Ryzen 3 1200 on this motherboard?

[ImperialCavalry]

Hello, sorry if this sounds stupid but I'm no expert about these things, I'm planning to buy a AMD ryzen 3 1200 for my second computer and I got tired and annoyed paying higher dollars to Intel.

ASUS Z97 Pro Gamer motherboard
DDR3 16GB RAM dual channel
AMD R7 370 GPU
Windows 10 64bit professional

can I put amd cpu on this motherboard? without any problems? Thanks in advance, also standard fan is enough for gaming? I have a dell 1080p screen but I do not play at max graphics settings, usually between low-mid (shadow quality/particles always set to low since I'm told this two specific setting is a fps killer)

 

[Snipergod87]

To use a R3 1200, you will need a new motherboard, and RAM (DDR4) in addition to the Processor, if you wanted to upgrade to another Intel Chip not in the 4th Gen you would still need to buy a new motherboard and RAM in addition to the CPU.

Your best option for an upgrade would be a 4770k or 4790k which will still be much faster than a R3 1200, and any 4th Gen i5 will be faster / the same as the R3 1200

 

[JalYt_Justin]

No, they are entirely different sockets and chipsets. Z97 is an Intel board, AM4 is the only chipset that can support Ryzen processors. You will need either an X370, B350, or A320 motherboard to put a Ryzen CPU into.

 

[ImperialCavalry]

No, they are entirely different sockets and chipsets. Z97 is an Intel board, AM4 is the only chipset that can support Ryzen processors. You will need either an X370, B350, or A320 motherboard to put a Ryzen CPU into.

Thats very bad news in my case, thanks for the reply, where I live the stores have low amount of stocks for tech hardware. Can you please give me examples about the CPUs that I can put into this motherboard then? at least perhaps I can reduce the price a bit for Intel i3 or i5 processors? or even i7? currently ı have a i7 4790k on my second computer, I was planning to buy that amd cpu for future usage but oh well, at least maybe I can purchase a Intel CPU that have the almost same power to this one.

 

[lunyone]

Hello, sorry if this sounds stupid but I'm no expert about these things, I'm planning to buy a AMD ryzen 3 1200 for my second computer and I got tired and annoyed paying higher dollars to Intel.

ASUS Z97 Pro Gamer motherboard
DDR3 16GB RAM dual channel
AMD R7 370 GPU
Windows 10 64bit professional

can I put amd cpu on this motherboard? without any problems? Thanks in advance, also standard fan is enough for gaming? I have a dell 1080p screen but I do not play at max graphics settings, usually between low-mid (shadow quality/particles always set to low since I'm told this two specific setting is a fps killer)

No that CPU isn't compatible with Ryzen. As stated above you would need an AM4 based mobo to correctly use the Ryzen CPU. Also you would need DDR4 RAM to go with that new Mobo (which is expensive right now). If it were me and I was trying to upgrade my gaming performance (and you didn't mind staying with Intel for now), I would stick with your current Mobo/RAM/CPU (if you have one) and upgrade the GPU to something a bit faster (GTX 1030/RX 560 or something like those).

 

[Snipergod87]

You can put in any CPU that is from the 4th Gen, like i# 4XXX, what CPU is in that system now?

 

[ImperialCavalry]

To use a R3 1200, you will need a new motherboard, and RAM (DDR4) in addition to the Processor, if you wanted to upgrade to another Intel Chip not in the 4th Gen you would still need to buy a new motherboard and RAM in addition to the CPU.

Your best option for an upgrade would be a 4770k or 4790k which will still be much faster than a R3 1200, and any 4th Gen i5 will be faster / the same as the R3 1200

You can put in any CPU that is from the 4th Gen, like i# 4XXX, what CPU is in that system now?

its have a i7 4790k currently

 

[Snipergod87]

That is the best CPU you can slot in there, and in terms of gaming performance a new CPU from either Intel or AMD won't make much of a difference, less than 10 FPS, at the cost of at least $300 for the processor alone.

 

[ImperialCavalry]

That is the best CPU you can slot in there, and in terms of gaming performance a new CPU from either Intel or AMD won't make much of a difference, less than 10 FPS.

I understand, thank you all for quick replies, then I will stick with my current setup like the other guy said above. Perhaps in future stocks would be higher in my location so I can have more options if I really need to upgrade my gaming performance.

I would probably buy a new PSU instead of the GPU since my power supply over 4 years old, and I do not want that psu blow up in my room haha.

Thanks everyone, my problem/question is solved.

 

[lunyone]

That is the best CPU you can slot in there, and in terms of gaming performance a new CPU from either Intel or AMD won't make much of a difference, less than 10 FPS.

I understand, thank you all for quick replies, then I will stick with my current setup like the other guy said above. Perhaps in future stocks would be higher in my location so I can have more options if I really need to upgrade my gaming performance.

I would probably buy a new PSU instead of the GPU since my power supply over 4 years old, and I do not want that psu blow up in my room haha.

Thanks everyone, my problem/question is solved.

Depending on your PSU you might be okay, but buy at least an 80 PLUS Bronze Certified PSU from a reputable vendor (Corsair, EVGA, Antec, Seasonic, etc).

 

[ImperialCavalry]

That is the best CPU you can slot in there, and in terms of gaming performance a new CPU from either Intel or AMD won't make much of a difference, less than 10 FPS.

I understand, thank you all for quick replies, then I will stick with my current setup like the other guy said above. Perhaps in future stocks would be higher in my location so I can have more options if I really need to upgrade my gaming performance.

I would probably buy a new PSU instead of the GPU since my power supply over 4 years old, and I do not want that psu blow up in my room haha.

Thanks everyone, my problem/question is solved.

Depending on your PSU you might be okay, but buy at least an 80 PLUS Bronze Certified PSU from a reputable vendor (Corsair, EVGA, Antec, Seasonic, etc).

Its a Cougar 80 plus bronze, it is any good?

 

[lunyone]

It is okay. If you want something newer go with the aforementioned PSU's.