Upgrading pc to ryzen 5 1600x

[CiaranG99]

Ok so atm im using an amd fx-8370, gtx 1060 6gb, 8gb ddr3 ram, 990FXA-UD3 R5 setup and Im looking to switch to the Ryzen R5 1600x. A few questions, The X just means that it is unlocked for overclocking correct? if so im not looking to overclock so should i just go for the 1600 instead of the X. My DDR3 Ram won't work anyone will it? and i will have to upgrade to DDR4 or is that wrong?. Can anyone suggest a good motherboard to go with that is cheap. Do i setup the wraith cooler like i did with the standard cooler the fx-8370 cpu gave me or will i need to set it up like an aftermarket cooler. Thanks for reading this means a lot.

Edit: How would going with a R5 2600, x470 and 2x8GB DDR3 3000mhz ram?, i didn't want to have to update the bios encase i messed it up and i think the x470 comes with the new bios.

 

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All Ryzen CPUs are unlocked. The X only means that the CPU supports XFR, which means higher base and boost clocks. If you manually overclock, XFR gets bypassed/disabled. In general, the XFR chips are slightly better overclockers than non-X.

There is no stock HSF included with the 1000-series X chips. One is included with all 2000-series Ryzen CPUs.

 

[CiaranG99]

All Ryzen CPUs are unlocked. The X only means that the CPU supports XFR, which means higher base and boost clocks. If you manually overclock, XFR gets bypassed/disabled. In general, the XFR chips are slightly better overclockers than non-X.

There is no stock HSF included with the 1000-series X chips. One is included with all 2000-series Ryzen CPUs.

is going with the 2600x a good idea? and would a 550 psu be enough or would i need a better one?

 

[ArchitSahu]

All Ryzen CPUs are unlocked. The X only means that the CPU supports XFR, which means higher base and boost clocks. If you manually overclock, XFR gets bypassed/disabled. In general, the XFR chips are slightly better overclockers than non-X.

There is no stock HSF included with the 1000-series X chips. One is included with all 2000-series Ryzen CPUs.

is going with the 2600x a good idea? and would a 550 psu be enough or would i need a better one?

A 2600x is not a bad idea. Cooler is also very good.

Which 550W psu? It should be enough if it is of GOOD quality.

 

[CiaranG99]

All Ryzen CPUs are unlocked. The X only means that the CPU supports XFR, which means higher base and boost clocks. If you manually overclock, XFR gets bypassed/disabled. In general, the XFR chips are slightly better overclockers than non-X.

There is no stock HSF included with the 1000-series X chips. One is included with all 2000-series Ryzen CPUs.

is going with the 2600x a good idea? and would a 550 psu be enough or would i need a better one?

A 2600x is not a bad idea. Cooler is also very good.

Which 550W psu? It should be enough if it is of GOOD quality.

its a Corsair VS550 which i hear isn't great but will it do me for a week or two till i could upgrade to a new one?. Not doing any overclocking or anything.

 

[ArchitSahu]

All Ryzen CPUs are unlocked. The X only means that the CPU supports XFR, which means higher base and boost clocks. If you manually overclock, XFR gets bypassed/disabled. In general, the XFR chips are slightly better overclockers than non-X.

There is no stock HSF included with the 1000-series X chips. One is included with all 2000-series Ryzen CPUs.

is going with the 2600x a good idea? and would a 550 psu be enough or would i need a better one?

A 2600x is not a bad idea. Cooler is also very good.

Which 550W psu? It should be enough if it is of GOOD quality.

its a Corsair VS550 which i hear isn't great but will it do me for a week or two till i could upgrade to a new one?. Not doing any overclocking or anything.

If you are upgrading, change that as well. VS550 is dead last in terms of quality and reliability from Corsair so it would do you more benefit than disadvantages for switching it out.

 

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is going with the 2600x a good idea?

If you don't mind the step up in price from the x470 being the only chipset that will guarantee you a motherboard with sufficiently up-to-date BIOS to avoid the hassle of getting the BIOS updated beforehand on older motherboards and the step up on the CPU itself, the 2000 series get you much better RAM compatibility out-of-the-box than the 1000 series does, higher stock clocks, lower cache latency and ~10% better IPC.

There are quite a few reasons to prefer the 2000-series over the 1000s, which is why the 1000 series got heavily discounted after the 2000's launch.

 

[CiaranG99]

All Ryzen CPUs are unlocked. The X only means that the CPU supports XFR, which means higher base and boost clocks. If you manually overclock, XFR gets bypassed/disabled. In general, the XFR chips are slightly better overclockers than non-X.

There is no stock HSF included with the 1000-series X chips. One is included with all 2000-series Ryzen CPUs.

is going with the 2600x a good idea? and would a 550 psu be enough or would i need a better one?

A 2600x is not a bad idea. Cooler is also very good.

Which 550W psu? It should be enough if it is of GOOD quality.

its a Corsair VS550 which i hear isn't great but will it do me for a week or two till i could upgrade to a new one?. Not doing any overclocking or anything.

If you are upgrading, change that as well. VS550 is dead last in terms of quality and reliability from Corsair so it would do you more benefit than disadvantages for switching it out.

Will it be good enough to use for a week or two till i could get money to buy a new PSU?

 

[ArchitSahu]

All Ryzen CPUs are unlocked. The X only means that the CPU supports XFR, which means higher base and boost clocks. If you manually overclock, XFR gets bypassed/disabled. In general, the XFR chips are slightly better overclockers than non-X.

There is no stock HSF included with the 1000-series X chips. One is included with all 2000-series Ryzen CPUs.

is going with the 2600x a good idea? and would a 550 psu be enough or would i need a better one?

A 2600x is not a bad idea. Cooler is also very good.

Which 550W psu? It should be enough if it is of GOOD quality.

its a Corsair VS550 which i hear isn't great but will it do me for a week or two till i could upgrade to a new one?. Not doing any overclocking or anything.

If you are upgrading, change that as well. VS550 is dead last in terms of quality and reliability from Corsair so it would do you more benefit than disadvantages for switching it out.

Will it be good enough to use for a week or two till i could get money to buy a new PSU?

For a week or two, nobody knows. It should be okay, but I would not attempt to stress the system much. Be wary is all I would say.

 

[CiaranG99]

All Ryzen CPUs are unlocked. The X only means that the CPU supports XFR, which means higher base and boost clocks. If you manually overclock, XFR gets bypassed/disabled. In general, the XFR chips are slightly better overclockers than non-X.

There is no stock HSF included with the 1000-series X chips. One is included with all 2000-series Ryzen CPUs.

is going with the 2600x a good idea? and would a 550 psu be enough or would i need a better one?

A 2600x is not a bad idea. Cooler is also very good.

Which 550W psu? It should be enough if it is of GOOD quality.

its a Corsair VS550 which i hear isn't great but will it do me for a week or two till i could upgrade to a new one?. Not doing any overclocking or anything.

If you are upgrading, change that as well. VS550 is dead last in terms of quality and reliability from Corsair so it would do you more benefit than disadvantages for switching it out.

Will it be good enough to use for a week or two till i could get money to buy a new PSU?

For a week or two, nobody knows. It should be okay, but I would not attempt to stress the system much. Be wary is all I would say.

someone in another post suggested i should cut down to 8gb ram and get a new psu which i think im gonna do, can get more ram later.

 

[ArchitSahu]

All Ryzen CPUs are unlocked. The X only means that the CPU supports XFR, which means higher base and boost clocks. If you manually overclock, XFR gets bypassed/disabled. In general, the XFR chips are slightly better overclockers than non-X.

There is no stock HSF included with the 1000-series X chips. One is included with all 2000-series Ryzen CPUs.

is going with the 2600x a good idea? and would a 550 psu be enough or would i need a better one?

A 2600x is not a bad idea. Cooler is also very good.

Which 550W psu? It should be enough if it is of GOOD quality.

its a Corsair VS550 which i hear isn't great but will it do me for a week or two till i could upgrade to a new one?. Not doing any overclocking or anything.

If you are upgrading, change that as well. VS550 is dead last in terms of quality and reliability from Corsair so it would do you more benefit than disadvantages for switching it out.

Will it be good enough to use for a week or two till i could get money to buy a new PSU?

For a week or two, nobody knows. It should be okay, but I would not attempt to stress the system much. Be wary is all I would say.

someone in another post suggested i should cut down to 8gb ram and get a new psu which i think im gonna do, can get more ram later.

Yes, you can but two problems.

1. If you swap the RAM out later, you would need to buy it in kits again, as that is always the safest route. Adding another stick tends to be risky.

2. Staying with 16 from the start is not a bad idea. Consider keeping it.

 

[CiaranG99]

All Ryzen CPUs are unlocked. The X only means that the CPU supports XFR, which means higher base and boost clocks. If you manually overclock, XFR gets bypassed/disabled. In general, the XFR chips are slightly better overclockers than non-X.

There is no stock HSF included with the 1000-series X chips. One is included with all 2000-series Ryzen CPUs.

is going with the 2600x a good idea? and would a 550 psu be enough or would i need a better one?

A 2600x is not a bad idea. Cooler is also very good.

Which 550W psu? It should be enough if it is of GOOD quality.

its a Corsair VS550 which i hear isn't great but will it do me for a week or two till i could upgrade to a new one?. Not doing any overclocking or anything.

If you are upgrading, change that as well. VS550 is dead last in terms of quality and reliability from Corsair so it would do you more benefit than disadvantages for switching it out.

Will it be good enough to use for a week or two till i could get money to buy a new PSU?

For a week or two, nobody knows. It should be okay, but I would not attempt to stress the system much. Be wary is all I would say.

someone in another post suggested i should cut down to 8gb ram and get a new psu which i think im gonna do, can get more ram later.

Yes, you can but two problems.

1. If you swap the RAM out later, you would need to buy it in kits again, as that is always the safest route. Adding another stick tends to be risky.

2. Staying with 16 from the start is not a bad idea. Consider keeping it.

I won't have the money to do both so even if i need to buy 2 8gb sticks later thats fine

 

[ArchitSahu]

All Ryzen CPUs are unlocked. The X only means that the CPU supports XFR, which means higher base and boost clocks. If you manually overclock, XFR gets bypassed/disabled. In general, the XFR chips are slightly better overclockers than non-X.

There is no stock HSF included with the 1000-series X chips. One is included with all 2000-series Ryzen CPUs.

is going with the 2600x a good idea? and would a 550 psu be enough or would i need a better one?

A 2600x is not a bad idea. Cooler is also very good.

Which 550W psu? It should be enough if it is of GOOD quality.

its a Corsair VS550 which i hear isn't great but will it do me for a week or two till i could upgrade to a new one?. Not doing any overclocking or anything.

If you are upgrading, change that as well. VS550 is dead last in terms of quality and reliability from Corsair so it would do you more benefit than disadvantages for switching it out.

Will it be good enough to use for a week or two till i could get money to buy a new PSU?

For a week or two, nobody knows. It should be okay, but I would not attempt to stress the system much. Be wary is all I would say.

someone in another post suggested i should cut down to 8gb ram and get a new psu which i think im gonna do, can get more ram later.

Yes, you can but two problems.

1. If you swap the RAM out later, you would need to buy it in kits again, as that is always the safest route. Adding another stick tends to be risky.

2. Staying with 16 from the start is not a bad idea. Consider keeping it.

I won't have the money to do both so even if i need to buy 2 8gb sticks later thats fine

Okay, then step the RAM down to 8 gigs for now, swap the PSU, and after two weeks or so, get 16 gigs. However, running RAM in single channel does have some performance hits so keep that in mind.

 

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I'd just delay the upgrade until you can afford to get what you want instead of potentially throwing money at temporary parts which may be difficult to re-sell to mitigate you loss.

Or upgrade the PSU now to make sure your PC survives long enough for you to afford the rest, then you'll already have a better quality PSU to throw at your new parts.