MSI-A320M-A Pro Best CPU I can get?

[Harold X]

and a bios update before the cpu swap

I figured he'd know he'd have to update the BIOS and not try and drop it on me at the last minute, like I said this is meant to be a guy you can trust not to rip you off, but yeah I'll mention that as well.

nah. that'll be unwise.
the ryzen 5600 should be the last upgrade you do for that board. and for AM4.
AM4 is a dead platform, I wouldn't invest too much into it. Much less your consideration of getting a new AM4 board. get that idea out of your head now lol.
your next upgrade should be a full platform change to whatever is current when you next upgrade.


if you're happy with the 240gb ssds then yeah, you could chuck them in i guess.
personally prefer one massive boot/games drive than multiple dotted around. but for the price of free...can't really argue


sell computer (2) as described in my earlier post and you'd find a majority of your funds for a used 3060ti from cex that also comes with 2 year cex warranty

OK, got it, the graphics card would be a better long term investment, seeing as that will still work if I decide to go AM5 in the future. Good call on CEX, didn't know they offered 2 year warranty, I should be able to afford that without selling the old rig which I kinda want to keep as backup and to train myself on so I don't have to worry about wrecking this computer playing about with it.