?

Thank you

 

[feelinfroggy777]

Yeah, that motherboard is compatible with that CPU, but you will need to update the bios for it to run. In order to update the bios you will need a 1st gen Ryzen CPU. AMD also has a loaner boot kit program where they will send you a CPU update the bios and then you send it back.

Here is a link to the boot kit from AMD:

https://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/2Gen-Ryzen-AM4-System-Bootup.aspx

Yes, that motherboard will support 2x16gb of RAM and a 1tb SSD and more.

What applications are you using? Is this for gaming? I say this, because there are really only specific use cases where you would need 32gb of RAM. Any unused RAM will just sit idle. So 16gb may be a better option, pending on your use case.

 

[Itsu_haru]

Yeah, that motherboard is compatible with that CPU, but you will need to update the bios for it to run. In order to update the bios you will need a 1st gen Ryzen CPU. AMD also has a loaner boot kit program where they will send you a CPU update the bios and then you send it back.

Here is a link to the boot kit from AMD:

https://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/2Gen-Ryzen-AM4-System-Bootup.aspx

Yes, that motherboard will support 2x16gb of RAM and a 1tb SSD and more.

What applications are you using? Is this for gaming? I say this, because there are really only specific use cases where you would need 32gb of RAM. Any unused RAM will just sit idle. So 16gb may be a better option, pending on your use case.

I see,I'm planning to do game stream and some work using chromes ,would it consider a bit of overkill?

 

[larrycumming]

No it's perfect for that purpose

 

[feelinfroggy777]

Yeah, that motherboard is compatible with that CPU, but you will need to update the bios for it to run. In order to update the bios you will need a 1st gen Ryzen CPU. AMD also has a loaner boot kit program where they will send you a CPU update the bios and then you send it back.

Here is a link to the boot kit from AMD:

https://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/2Gen-Ryzen-AM4-System-Bootup.aspx

Yes, that motherboard will support 2x16gb of RAM and a 1tb SSD and more.

What applications are you using? Is this for gaming? I say this, because there are really only specific use cases where you would need 32gb of RAM. Any unused RAM will just sit idle. So 16gb may be a better option, pending on your use case.

I see,I'm planning to do game stream and some work using chromes ,would it consider a bit of overkill?

The 2700x is a great CPU. It is perfect for streaming. You could get buy with a 2600x if your on a budget as it still has 12 threads. Both are really good so go with whichever you can afford.