i've been deciding weather to upgrade my ryzen 5 1500x to the ryzen 7 1700x is it compatable

[beanobella03]

My pc has been really slow recently eeven after upgrading my GPU to the strix 1080 8gb there has been no change! I made a few threads and they say that the CPU is the problem, because i had deamaged it ealier this year (not knowing what is was doing) installing 2 brands of ram sticks, i fixed the problem but it also made no change. Is it possible to just unscrew the Heat Sync of the cpu and replace it Strait away. Could you tell me step by step if you can thanks. this is my specs.

-AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Quad-Core Processor
-8gb Corsair Vengeance
-ASUS STRIX GTX 1080 8GB
-Samsung 250GB SSD
-Western Digital 1TB
-CX550W Corsair Power Supply
-B350 Tomahawk Arctic White Motherboard

 

[Barty1884]

It's compatible, yes. All the Ryzen 1xxx CPUs are compatible out of the board. Even the 2xxx CPU's are options for you, provided you update the BIOS before changing them.

You would remove the heatsink, life the latch & remove the CPU - then reverse the process for a new CPU.

I dont remember if the 1500X came with a stock cooler but, if it did and you move to a higher core count/higher TDP chip, then you should replace the cooler with either the new "stock" one that comes with it, or an aftermarket unit.

What are you doing with the system though? That'll determine whether the 1700X is a good choice or not. I find the R5 1600 would be a better option for most people..... although the 2600 is a newer, higher clocked choice (although would need a BIOS update done first).

Out of curiosity, how did you "damage" the CPU?

 

[beanobella03]

It's compatible, yes. All the Ryzen 1xxx CPUs are compatible out of the board. Even the 2xxx CPU's are options for you, provided you update the BIOS before changing them.

You would remove the heatsink, life the latch & remove the CPU - then reverse the process for a new CPU.

I dont remember if the 1500X came with a stock cooler but, if it did and you move to a higher core count/higher TDP chip, then you should replace the cooler with either the new "stock" one that comes with it, or an aftermarket unit.

What are you doing with the system though? That'll determine whether the 1700X is a good choice or not. I find the R5 1600 would be a better option for most people..... although the 2600 is a newer, higher clocked choice (although would need a BIOS update done first).

Out of curiosity, how did you "damage" the CPU?

I installed 2 brands of ram because i was inexperience and i didn't research enough
is there anything i need to do to install the 1080 strix then?

 

[Barty1884]

And? That won't "damage" the CPU in any way?

I thought you already had the 1080 ?? You fully slot it into the primary x16 slot on the motherboard, secure it to the case at the rear IO slots, and connect the relevant power cables to it.

 

[beanobella03]

And? That won't "damage" the CPU in any way?

I thought you already had the 1080 ?? You fully slot it into the primary x16 slot on the motherboard, secure it to the case at the rear IO slots, and connect the relevant power cables to it.

im stupid i meant CPU

 

[Barty1884]

If all you did was install mis-matched RAM, then the 1500X isn't likely damaged.

How about we attempt to address the immediate problem at hand (the "slow" system) before you run out and spend a decent amount of money on a new CPU?

What, specifically is slow - what issues do you face?

 

[bmockeg]

Its more likely a RAM problem if you aren't using matched pair. I'd buy a new RAM kit 3000mhz and see how performance is

 

[Barty1884]

^More likely, absolutely.

The 1500X is a bit underwhelming for tasks like gaming though - and paired with a 1080, that could be quite noticeable depending on the resolution.

 

[beanobella03]

^More likely, absolutely.

The 1500X is a bit underwhelming for tasks like gaming though - and paired with a 1080, that could be quite noticeable depending on the resolution.

i got the ryzen 7 1700x but i dont know how to install it as i may mess it up

 

[Barty1884]

You open the lever, remove the existing CPU (straight up), you line up the pins & lower the CPU straight down to drop it into place, then close the lever.