Question What Motherboard Ryzen 3600

[yanna1]

Hi,

You might have seen from a previous post I’m weighing up a possible cpu, motherboard and ram upgrade and I have another question.

I have managed to find a place (awd-it) where I can get a bundle from £275- £305. They can come with various motherboard options and after days of looking through Google for ages I just can’t work out if these motherboards are any good. They are...

Asus B450M-K Motherboard
Gigabyte B450M DS3H
Gigabyte B450 AORUS M
Asus B450M-A Motherboard
Asus TUF B450M-PLUS GAMING
Asus B450-PLUS Motherboard
pre assembled kits

Are they really that bad? Do any of them stand out?

Have a budget of GBP £300 for a combo kit and would prefer to buy as a pre assembled unit.

Other websites I have only managed to fit a 2600x into my budget so perhaps I am better doing that and spending a bit more on a better motherboard. Other option I was thinking is adding a 1660ti to my current set up. I am not sure anymore.lol.

I’m not a massive gamer. More of a casual gamer who likes to have an up to speed set up where I can afford. I mostly play Football Manger, Planet Coaster and Cities Skyline.

Thank you

Current Set up
Intel Core i5-6500
MSI B150M
HyperX Black Fury 2 x 4 GB RAM 2133Mhz
ASUS - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4 GB Cerberus
1 TB 860 Evo SSD
650W Seasonic FOCUS Plus Gold
Corsair Carbide 88R Case
AOC G2260VWQ6 21.5 Monitor

 

[hftvhftv]

I'd suggest maybe running your current CPU and motherboard for a little longer if you don't need the upgrade badly, the i5 6500 is more than enough for the games you mentioned, I'd put money towards a newer graphics card instead. For example with that budget you could get a GTX 1660, 1660 Ti, RX 590, or even a RX 5700, which would improve your gaming experience a lot more than a 6 core 12 thread CPU.

 

[yanna1]

I'd suggest maybe running your current CPU and motherboard for a little longer if you don't need the upgrade badly, the i5 6500 is more than enough for the games you mentioned, I'd put money towards a newer graphics card instead. For example with that budget you could get a GTX 1660, 1660 Ti, RX 590, or even a RX 5700, which would improve your gaming experience a lot more than a 6 core 12 thread CPU.

Thanks for the advice. Looking at the GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC for around £210. I see the ti version is around £260. Do you think its worth the extra £50? Seems a lot when on paper they don't look that different. Would be interested to hear peoples opinion.

Thanks

 

[ELM2721]

If you can add that money for the ti version . Then why not ? Its a better gpu . But watch out for bottlenecks

 

[natefostersr]

I like my b450 pro 4 was on 85 us dollars and is better then the msi one i sent back. Everything works bios upats coming fast, and enginering is taking my suggestions for bios updates. less then the pro 4 i cant suggest. As rock is a super good alternitive to the more expensive asus boards.

 

[iam2thecrowe]

If i were you i'd just keep your current setup and upgrade the gpu. You will see no performance increase from a cpu upgrade with the gfx card you have, it is the bottleneck. Also B450 boards with ryzen 3000 series are still buggy, just wait it out. Im still on a 3570k and am waiting it out till more stable budget bios/motherboards are available for ryzen 3000 series. Also, i dont think a 2600x is going to be any upgrade from a purely gaming point of view from what you have. Go for a new GPU.

 

[ELM2721]

If i were you i'd just keep your current setup and upgrade the gpu. You will see no performance increase from a cpu upgrade with the gfx card you have, it is the bottleneck. Also B450 boards with ryzen 3000 series are still buggy, just wait it out. Im still on a 3570k and am waiting it out till more stable budget bios/motherboards are available for ryzen 3000 series. Also, i dont think a 2600x is going to be any upgrade from a purely gaming point of view from what you have. Go for a new GPU.

I have aorus B450 Board with 3600x and its perfect .not buggy at all

 

[yanna1]

Thanks everyone. Good points made all round. Still cant really make up my mind.lol. Think for now I will keep an eye on the 1660ti price. If I see a deal or price dropped i will go for it.

It worries me though that my CPU will struggle with that gpu. If I go down the CPU, motherboard and ram combo route because I'm not a massive gamer I would get by with the 1050ti for the next year or two.

More I read about the 1660ti the more I want it.lol

 

[ELM2721]

If you really can keep your gtx 1050 ti for now until you will be able to get also a new cpu . It will be better . I had an i5 7400 which is almost equal to your cpu in performance and an rtx 2060 and it bottlenecked so hard . I couldnt even go above 60 fps in games like gta 5 . After i upgraded to ryzen 3600x . Iam feeling that rtx 2060 power now . So in conclusion if you want to avoid bottlenecks . Stay with your gtx 1050 until you have the option to renew everything . Dont repeat my mistake

 

[yanna1]

If you really can keep your gtx 1050 ti for now until you will be able to get also a new cpu . It will be better . I had an i5 7400 which is almost equal to your cpu in performance and an rtx 2060 and it bottlenecked so hard . I couldnt even go above 60 fps in games like gta 5 . After i upgraded to ryzen 3600x . Iam feeling that rtx 2060 power now . So in conclusion if you want to avoid bottlenecks . Stay with your gtx 1050 until you have the option to renew everything . Dont repeat my mistake

Hi,

Thanks

What about the motherboard? The options I was looking at to keep with in my budget of £300 were..
Asus B450M-K Motherboard
Gigabyte B450M DS3H
Gigabyte B450 AORUS M
Asus B450M-A Motherboard
Asus TUF B450M-PLUS GAMING
Asus B450-PLUS Motherboard
MSI B450M PRO-VDH PLUS

I don't know a lot about motherboards so I could not say which is better and why. I think they are all just budget ones so not sure if it will make to much difference which on.

https://www.awd-it.co.uk/?subcats=Y...=ryzen+5+3600+bundle&dispatch=products.search

When upgrading what are the key things I should make sure are compatible. My current motherboard form factor is M-ATX so that would be the first thing I guess. Does the case size matter? Not actually check the form factor of the ones above so better do that.

They comes pre assembled and tested so I assume I don't have to worry about bios updates. It will be plug and play.

Thanks

 

[hftvhftv]

Thanks for the advice. Looking at the GTX 1660 ARMOR 6G OC for around £210. I see the ti version is around £260. Do you think its worth the extra £50? Seems a lot when on paper they don't look that different. Would be interested to hear peoples opinion.

Thanks

I'd go with the 1660 Ti for 50 more.

 

[hftvhftv]

If you really can keep your gtx 1050 ti for now until you will be able to get also a new cpu . It will be better . I had an i5 7400 which is almost equal to your cpu in performance and an rtx 2060 and it bottlenecked so hard . I couldnt even go above 60 fps in games like gta 5 . After i upgraded to ryzen 3600x . Iam feeling that rtx 2060 power now . So in conclusion if you want to avoid bottlenecks . Stay with your gtx 1050 until you have the option to renew everything . Dont repeat my mistake

Wow not sure what you were doing to make a i5 7400 with an RTX 2060 not hit 60FPS in GTA V. I had an FX 8350 with GTX 770s in SLI and it stayed above 80FPS at 1080p

 

[yanna1]

So think I have decided.lol.

Ryzen 5 3600
Gigabyte B450 AORUS M motherboard
2 x 8gb 3000mhz

£300 all in. Think that not bad for a major upgrade. Think I will be able to carry on with the 1050ti until I can afford to invest in that to.