Ryzen 2600 vs 1600

[1212nO.ob1212]

Hi!

Building a new PC here and am stuck between these two: Ryzen 5 2600 vs 1600.

I'm kinda tight on budget and I'll be using it for casual gaming and light photo editing. I'm from India and choosing the 2600 would cost me an upward of Rs. 6000 ( about 86 USD) due to the motherboard upgrade and the processor itself. Is it worth going for the 2600, owning to future proofing or will 1600 suffice? Is the performance difference enough?

[LukeSavenije]

For 86 dollars, no. But a motherboard upgrade? Why?

[1212nO.ob1212]

With the 2600, i was going for a B450, while for the 1600, A320M. I was advised by a friend to pick the 450 if i was going for the 2600. 

[Jurrunio]

7 minutes ago, 1212nO.ob1212 said:

With the 2600, i was going for a B450, while for the 1600, A320M. I was advised by a friend to pick the 450 if i was going for the 2600. 

If you go 1600 you should still get B450. A320 doesnt allow CPU overclocking and B350 boards are generally worse than B450 ones.

[LukeSavenije]

12 minutes ago, 1212nO.ob1212 said:

With the 2600, i was going for a B450, while for the 1600, A320M. I was advised by a friend to pick the 450 if i was going for the 2600. 

I really wouldn't choose an a320 for anything higher than a ryzen 3. The difference between the 2600 or 1600 isn't that big, but between b450 and a320 there is

[paddy-stone]

Some b350 boards are fine, but with the difference it costs for a b450 (depending on location of course), it might be worth the upgrade.

I'd go for the 1600 and a b350/b450 mobo, the asus b350-f or the asrock ab350m pro 4 (As I have this one myself and can confirm it's fine for a mid-high OC for an AIO cooler or even the included cooler), make sure you have adequate case cooling fans though... it's worth the extra $20 or so for a couple of corsair ML120 fans.

[1212nO.ob1212]

Oh ok... Thanks for the advice!

[LukeSavenije]

Just now, 1212nO.ob1212 said:

Oh ok... Thanks for the advice!

Well, to give you some more. I consider the b450 pro 4 from asrock (atx, not the matx) board a good option together with the b450 tomahawk from msi. Get something with a vrm heatsink, and watch out for 300 series msi boards, those are kinda crappy

[1212nO.ob1212]

27 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

Well, to give you some more. I consider the b450 pro 4 from asrock (atx, not the matx) board a good option together with the b450 tomahawk from msi. Get something with a vrm heatsink, and watch out for 300 series msi boards, those are kinda crappy

 

1 hour ago, paddy-stone said:

Some b350 boards are fine, but with the difference it costs for a b450 (depending on location of course), it might be worth the upgrade.

I'd go for the 1600 and a b350/b450 mobo, the asus b350-f or the asrock ab350m pro 4 (As I have this one myself and can confirm it's fine for a mid-high OC for an AIO cooler or even the included cooler), make sure you have adequate case cooling fans though... it's worth the extra $20 or so for a couple of corsair ML120 fans.

I researched on your suggestions and even the b350 ones suggested above, and they're kinda expensive and any money I save is better for me as I can go for a better GPU. As i said I'm not looking for much overclocking anyway. I was eyeing the gigabyte b450m ds3h or Asus b450m-k. How are these with 1600? I can even get my hands on the Asrock x370 pro4 at the budget of the above two. How's that? I appreciate your suggestions but on a budget.

Gig b450m, asus 450m-k: 103 usd

asus x370 pro4: 113 usd

asrock b450: 150 usd

b450 tomahawk: about 160 usd

ab350m pro: about 140 usd

b350-f: 153 usd 

[LukeSavenije]

1) B450mk: absolutly not. No vrm heatsink

2) gigabye b450: not a big fan

3) x370 pro4: better than those above

4) b350f: sounds fine to me

5) tomahawk b450: great board

6) pro4 b450: costs more than I expected it to be

7) ab350m: still a320 based, not recommended

 

[paddy-stone]

The BEST course of action would be to spend a bit more now to keep this for the next 3-5 years with some overclocking on a decent board. That extra $20-$40 or so is so worth it for the extra oomph you get with overclocking it on all cores that extra little bit.

Out of the boards you mention, I'd go with the b450 tomahawk if you can fit it in your budget, if not then the x370 pro 4, or the asus b350-f.

 

I'm actually looking out for another board right now and my top choices are:-

 

MSI b450 Tomahawk

Asrock x370 pro 4

MSI x370 gaming pro carbon

Asrock b450 pro 4

 

Pretty much in that order, but the boards have different reasons for their choices.