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[SOLVED] Need Help & Recommendations on Upgrading PC CPU & MOBO

Satsuki2gou

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Hello,
I would like to upgrade my CPU & MOBO. RAM as well if necessary.
Any advice appreciated.

Budget: $1,000 AUD (lower the better)

Pc Use: General Use & Gaming
Main Games Played are : Call of Duty Warzone, Apex Legends, Final Fantasy XIV, League of Legends, Civilization VI
note* I do not play on high graphics.

Current specs n (Age):
*CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (2years old)
*MOBO: MSI AMD B450M Mortar Max Micro-ATX (2years old)
*RAM: G.Skill Trident Z Neo (2x8GB) 3200 CL16 (Recently Bought due to prev acting up)
GPU: MSI Nvidia GeForce GTX 3060 Ti Gaming X Trio 8GB (1year old)
PSU: Corsair RM750x (1year old)
SDD: Crucial P1. M.2 NVMe 1TB PCIe (2years old)
HDD: Seagate 3.5 Barracuda 4TB, WD 2TB HDD
Case: Lian Li Lancool II Mesh Black E-ATX case

Currently see a deal for AMD Ryzen 5600x for $319AUD so was thinking about building around this unless people have better recommendation or advice.
Budget is around $1,000AUD lower the better.
As i don't do intense graphic gaming i'm not after over whelming specs.

Any advice and help, recommendations apprecaited
Thank you in Advance.

Also just for note reason why i recently bought new RAM was cause when i turned on PC and fans, cpu/gpu started running, the Display returned "Display Port no signal" and Keybaord/Mouse lights didn't light up. Also Couldn't Force shutdown pc. Was only able to Switch off PSU at back.
 
Solution
Everything you listed including your RAM works just fine with this board & cpu.

https://www.jw.com.au/msi-pro-b660m-a-ddr4-ddr4-lga-1700-mboard-573881
MSI PRO B660M-A DDR4 $215.10

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/PRO-B660M-A-DDR4

https://www.mwave.com.au/product/be-quiet-pure-rock-2-cpu-cooler-ac46255
be quiet! Pure Rock 2 CPU Cooler $59.00

https://www.skycomp.com.au/intel-co...25ghz-cpu-processor-bx8071512400f-857894.html
Intel Core i5-12400F $284

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/u...2400f-processor-18m-cache-up-to-4-40-ghz.html

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Thank you for the reply.
Just had a question with the motherboard recommended.
when i selected the parts on pcpartpicker when searching for prices n compatibility. It had a note saying "The MSI PRO B660M-A DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard has an additional 4-pin ATX power connector but the Corsair RMx 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply does not. This connector is used to supply additional 12V current to the motherboard. " Is this alright? can i just ignore it?
 
Thank you for the reply.
Just had a question with the motherboard recommended.
when i selected the parts on pcpartpicker when searching for prices n compatibility. It had a note saying "The MSI PRO B660M-A DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard has an additional 4-pin ATX power connector but the Corsair RMx 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply does not. This connector is used to supply additional 12V current to the motherboard. " Is this alright? can i just ignore it?
That psu works fine with that board.

https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categ...ced/RMx-Series/p/CP-9020179-NA#tab-tech-specs