Upgrading CPU 2600x

[pcl4880]

Just a quick question, I have a Ryzen 1600 and the 350B tomahawk, if I wanted to upgrade to the 2600x, would I need to do anything to the motherboard, update bios? Flash bios? Or can I just switch out the CPUs? Thank you in advance

 

[ron2456]

Yes you need to have latest bios that was released after or in april 2018. Also do suggest your Motherboard manufacturer website as most have released a bios update.

 

[pcl4880]

Thank you! So another stupid question, when I update it, and download it, will you go to the right place , or do I need to put it on flash drive and install it on the bios? I’m kinda new at all this

 

[ron2456]

You need to put it in a pendrive and run the bios flash utility from the bios. If its in a zip/rar file you need to extract it so that there is only one file and not the .zip file.

 

[pcl4880]

Thanks Ron! I really appreciate it all your help

 

[mdd1963]

Going from a 1600 to a 2600X? Might be much less expensive (i.e., free) to at least try OCing your current CPU to as close to 3.9-4.0 GHz as possible....they really are not *that* far apart in performance... (In your shoes, if upgrading at all, it'd be to a 2700X...more cores, nice cooler!)

Cheers whichever way you decide to proceed, however!

 

[pcl4880]

Going from a 1600 to a 2600X? Might be much less expensive (i.e., free) to at least try OCing your current CPU to as close to 3.9-4.0 GHz as possible....they really are not *that* far apart in performance... (In your shoes, if upgrading at all, it'd be to a 2700X...more cores, nice cooler!)

Cheers whichever way you decide to proceed, however!

 

[pcl4880]

I’m a afraid to overclock it, I’m afraid I’d screw something up lol

 

[pcl4880]

Going from a 1600 to a 2600X? Might be much less expensive (i.e., free) to at least try OCing your current CPU to as close to 3.9-4.0 GHz as possible....they really are not *that* far apart in performance... (In your shoes, if upgrading at all, it'd be to a 2700X...more cores, nice cooler!)

Cheers whichever way you decide to proceed, however!

 

[pcl4880]

If I was to OV, what settings would I use, my Specs:
350B Tomahawk
Ryzen 1600
Wraith Spire cooler 95w
G. Skill ripsaw 2400 DDr
Radeon RX 580 8gb .. thank you everyone for helping me

 

[pcl4880]

Going from a 1600 to a 2600X? Might be much less expensive (i.e., free) to at least try OCing your current CPU to as close to 3.9-4.0 GHz as possible....they really are not *that* far apart in performance... (In your shoes, if upgrading at all, it'd be to a 2700X...more cores, nice cooler!)

Cheers whichever way you decide to proceed, however!