Hi all,
I am upgrading my system and I am very rusty!
I currently have:
Asus Sabertooth 990fx r1.0
8320e
2 x 8GB G Skill F3-2666C12-8GTXD Ripjaws
I wanted to upgrade as performance in games and some casual photo/video editing is poor. Additionally, this board/CPU has always been fussy with RAM, causing me some issues with stability. The Rev 1 board struggles with overclocking these later chips, so cannot get decent performance gains here.
Budget is very tight at the minute, but I wanted a decent board that will last me a while, so have selected a cheaper CPU and RAM, which I will upgrade down the line. I have ordered this:
**B Grade** Asrock X370 Taichi AMD X370 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard
Stock Code BG-16L-AK
£100.00*
AMD Ryzen 3 Quad Core 1200 3.40GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail
Stock Code CP-3A6-AM
£79.99*
Team Group Dark Pro 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDPGD48G300
Stock Code MY-070-TG
£89.99*
I appreciate you may have selected different components, and may have reservations about B-Grade, but I am pretty happy with my plan. I am however worried about compatibility; will this RAM give me any trouble once I flash to the latest BIOS? I have heard various things about RAM compatibility and Ryzen 1 - am I worrying to much?
I am upgrading my system and I am very rusty!
I currently have:
Asus Sabertooth 990fx r1.0
8320e
2 x 8GB G Skill F3-2666C12-8GTXD Ripjaws
I wanted to upgrade as performance in games and some casual photo/video editing is poor. Additionally, this board/CPU has always been fussy with RAM, causing me some issues with stability. The Rev 1 board struggles with overclocking these later chips, so cannot get decent performance gains here.
Budget is very tight at the minute, but I wanted a decent board that will last me a while, so have selected a cheaper CPU and RAM, which I will upgrade down the line. I have ordered this:
![](https://img.overclockers.co.uk/media/image/thumbnail/BG16LAK_172159_57x57.jpg)
**B Grade** Asrock X370 Taichi AMD X370 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard
Stock Code BG-16L-AK
£100.00*
![](https://img.overclockers.co.uk/media/image/thumbnail/CP3A6AM_170335_57x57.jpg)
AMD Ryzen 3 Quad Core 1200 3.40GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail
Stock Code CP-3A6-AM
£79.99*
![](https://img.overclockers.co.uk/media/image/thumbnail/MY070TG_121029_57x57.jpg)
Team Group Dark Pro 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDPGD48G300
Stock Code MY-070-TG
£89.99*
I appreciate you may have selected different components, and may have reservations about B-Grade, but I am pretty happy with my plan. I am however worried about compatibility; will this RAM give me any trouble once I flash to the latest BIOS? I have heard various things about RAM compatibility and Ryzen 1 - am I worrying to much?