Question Update BIOS for Ryzen 5 5600X compatibility on a prebuilt PC ?

[99ru]

I have a prebuilt Asus PC with:

• ryzen 5 3600X
• RTX 2060 Super
• 16 gb ram (3200mhz)
• Motherboard on CPU-Z says: GA15DH.303 AMD AGESA Combo-AM4 1.0.0.6

I bought a Ryzen 5 5600x and thought it would not be a problem but i get no signal on my screen, after doing some reasearch i think i need a newer bios update but i cant find any newer for my pc. Is there a way around this problem or do i have to buy a new motherboard ?

 

[egda23]

It seems that you have this model

ROG Strix GA15 (G15DH) - Support

www.asus.com

Version 303 of the bios (the one you have) is the latest version (dated 2020)

 

[99ru]

It seems that you have this model

ROG Strix GA15 (G15DH) - Support

www.asus.com

Version 303 of the bios (the one you have) is the latest version (dated 2020)

Yes it seems like i have the latest drivers and it doesn't support ryzen 5 5600x, do you think its possible to buy a new motherboard without any problems?

 

[egda23]

You must check 2 things

1. What is the size of this motherboard, to see if a standard micro-atx or atx mobo would fit.
2. ALL IMPORTANT: what PSU do you have, and what are the cables and connectors, and what power

 

[99ru]

You must check 2 things

1. What is the size of this motherboard, to see if a standard micro-atx or atx mobo would fit.
2. ALL IMPORTANT: what PSU do you have, and what are the cables and connectors, and what power

not sure exactly which PSU i have but i can see that it has 500w and 80 plus. PSU should be fine?

 

[egda23]

not sure exactly which PSU i have but i can see that it has 500w and 80 plus. PSU should be fine?

You have to look at the connectors for the motherboard to be sure that these are standard connectors (some prebuilds use non-standard connectors)

 

[egda23]

And in fact, what is the usage of this PC ? Going from a 3600x to a 5600x is an upgrade, but not something to jump around for hours.
And with your GPU it is clearly not some high end gaming rig.
Why not upgrade the GPU, and keep the CPU? But with a 500W PSU you won’t go very far

 

[99ru]

And in fact, what is the usage of this PC ? Going from a 3600x to a 5600x is an upgrade, but not something to jump around for hours.
And with your GPU it is clearly not some high end gaming rig.
Why not upgrade the GPU, and keep the CPU? But with a 500W PSU you won’t go very far

i wanted to upgrade because i play a cpu have game and i have seen benchmarks with same gpu and with both cpus

 

[Bob.B]

i wanted to upgrade because i play a cpu have game and i have seen benchmarks with same gpu and with both cpus

Put the 3600x back in the machine and make sure everything works.

Download this.
UBM

Reboot.
Wait a few mins.
Run UBM with the browser closed.
Post a LINK to the results page.

Read the label on the side of the psu and post the make and model.

 

[99ru]

Put the 3600x back in the machine and make sure everything works.

Download this.
UBM

Reboot.
Wait a few mins.
Run UBM with the browser closed.
Post a LINK to the results page.

Read the label on the side of the psu and post the make and model.

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/53865815

 

[artk2219]

Is this your PC? If so, you have a few updates available to you.

https://rog.asus.com/us/desktops/mid-tower/rog-strix-ga15-series/helpdesk_bios

 

[Bob.B]

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/53865815

You have a lot of background stuff running.
Make your startup group skinny.
Rerun UBM.


What happened to the make and model of the psu?

 

[99ru]

You have a lot of background stuff running.
Make your startup group skinny.
Rerun UBM.


What happened to the make and model of the psu?

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/53868601

 

[99ru]

Is this your PC? If so, you have a few updates available to you.

https://rog.asus.com/us/desktops/mid-tower/rog-strix-ga15-series/helpdesk_bios

i tried BIOS Update(Windows) and it didn't work
then i tried the one below with a flashdrive in bios and it said
Selected File Is Not a Proper BIOS

 

[Bob.B]

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/53868601

That looks better.

Look in the windows power options and see what your using and what the options are.

 

[99ru]

That looks better.

Look in the windows power options and see what your using and what the options are.

Are you talking about power plan? im using AMD ryzen balanced, there is also one with high performance

 

[Bob.B]

Are you talking about power plan? im using AMD ryzen balanced, there is also one with high performance

Test high perf with games.

Run UBM see if it shows a diff.

 

[99ru]

Test high perf with games.

Run UBM see if it shows a diff.

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/53871551

i have also heard before that for some reason balanced runs better than high performance on this cpu

 

[Bob.B]

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/53871551

i have also heard before that for some reason balanced runs better than high performance on this cpu

That UBM run shows a large amount of background running.

Make sure you reboot......wait.....browser closed before running UBM.
Try UBM again.

 

[hang-the-9]

Yes it seems like i have the latest drivers and it doesn't support ryzen 5 5600x, do you think its possible to buy a new motherboard without any problems?

I would not try too hard to get the 5600 working in the system, it's maybe around a 20% increase in CPU power and you are now going to be spending another $100 on a new motherboard, re-installing Windows. if a new motherboard would work depends on the connectors to the case the system has, if hey are not proprietary will be fine. But to me seems not worth the hassle.

 

[dcvikes]

I have worked on a few of those very systems they use a slightly off/tier Asus mobo made specifically for those series of Asus OEM gaming PC's. That said, they are standard with connections you can indeed replace the board if you so desire.

 

[ohio_buckeye]

The other thing will be the windows os. If you swap board and cpu, I imagine they will mark your system as inactivated. So you may also need to buy a new license.

 

[dcvikes]

i wanted to upgrade because i play a cpu have game and i have seen benchmarks with same gpu and with both cpus

With your current GPU you would get about 98% the same performance vs the 5600x. In fact you would get that up until about an RTX 3060ti or 6600XT level card where you would definitely start to see around a 10-20 FPS gain in certain titles depending - and that delta continuing upwards as you go up the GPU scale. That's where you start to see the raw IPC performance increase that the Ryzen 5000 series gives you, and to take advantage of that (for it to have any meaning) you would also need a 1080p high refresh rate display. The above stated performance delta dissipates rapidly when going above 1080p (e.g 2k, 4k).