motherboard & cpu pairing?
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What about memory?
If you go AM5 you'll need DDR 5
This can be done for £320
My basket at OcUK:
If you go AM5 you'll need DDR 5
This can be done for £320
My basket at OcUK:
- 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £199.99
- 1 x Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03573) = £139.99
Total: £347.98 (includes delivery: £7.99)
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You mean if you need memory?I dont think there is anything else at this price point
Get a 12600K, the CPU: £150, board: ~£120, RAM: ~£50, just need a cooler and any half-decent tower cooler can handle it, or a peerless assassin if want to splash out (~£30).
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AM5 is the way to go it will offer x3d CPU upgrades in the future
It'll do, but if you have the money, I'd get the 7600. This was just to fit the budget if memory was required.
You really shouldn't be cutting up budgets for parts when looking at builds/upgrades.
Ideally we need an overall price you're willing to spend, + whatever components you currently have which can carry over need to be listed to give us an idea.
What is the overall budget and what parts do you currently own, or have access to? If you already have some half decent DDR4 sat around then what Tetras suggested is a good shout, if you need the RAM you're between a rock and a hard place but are probably still better off going the same route. If you've segmented the budget for the RAM separately to the motherboard/cpu then you're probably best off with the AM5/7600, if it helps I've seen the 7600 for as little as £170 lately.
Personally, I would go AM5 either way even if it requires you to spend a little more.
Ideally we need an overall price you're willing to spend, + whatever components you currently have which can carry over need to be listed to give us an idea.
What is the overall budget and what parts do you currently own, or have access to? If you already have some half decent DDR4 sat around then what Tetras suggested is a good shout, if you need the RAM you're between a rock and a hard place but are probably still better off going the same route. If you've segmented the budget for the RAM separately to the motherboard/cpu then you're probably best off with the AM5/7600, if it helps I've seen the 7600 for as little as £170 lately.
Personally, I would go AM5 either way even if it requires you to spend a little more.
- Entry level b650-850 for around £100-115
- 7600 for £170
You could consider the 9600, but it fully depends on the games your friend plays. There's very little between the 7600 and 9600 on average (around 5%), but some games (sims especially) very much favour the 9600 with as much as 20-30% uplift.
Look into that and figure out which is best for his/your needs, pretty much any b650-b850 motherboard will be fine for those CPU's.
if he already as DDR5 what is the current CPU he as?
the £1m question
If he as a 12400.. just but a 14700k. Job done
as long as it's not a potato motherboard. if it is, then a 13600k would be my pick.
12100
There is massive upgrade options for him even if just a 14600
MSI MAG Z690 Tomahawk, yeah I know it was a strange pairing in the first place, he's plan was always to upgrade to a better cpu in the future but never happened.
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those have good VRMs so you can get any 13th/14th gen cpu.
14700k is the best all-rounder (8p cores and lots of e cores).
13600k if just gaming only
just remember to update the bios beforehand
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