What motherboard for Ryzen 5 1600 and which RAM combination?

[jovan23stojanovic]

Hello, so I am buying definitely going to buy Ryzen, because I can't wait for H310/B360/H370 from Intel to get i7-8700(non K), I need a computer in 3 days because of school... However, I want to ask why only AM4 motherboards don't support every RAM, m.2 or else, where every other socket (like AM3,1151... ) motherboard supports everything from RAM and other devices...
The thing is, I want to get 4 RAM slot motherboard, that supports Samsung 960 Pro 250GB and majority of RAM memories.

Next thing, I am looking for 1x8GB 3200MHz but in my country, there isn't one available at all...
I can choose from 2x4GB to 2x8GB but I cant afford 2x8GB so I am interested in 2x4GB.
So let's say, I get 2x4GB, I can only add another 2x4GB and have a total of 16GB of RAM or I can now get 2x4GB 3200MHz, later I'll get the exact same model of RAM that is 2x8GB or 1x8GB? Will there be issues?

Thanks in advance, hoping that I won't have to get i7-8700 because I'll need to get expensive cooler...

 

[scout_03]

check my system specs and msi could use a lot of ram specially the g-skill ones .

 

[jovan23stojanovic]

check my system specs and msi could use a lot of ram specially the g-skill ones .

Sorry, where can I see your system specs?

 

[coozie7]

Hover your mouse pointer over his picture.

 

[madmatt30]

4 sticks tend to be limited to 2666mhz on a lot of boards , while its possible to run 2 pairs of unmatched sticks you are absolutely better running a single pair of 8gb sticks than 4x4gb sticks.

However understanding budget constraints this isn't always possible.

Cheapish boards with 4 ram slots & nvme m2 slots ?

Asrock b350 pro 4
Msi b350 PC Mate
Asus prime b350 plus

Theyre in the order I'd buy them personally too.

 

[jovan23stojanovic]

4 sticks tend to be limited to 2666mhz on a lot of boards , while its possible to run 2 pairs of unmatched sticks you are absolutely better running a single pair of 8gb sticks than 4x4gb sticks.

However understanding budget constraints this isn't always possible.

Cheapish boards with 4 ram slots & nvme m2 slots ?

Asrock b350 pro 4
Msi b350 PC Mate
Asus prime b350 plus

Theyre in the order I'd buy them personally too.

Thank you, do you think they will support NVMe m.2 SSD Samsung 960 Evo 250GB?

 

[coozie7]

@ jovan23stojanovic: You are confusing me.

First off: Where do you live? Maybe PcPartpicker has your country in its listing: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/ or at least one where prices are similar. Also be aware, if your country is part of the EU you can purchase internationally-for example I'm in GB but have made purchases from German and French sites with no problems.

Secondly you are throwing around a wide selection of parts: i7, i5 and Ryzen, each has its advantages and disadvantages, what do you want to do with the system?

EDIT: All the 'boards listed by Madmatt30 will support any M2 drive, PCI-E, SATA and NVMe, including the Samsung 960 Evo. My own Asus prime B350 plus is currently hosting a 1Tb Samsung PCI-E NVMe 960 Evo! ( thank you, Tax Person 😉 )

 

[jovan23stojanovic]

@ jovan23stojanovic: You are confusing me.

First off: Where do you live? Maybe PcPartpicker has your country in its listing: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/ or at least one where prices are similar. Also be aware, if your country is part of the EU you can purchase internationally-for example I'm in GB but have made purchases from German and French sites with no problems.

Secondly you are throwing around a wide selection of parts: i7, i5 and Ryzen, each has its advantages and disadvantages, what do you want to do with the system?

I live in Serbia, Europe. Prices here are 30-40% more expensive than other countries... I can order products from other countries but I need to pay a tax that is 30-40% of products price. My country isn't listed in pcpartpicker, everything in my country is fairly more expensive than UK, US even without this mining thing...

I would play games from older to AAA games on High settings, my budget for cpu+mb+ram is ~€350 = ~$450.
-Ryzen 5 1600: €170 = ~$210
-Intel i7-8700: €275 = ~$340
-Intel i5-8400: €160 = ~$197

-Most of B350 ATX boards: $110-120
-Most of Z370 (even used): ~$150

 

[scout_03]

see if this link will give you something https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_12?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=motherboards&sprefix=motherboards%2Cundefined%2C152&crid=3UE32ACJHHGH2&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Amotherboards

 

[maxalge]

@ jovan23stojanovic: You are confusing me.

First off: Where do you live? Maybe PcPartpicker has your country in its listing: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/ or at least one where prices are similar. Also be aware, if your country is part of the EU you can purchase internationally-for example I'm in GB but have made purchases from German and French sites with no problems.

Secondly you are throwing around a wide selection of parts: i7, i5 and Ryzen, each has its advantages and disadvantages, what do you want to do with the system?

I live in Serbia, Europe. Prices here are 30-40% more expensive than other countries... I can order products from other countries but I need to pay a tax that is 30-40% of products price. My country isn't listed in pcpartpicker, everything in my country is fairly more expensive than UK, US even without this mining thing...

I would play games from older to AAA games on High settings, my budget for cpu+mb+ram is ~€350 = ~$450.
-Ryzen 5 1600: €170 = ~$210
-Intel i7-8700: €275 = ~$340
-Intel i5-8400: €160 = ~$197

-Most of B350 ATX boards: $110-120
-Most of Z370 (even used): ~$150

then you would be better served by going i5 8400

it is superior to the 1600, and you dont need to waste money on 3000+ mhz memory to get decent performance thus saving a bit more

 

[zyh1987]

afaik, you can't do 4x4 @ 3200 with ryzen, 4x4 most i think was 2666, 3200@ was 2 dimm only.

to ease your frustration, you could choose a 8400 and z370 with w/e ddr4 mem you like. high speed mem works a lot better with intel cpus too.

 

[coozie7]

Have to agree with both Maxalge and zyh1987: You'd be better off with a i5, choosing Intel will end your memory problems and Intel is usually a better choice for a pure, or mainly gaming system anyway.

Don't be too worried about memory speed, it has a far smaller effect on overall performance with Intel than it does with AMD, DDR4 2666 would only reduce performance by about 5% compared with DDR4 3000 for example, you may even find a 16Gb kit within budget at this lower speed.

If you do not intend to overclock you can always run a i5 8600K with no overclock, even inexpensive tower coolers like the Cryorig H7 or Hyper 212 will keep it cool enough but this will obviously depend on cost-and don't forget if you're not overclocking then cheaper motherboards are suitable so this may be a viable combination for you.

Yes, I am aware the i5 8600K may be out of your budget, the good news is that the i5 8400 isn't that much slower, especially for a gaming system, and although I would personally use a H7 or Hyper 212 to cool it in order to keep the noise down the stock Intel boxed cooler will do the job adequately, saving a few precious Euro, money that would be better used for the system memory.

 

[jovan23stojanovic]

Thank you, everyone, for your responses, you all helped me a lot.