CPU/Mainboard/RAM match check please

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2 X Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro SL 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMH16GX4M2D3600C18) - £59.99
SKU: MY-4D2-CS

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1 X Gigabyte B550 AORUS Elite V2 (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard - £104.99
SKU: MB-593-GI

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1 X AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail - £61.99
SKU: CP-3D3-AM

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Grand Total: £286.96

Can I get a match check please to make sure I've got the right bits.

It's for a mate's "work" PC and he wants the RGB RAM to match his RGB coolers (H100i Platinum)

Cheers me dears !

 

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It'll work, but I'd say is maybe not the optimal choice for a work PC, given the price of DDR4 nowadays and the lack of graphics on the 5500.

I'd go AM5, with a cheapo B650/B840/B850 board, 32GB of DDR5 and maybe a 8500G/8600G, or a 7600 if you can find one cheaper (unlike Ryzen 5000, all Ryzen 7000/9000 all have basic graphics, except for the F models).

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 8500G Six Core 3.5GHz (Socket AM5) APU with Radeon 740M Graphics (SKU: PRO-AMD-01798) = £128.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B650M D3HP AX (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03566) = £104.99
• 1 x PNY XLR8 Gaming EPIC-X RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-PNY-04561) = £79.99

Total: £321.96 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

OCUK have a B840 board for £90 which would get you closer to the original price, but no wifi. It also has no heatsink on the VRMs which is iffy, but would be fine for the 8500G.

Note the 8500G is a special model with 2 different types of cores and low power consumption, you can see more here:

AMD Ryzen 5 8500G Review - Zen 4 + Zen 4c Tested

The AMD Ryzen 5 8500G is a highly affordable Socket AM5 processor. It features the Phoenix 2 core, which combines the Zen 4 and Zen 4c architecture, for improved energy efficiency. In our review we test gaming performance with both integrated graphics and a discrete graphics card.

www.techpowerup.com

The 8600G is more of a conventional CPU in terms of cores. These CPUs may also have some PCI-E lane restrictions.

You can find benchmarks (for very light gaming) on this channel:

 

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Thanks.

He wants to stay AM4 because he wants to keep the cooler as it's not that old and he likes it, which is why I selected the B550.

Graphics wise he has a 3rd party card and the software he uses for work is capable of using both CPU & GPU for it's operations.

Additionally he wanted the Vengence because the cooler & his case fans are all Corsair RGB controlled by iCue so it matched.

 

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Additionally he wanted the Vengence because the cooler & his case fans are all Corsair RGB controlled by iCue so it matched.

You could get vengeance RGB in DDR5, though I'm not sure how much it would cost.

He wants to stay AM4 because he wants to keep the cooler as it's not that old and he likes it, which is why I selected the B550.

Most (all?) AM4 coolers are compatible with AM5.

Graphics wise he has a 3rd party card and the software he uses for work is capable of using both CPU & GPU for it's operations.

Ahh, I see.