THE BEAST v3.0 - FX 8350 to Ryzen 5 2600 UPGRADE COMPLETE

[Chronified]

Finally time to do my upgrade! I've been waiting way too long for this!

The Beast (computer name) has finally been upgraded to V3.0 (V3.1 will be a new case)

 

Parts of choice:
Aorus B450 Pro Wifi Mini ITX motherboard 

Ryzen 5 2600

16GB of 3200Mhz G.Skill Trident Z memory

 

The old setup

 

Grandpa motherboard dodo, dododo

 

Baby motherboard dodo, dododo

 

Some black electrical tape around my 24 pin connector, the ketchup+mustard ends stood out like a sore thumb!

 

Some of the tightest cable management I've ever done! It turned out great!

 

RGB disabled, all set to white. Looks very professional!

 

Quick and Easy OC. Set the frequency to the max boost (4.0Ghz) and locked the voltage to the stock (1.350v)

Increased my Cinebench R20 score almost 50% !! 2095 > 3052

 

Nice and stable, ran a stress test overnight and the CPU was only sitting at 62'c when I woke up.

My Coolermaster Masterliquid Lite 120mm will continue to do the job perfectly for me for years to come!

 

Very happy with my upgrade, total cost was $508 Canadian from Newegg.ca 

Ryzen 5 2600 = $174.98, 48% off the original $299 price

G.Skill Trident Z 3200mhz = $109

Gigabyte B450 I Aorus Pro WiFi = $159

 

Could have went cheaper on the motherboard but I'm planning on upgrading my case to a NZXT H200 series case or a Phanteks Evolv Shift before LTX next year, hence why I'm not making use of my RGB header on my MB. 

 

Full list of parts is in my signature.

Let me know your thoughts. I'll see you guys when I upgrade cases for V3.1 !

[Chronified]

>inb4 "WhY sUcH a SmAlL mOtHeRbOaRd In A hUgE cAsE?!"

2 minutes ago, Chronified said:

Could have went cheaper on the motherboard but I'm planning on upgrading my case to a NZXT H200 series case or a Phanteks Evolv Shift before LTX next year, hence why I'm not making use of my RGB header on my MB. 

 

[dgsddfgdfhgs]

9 minutes ago, Chronified said:

RGB disabled, all set to white. Looks very professional!

oooohh..

why dont you get rgb ram if you have gone up for msi gaming x 1660/ti??

the picture is kind of empty in terms of spacing & rgb

 

[Chronified]

3 minutes ago, dgsddfgdfhgs said:

oooohh..

why dont you get rgb ram if you have gone up for msi gaming x 1660/ti??

the picture is kind of empty in terms of spacing & rgb

 

TBH I thought the RAM I was buying just had white LEDs, I had no idea it was just a plain white kit lol

 

and again, am aware of the space, I'm planning a case upgrade to something mITX at somepoint this winter lol

[Xkillerpn]

Nice, its a very good upgrade.

 

i did almost the same from a 8150 at 5ghz to a 1600 at 4.1ghz.

 

Its night and day. 32g of 3200 dominator ram working fine on mine.