[SOLVED] Just got a 5600x Need a motherboard help

[noaharc]

Just looking forthe best motherboard that supports the 5600x around 200$ for gaming

EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4 GB SSC GAMING ACX 3.0 Video Card

Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

CRYORIG H7 49 CFM CPU Cooler

Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory (my top choice but might change later)

Thermaltake TR2 800 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply

Sceptre C248B-144R

 

[MeanMachine41]

The best entry level MB for your budget would be ASUS AM4 TUF Gaming X570-Plus (Wi-Fi)
$190 from Newegg and as low as $170 if you shop around.

 

[noaharc]

The best entry level MB for your budget would be ASUS AM4 TUF Gaming X570-Plus (Wi-Fi)
$190 from Newegg and as low as $170 if you shop around.

Got a really good deal on the ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING AM4 AMD B550 SATA 6Gb/s. Can you reccomend any ddr4 3200mhz ram sticks, nothing fancy or rgb just good preformence for gaming, wish i could get higher mhz but the mb only supports 3200... I think ?

 

[egda23]

Got a really good deal on the ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING AM4 AMD B550 SATA 6Gb/s. Can you reccomend any ddr4 3200mhz ram sticks, nothing fancy or rgb just good preformence for gaming, wish i could get higher mhz but the mb only supports 3200... I think ?

For memory support, given the newness of you hardware, it would be wise to stick with the QVL (RAM that has been tested bye Asus with your mobo)

ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING | ROG Strix | Gaming Motherboards｜ROG - Republic of Gamers｜ROG Global

 

[noaharc]

For memory support, given the newness of you hardware, it would be wise to stick with the QVL (RAM that has been tested bye Asus with your mobo)

ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING | ROG Strix | Gaming Motherboards｜ROG - Republic of Gamers｜ROG Global

So you can use faster memory speeds than the max mb supports as long as the cpu supports it ?

 

[MeanMachine41]

Got a really good deal on the ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING AM4 AMD B550 SATA 6Gb/s. Can you reccomend any ddr4 3200mhz ram sticks, nothing fancy or rgb just good preformence for gaming, wish i could get higher mhz but the mb only supports 3200... I think ?

There is a kit from G.Skill at 3200MH (2x8) 16GB that are listed on the MB QVL and well priced from newegg at $65
They are Ripjaws Part No F4-3200C16D-16GVGB which are tested and known to work.

If you want to try faster at say 3600MHz you will have to manually set their SPD in Bios as there will not be an XMP or D.O.C.P Profile. There is no guarantee they will work at that frequency. You take a chance so make sure you can return them if they don't play fair.

 

[noaharc]

So if you wanted to use faster ram with guaranteed results do you need a mb or cpu that supports faster ? the mb and 5600x both say support 3200mhz

 

[MeanMachine41]

So if you wanted to use faster ram with guaranteed results do you need a mb or cpu that supports faster ?

Both , The Mother board must have a chipset that supports OC RAM. Higher frequencies and size will be determined by the strength of the IMC (Integrated Memory Controller) which resides on the CPU.

 

[noaharc]

Both , The Mother board must have a chipset that supports OC RAM. Higher frequencies and size will be determined by the strength of the IMC (Integrated Memory Controller) which resides on the CPU.

Okay that makes sense, I did see the mb O.C. speeds. I'm not to sure about the IMC on the 5600x. Is it just figured out through trial and error ?

 

[MeanMachine41]

Here are the specs for 5600x. You will notice it supports up to 3200MHz memory frequency.
https://www.amd.com/en/direct-buy/5450881700/us

Choosing a higher than the official supported CPU frequency involves Manual input of Timings in Bios with no guarantees. They may default to 2666MHz and need DRAM timing control ajustements to make them work.
With OC RAM they are not plug and play so to speak.

 

[noaharc]

Here are the specs for 5600x. You will notice it supports up to 3200MHz memory frequency.
https://www.amd.com/en/direct-buy/5450881700/us

Choosing a higher than the official supported CPU frequency involves Manual input of Timings in Bios with no guarantees. They may default to 2666MHz and need DRAM timing control ajustements to make them work.
With OC RAM they are not plug and play so to speak.

Cool, I appreciate the info. Hope you have a good weekend!