Ryzen 5 3600 Build Help

[cold drew]

Hey y'all,

 

Looking to upgrade to the Ryzen 5 3600 this holiday season. I currently have an i7 4790k, ASUS Z87k motherboard, and 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 RAM. With a new CPU I will obviously need a new motherboard and want to upgrade to DDR4 RAM as well. What motherboard and RAM would you recommend I buy? If at all possible, 32GB of RAM would be sick, but cool with staying at 16GB. Would like to keep the total for CPU, MB and RAM around $350 or less. Can stretch slightly if it really makes sense to spend a bit more for a worthwhile upgrade. Whatcha got for me?

[Bombastinator]

You got a cooler you want to recycle too?  Does it have am4 mounts?

[cold drew]

1 minute ago, Bombastinator said:

You got a cooler you want to recycle too?  Does it have am4 mounts?

I believe my Corsair H55 will work. Yes? I do still have the AMD mounting bracket.

[amdorintel]

14 minutes ago, subdistinction said:

What motherboard and RAM would you recommend I buy? If at all possible, 32GB of RAM would be sick, but cool with staying at 16GB. Would like to keep the total for CPU, MB and RAM around $350 or less. Can stretch slightly if it really makes sense to spend a bit more for a worthwhile upgrade. Whatcha got for me?

Motherboard choice

msi b450 tomahawk max                 $114

support out of the box for 3^rd gen ryzen

this board is better then the rog strix b450 f gaming

ram all you need is 2x8gb, the viper steel is a solid choice in 3400 or 3600 speed as its cheap and good b-die ram

 

cpu can be 2600 or 3600 depending on your wallet

 

 

 

msi has a good bios usability, tied with evga, gb

asus is a bit down

 

ASUS Tuf Gaming X570 Plus         $160

wifi, solid vrm, good heatsink, t/s leads

real tek lan

 

 

MSI B450 I Gaming Plus AC                          $120

maybe 3900x/3950x depends on airflow

60A power stages, 6 phase vrm

 

 

 

 

 

[cold drew]

2 minutes ago, amdorintel said:

Motherboard choice

msi b450 tomahawk max                 $114

 

support out of the box for 3^rd gen ryzen

 

this board is better then the rog strix b450 f gaming

 

ram all you need is 2x8gb, the viper steel is a solid choice in 3400 or 3600 speed as its cheap and good b-die ram

 

cpu can be 2600 or 3600 depending on your wallet

 

 

 

 

So you are recommending not get the ROG B450? I have always had great experience with ASUS. And really not worth it for 32GB of RAM? Is the $70~ price difference worth dropping down to 2600?

[amdorintel]

this guy is the king of all mobo nerds BULLZOID with his channel ACTUALLY HARDCORE OVERCLOCKING

no offense to any nerds out there

 

there is a pinned directory in the comments section with the list of mobos

 

 

 

[Bombastinator]

2 minutes ago, subdistinction said:

So you are recommending not get the ROG B450? I have always had great experience with ASUS. And really not worth it for 32GB of RAM? Is the $70~ price difference worth dropping down to 2600?

If you drop your cpu you don’t need the max bit anymore.  Still wondering about the cooler.  The difference between the 3600 and the 3600x is a decent stock cooler

[amdorintel]

Just now, Bombastinator said:

If you drop your cpu you don’t need the max bit anymore.  Still wondering about the cooler.  The difference between the 3600 and the 3600x is a decent stock cooler

and probably the x is better binned

[martward]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($189.99 @ Walmart) 
Motherboard: MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($52.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $342.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-09 16:10 EST-0500

[cold drew]

1 minute ago, martward said:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($189.99 @ Walmart) 
Motherboard: MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($52.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $342.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-09 16:10 EST-0500

is 3000 memory good or should I aim for higher?

[martward]

Just now, subdistinction said:

is 3000 memory good or should I aim for higher?

You could aim for higher if budget allow. I have a 3200MHz kit, (Ripjaws V).

Important thing is to check the QVL for the motherboard, it lists all memory that has been confirmed to work at the advertised speed. I happened to know that this set is on there and within budget but if you stretch the budget by $10 or so you could probably manage 3200MHz.

The whole checking the QVL thing you should always do (at least with Ryzen), not just for this motherboard but also if you decide to get another one.

[amdorintel]

though the 2600 is much cheaper, its an alternative for sure!

[cold drew]

1 hour ago, amdorintel said:

though the 2600 is much cheaper, its an alternative for sure!

Is it close enough in performance to justify the price difference?