[SOLVED] need to replace AMD Athlon 200ge

[Nutz&boltz]

I was going to download the new W11 but it said I can't because my CPU doesn't work with W11. So looking to replace this Athlon 200ge with a newer cpu that W11 likes. I am using a ASROCK B450 steel legend MOBO. w/16gb ram . Anyone with some suggestions that will help without breaking the bank and my wife cutting my throat while I sleep?

 

[logainofhades]

https://www.amazon.com/AMD-Ryzen-5600X-12-Thread-Processor/dp/B08166SLDF?ref=silk_at_search
Is this a good deal?

That looks to be the normal price, for that. You missed out on all the sales, already, I do believe. You can get it considerably cheaper, if you live near a microcenter.
https://www.microcenter.com/product...oxed-processor-wraith-stealth-cooler-included

 

[Nighthawk117]

https://www.amazon.com/AMD-Ryzen-5600X-12-Thread-Processor/dp/B08166SLDF?ref=silk_at_search
Is this a good deal?

It's ok if you get it with the $10 coupon. My problem is the 5800X is only 17% more for 33% more cores. The 5600X has sat around the $300 mark for a while, for me a deal would be like $260.

 

[Nighthawk117]

The micro center deal quoted above is much better at $250.

 

[Nutz&boltz]

Thanks for your knowledge and help

 

[Nighthawk117]

Yes it does.

Sounds like it's working to me unless there are other weird GPU symptoms. If you've got two GPU's in your system some things might run on the iGPU by mistake.

 

[Nighthawk117]

https://www.microcenter.com/product...oxed-processor-wraith-stealth-cooler-included

That's a good deal at $280, that gets you a little GPU and 8 cores.

 

[Nutz&boltz]

Sounds like it's working to me unless there are other weird GPU symptoms. If you've got two GPU's in your system some things might run on the iGPU by mistake.
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Sounds like it's working to me unless there are other weird GPU symptoms. If you've got two GPU's in your system some things might run on the iGPU by mistake.

Yes, it's working, but it gets taxed heavily when I am working with photography software. Has to make up for the CPU being weak.

 

[Nutz&boltz]

https://www.microcenter.com/product...oxed-processor-wraith-stealth-cooler-included

That's a good deal at $280, that gets you a little GPU and 8 cores.

Yes, that's what I am thinking as well. Will I need to upgrade the memory too? As for updating the bios after installing it, is that on the web site for the mobo?

 

[Nighthawk117]

Yes, it's working, but it gets taxed heavily when I am working with photography software. Has to make up for the CPU being weak.

Ah I see, well a 5600G is nearly double the single core performance and roughly 6 times the multi core so it will probably make a world of difference.

 

[Nutz&boltz]

Ah I see, well a 5600G is nearly double the single core performance and roughly 6 times the multi core so it will probably make a world of difference.

That should help allot

 

[Nighthawk117]

Yes, that's what I am thinking as well. Will I need to upgrade the memory too? As for updating the bios after installing it, is that on the web site for the mobo?

Yes the bios update is on their website, you would need to install that before you put the CPU in otherwise the PC won't boot. I believe this was your board:
https://www.asrock.com/mb/amd/b450 steel legend/#BIOS

You'd know more about photo editing software than me so I couldn't comment on how much RAM you might need to get optimal performance for your workload. If your concerned about RAM speed then it tends to have rather minor impacts on CPU performance unless your running in single channel mode.
Dual channel is especially important for iGPU's because they are quite bandwidth hungry. If you have 2 sticks of DDR4 something though then I wouldn't worry.