[SOLVED] Ryzen 7 3700x work with my RAM kit?

[Smellybandaid]

Alright guys, I have scaled the intrawebs long and hard and have yet to come to a specific answer for my following question.

I have an ASUS RoG Strix x570-E Gaming motherboard.
G.Skill Tridentz DDR4-3600 CL19 (4x8 - 32gb kit) for RAM.


Now here's where I get confused.

If I buy a Ryzen 7 3700x - will everything be plug and play out of the box?

Ultimately, I'm new to building setups on my own, and I'm terrified of doing a BIOS flash, or anything of that sort.

The board manual does say that the board supports the RAM, but I'm worried about compatibility with the CPU.

Any help is highly appreciated, thanks!

 

[white.a.drew]

Alright guys, I have scaled the intrawebs long and hard and have yet to come to a specific answer for my following question.

I have an ASUS RoG Strix x570-E Gaming motherboard.
G.Skill Tridentz DDR4-3600 CL19 (4x8 - 32gb kit) for RAM.


Now here's where I get confused.

If I buy a Ryzen 7 3700x - will everything be plug and play out of the box?

Ultimately, I'm new to building setups on my own, and I'm terrified of doing a BIOS flash, or anything of that sort.

The board manual does say that the board supports the RAM, but I'm worried about compatibility with the CPU.

Any help is highly appreciated, thanks!

Bios update is recommended for better support. However should be plu and play I had no issues assembling my brothers

 

[Smellybandaid]

Will I need to worry about stability issues with plug & play?

 

[Smellybandaid]

Bios update is recommended for better support. However should be plu and play I had no issues assembling my brothers

May I ask what the specs of the PC you built for him were?

 

[white.a.drew]

Will I need to worry about stability issues with plug & play?

May I ask what the specs of the PC you built for him were?

1, kinda not to bad though mainly ram if you don't set it custom

2
ASUS RoG Strix x570-E Gaming
Tridentz ddr4 3600MHz
Ryzen 7 3800x
Evga 850w fully modular
500 Samsung nvme boot
2tb nvme game/file
2tb HDD back up.
Rtx 3080 sc

 

[Smellybandaid]

So, did you have to do anything to his BIOS out of the box to make it worth with the CPU?

My main concern is flashing the BIOS, I'm very nervous in doing so, I don't want to brick the system. And this is going to be the "official" first build I'm doing on my own.

 

[white.a.drew]

So, did you have to do anything to his BIOS out of the box to make it worth with the CPU?

My main concern is flashing the BIOS, I'm very nervous in doing so, I don't want to brick the system. And this is going to be the "official" first build I'm doing on my own.

When you do a custom build you are always going to need to adjust things in your bios for the first time.
The best thing to do is have your new bios on a USB and when the board gets there use the bios flash back button. With only the power connected to the board. Don't build it yet.

 

[Smellybandaid]

But again, you're convinced that plug and play is going to be fine?

 

[MeanMachine41]

Alright guys, I have scaled the intrawebs long and hard and have yet to come to a specific answer for my following question.

I have an ASUS RoG Strix x570-E Gaming motherboard.
G.Skill Tridentz DDR4-3600 CL19 (4x8 - 32gb kit) for RAM.


Now here's where I get confused.

If I buy a Ryzen 7 3700x - will everything be plug and play out of the box?

Ultimately, I'm new to building setups on my own, and I'm terrified of doing a BIOS flash, or anything of that sort.

The board manual does say that the board supports the RAM, but I'm worried about compatibility with the CPU.

Any help is highly appreciated, thanks!

Ryzen 7 3700x officially supports up to 3200MHz RAM. You have chosen OC RAM at 3600MHz which are not simple Plug and Play.
They may or may not have been programmed with a profile for easy Overclocking such as XMP or D.O.C.P so you will have to manually enter Timings and Dram voltage in Bios to get them to their rated frequency.

Updating Bios these days is not the boogeyman once thought. Your MB is equipped with flashback and the Bios can be updated using a USB. Refer page 2-13 in your manual how to perform this simple task.

Download the Bios file from ASUS support: https://rog.asus.com/us/motherboards/rog-strix/rog-strix-x570-f-gaming-model/helpdesk_download
Ensure the USB you are using is formatted to FAT32 single partition.
If the file is Zipped then unzip and transfer it to your USB
Rename the file to SX570EG.CAP

Power down the system so there is only power to the Motherboard.
Insert the USB into the correct USB port and press the Flashback button till it begins to flash. It takes a couple of minutes and if it stops and remains lit the flashback was unsuccessful.

 

[Smellybandaid]

From what I understand I can just plug and play the RAM, however it will not clock at the max speed, is this true or false?

 

[Smellybandaid]

Also, at this point.. if I have to update the BIOS for the ram anyways, would it be a better idea and pay the additional 50$ for the 20% update in efficiency for the 5600x?

 

[Smellybandaid]

Get em' champ.

 

[white.a.drew]

Also, at this point.. if I have to update the BIOS for the ram anyways, would it be a better idea and pay the additional 50$ for the 20% update in efficiency for the 5600x?

Yes and yes and no and no.... There no special benefit to something your eyes cant see there is a benefit to braging rights to hey look at my beast of a machine that will work for years to come on any platform because I threw all this over kill into it... A simple gaming machine just needs 3200MHZ "CL16 is best"
8 core 3.8GHz CPU "recommended for today's titles.
Rx 570 4gb min generally a today's stand point
And decent mobo to support it all