Ryzen 5 2600 precision boost 2 on a b350 motherboard?

[ake91]

Hi all, I'm making a gaming Pc https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Ake91/saved/FvnZ8d
I'm £100 over budget at the moment so can't afford any more sadly.

So my question is the ryzen 5 2600 cpu (or maby the 5 2600x)that I have chosen has some features like precision boost 2 and such. I'm trying to find out if it will work on a b350 (first gen mobo) motherboard or if i need a x470 (second gen mobo). Amd just says they dont support it on the b350.
Does that mean precision bost 2 won't work on my ryzen 5 2600/5 2600x?
Or will it just default to precision bost 1?
Or will it work but not quite as well?

I'm not tech savy at all and this is my first home build that I'm trying to future proof for 5 years or so before I need to upgrade bits.

Sorry if this was a dumb question, it's just that I can't find a good answer, it's all also confusing me alot :/

 

[lperreault21]

Only Precision boost 1.

In that case, I would get this

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($174.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AX370-Gaming K3 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($174.99 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($189.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($147.99 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Dual Video Card ($289.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Phanteks - Eclipse P300 Tempered Glass ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit (£0.00)
Total: $1107.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-31 08:22 EDT-0400


There is really not that big if a difference between the 1600 / 2600 in most applications.

I have the Gaming k5 version of that mobo (bigger VRM heatsink / more LED / 3x PCIE slots) And it works GREAT, and it is x370.

 

[madmatt30]

You can an x470 board in same money with a bit of component wangling.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor (£155.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard (£127.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Elite 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£140.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£100.79 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Dual Video Card (£269.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design - Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case (£39.54 @ Ebuyer)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£82.38 @ Aria PC)
Other: Corsair CP-9020120-UK CX Series 450 W CX450 ATX/EPS 80 PLUS Bronze Power Supply Unit - Black (£45.46 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £962.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-31 13:47 BST+0100


If you need to bring the budget down.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£137.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard (£69.99 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Elite 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£140.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU650 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£49.53 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.79 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Palit - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB JetStream Video Card (£229.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design - Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case (£39.54 @ Ebuyer)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£82.38 @ Aria PC)
Other: Corsair CP-9020120-UK CX Series 450 W CX450 ATX/EPS 80 PLUS Bronze Power Supply Unit - Black (£45.46 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £829.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-31 13:52 BST+0100


Only one of those jet stream 1060s left .

My advice ? But it now at that price.