Upgrade to Ryzen.

BenhB · 9 Aug 2017 at 14:08

I'm looking to upgrade my rig to Ryzen. Any help appreciated.

I have HDD, 600W PSU and GFX

I'm currently torn between 1600 & 1600X.
1600X means I may need to find another cooler. I currently have a CM Seidon V2, but I can't find an AM4 bracket. CM don't have any. Another AIO would be nice as I like them. But open to traditional ideas. Or just go with the 1600 as it has a cooler.

RAM I only need 8GB. 2x4GB is fine. I was looking at 3200Mhz, Corsair Vengeance LPX.

System board. AB350M-HDV. Never had an Asrock before. But I beleive this will support the 3200Mhz RAM and I like the Idea of an M2 slot.

Case. I really like the Phanteks Eclipse P400 case. Not too fussed about a window, as it sits under my desk.

GFX. I currently have an Asus R9 280 Strix. Somewhere in the region of £180. Although it will be a couple of months before I upgrade this one.

mickyflinn · 9 Aug 2017 at 14:41

1600 with stock cooler till you can get an am4 bracket for ur seidon, personally i would either upgrade your motherboard which has 4 dimm slots for ram or get 16gb.

DarkHorizon472 · 9 Aug 2017 at 18:12

Corsair ram tends to be Hynix which is a lot harder to get working at 3200 on ryzen. Best to go for Samsung b die based ram which is a lot better with ryzen.

BenhB · 9 Aug 2017 at 18:25

mickyflinn said:
1600 with stock cooler till you can get an am4 bracket for ur seidon, personally i would either upgrade your motherboard which has 4 dimm slots for ram or get 16gb.

Thanks, it was save me some cash to go with the 1600. Looks like it overclocks quite easily.
How about the AB350M - Pro 4 ? I was originally lookng at this one.

DarkHorizon472 said:
Corsair ram tends to be Hynix which is a lot harder to get working at 3200 on ryzen. Best to go for Samsung b die based ram which is a lot better with ryzen.

How do I tell? I have this list. There's a fair few Corsair in there.

DarkHorizon472 · 9 Aug 2017 at 19:04

I have the 8 pack 3200 ram which is, the 3200 corsair lpx ram is normally Hynix and very occasionally Samsung b die.

Other people on here can advise what they used.

mickyflinn · 9 Aug 2017 at 20:03

The Asrock pro looks a good board but i hate the 2 year warranty period whlie most manufactrers do 3 years, matx board mite look a bit small in that case.

BenhB · 9 Aug 2017 at 20:27

May go for the K4 version. It has more 4 pin fan headers. Which I'll need, if im using the stock coooler.
Just need to sort memory, as Corsair seems to be out of stock everywhere.

mickyflinn · 9 Aug 2017 at 20:58

corsair lpx ?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/pc-components/memory/ddr4/ddr4-3200-mhz?sPage=1&sSort=3

Danny75 · 9 Aug 2017 at 21:32

BenhB said:
May go for the K4 version.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/6jlh6n/asrock_gaming_k4_x370_is_now_eol_as_stated_by/

Danny75 · 9 Aug 2017 at 21:36

P.S. The Strix B350-F will work with Ryzen 5 out of the box. With other boards manufactured prior to Ryzen 5 it's currently a toss-up.

BenhB · 10 Aug 2017 at 10:51

Thanks Danny. The goal posts keep moving.
I am ideally looking for a sub £100 board. I probably should have done a "spec me" thread, for a board and 3200Mhz RAM to go with a Ryzen 1600. Cheap as possible!