AMD Upgrade

[markwilliams82]

In the process of selling some bits from my PC for an upgrade

Have a GIGABYTE GA-B350M-GAMING 3 mobo and was looking at upgrading from a Ryzen 1600 with 16GB Geil PC4-19200 2400MHZ memory to the below with the addition of dedicated sound

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 2700X 4.35GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £275.99
• 1 x Team Group Xtreem "8Pack Edition" 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C14 3200MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black= £389.99
• 1 x Creative Sound Blaster Z High Performance Gaming Sound Card - Retail (70SB150000001)= £64.99

Total: £730.97 (includes shipping: £0.00)​

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Would this work and any recommendations?

 

[NovaKill4]

I think all you will need to do is flash the motherboard bios to allow it to use the new 2700x.

 

[markwilliams82]

Thanks, I have recently flashed it as I like to keep everything up to date on drivers / bios so fingers crossed

Compatibility wise all ok? Reviews of CPU and memory seem good from what i've seen

 

[NovaKill4]

Yeah, RAM looks good, i think the 8Pack Team Group RAM is Samsung B-die RAM, i don't know why but i know this is the preferred RAM.

What GPU have you got? You may need to put the sound card in the bottom PCIe 2.0 x16 slot to to make sure it does not choke off the air supply to the GPU

 

[markwilliams82]

It’s a GTX 1060 mini that I was going to upgrade to 1080 mini but not sold anymore so will be keeping

 

[NovaKill4]

Ok just make sure when you install the sound card its not blocking the fans on the GPU

 

[markwilliams82]

Not a problem, good advice

 

[lee32uk]

What you using the pc for ?

 

[markwilliams82]

Mix of gaming, photo editing, working from home are the main uses

 

[lee32uk]

Mix of gaming, photo editing, working from home are the main uses

You probably won't need the soundcard then unless you are doing any audio related work. For gaming the onboard is fine.

Also don't go too heavy on any overclock with the R7 2700X on that B350 board as the VRM's are not that great.

 

[markwilliams82]

I've had problems with the onboard audio; keeps picking up devices being picked up when nothing has been so thought i'd go down the dedicated route and disable the onboard

Noted! The plan now that the GTX 1080ti mini is no longer available is to upgrade in stages so will do CPU and memory now; then in several months, the GFX and see if any new mobos are out to replace mine

 

[lee32uk]

I've had problems with the onboard audio; keeps picking up devices being picked up when nothing has been so thought i'd go down the dedicated route and disable the onboard

Noted! The plan now that the GTX 1080ti mini is no longer available is to upgrade in stages so will do CPU and memory now; then in several months, the GFX and see if any new mobos are out to replace mine

You could always do something like this. The R7 1700 is pretty good value now that the 2xxx cpu's are out.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Team Group Xtreem "8Pack Edition" 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C14 3200MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black= £389.99
• 1 x Asus Prime X470-Pro AMD X470 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £158.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 1700 3.70GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £194.99

Total: £754.47 (includes shipping: £10.50)
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I would have suggested this Gigabyte but it is out of stock (Pre order) at the moment.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte X470 Aorus Ultra Gaming AMD X470 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £127.99

Total: £138.49 (includes shipping: £10.50)
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That would solve your audio problems and both boards above have better VRM's.

 

[markwilliams82]

I did think about a mobo upgrade but I should have mentioned that I've got a M-ATX case and corsair air 240

 

[lee32uk]

I did think about a mobo upgrade but I should have mentioned that I've got a M-ATX case and corsair air 240

Well that scuppers that idea then Stick to your original plan then.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I would be weary of running the Ryzen 7 2700X in a more basic motherboard though. Remember the Ryzen 5 1600 is a 65W TDP CPU and the Ryzen 7 2700X is 105W TDP. Looking at reviews you are easily looking at 30W to 60W more at the wall using the Ryzen 7 2700X. The X470 boards seem to have much better VRMs and cooling than many X370 ones,and the B450 ones seem to have better cooling.

If anything faster RAM and a better cooler will probably enable you to get the most out of your Ryzen 5 1600. Then you can probably re-use the RAM and cooler when the 7NM Ryzen 3000 series is out next year.

 

[markwilliams82]

That’s interesting to know. I’ve actually got some new fans for my Corsair Air 240 to increase the airflow

At least until I can a bigger case and new mobo as know I’m restricted by the micro atx element

 

[lee32uk]

That’s interesting to know. I’ve actually got some new fans for my Corsair Air 240 to increase the airflow

At least until I can a bigger case and new mobo as know I’m restricted by the micro atx element

A fan placed over the vrm area would help. You would have to get creative though with cable ties etc.

As for matx there doesn't seem to be a lot of choice anyway for solid overclocking boards. Once you go ATX though you have some solid options.

 

[markwilliams82]

Good idea although won't be OC'ing from day one

Plan I think at the moment is to go with the new CPU and memory alongside existing. I've already upgrading the mobo to the latest bios version to accomodate

Then, when finances allow - bump to a non M-ATX case such as the Carbide 400C with a new mobo such as the Asus Prime X470 and then in several months; look at the GFX situation

As you say, can then look at better options with a standard ATX board and case

 

[markwilliams82]

Looking at the new X470 boards and torn between the AORUS AMD Ryzen X470 Ultra Gaming or ASUS PRIME AMD Ryzen X470-PRO

Aorus seems slightly better on somethings I've read but any feeling on here?