upgrading cpu

[XDXD_HGHKVRK]

so i have a ryzen 5 3400g and im about to buy a ryzen 7 2700x to upgrade. do i have to do anything other than take the cpu out and put the new one in??? or is it that simple?

motherboard- MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX

 

and other question is my motherboard good? because it looks like a 1999 windows xp library prebuilt lol
 

[DoctorNick]

Nope, it's fine. How much do you pay for 2700x?

[GenericFanboy]

Hold on, Your going from a third gen ryzen 5 to a second gen ryzen 7??? Why would you do that lmao

[boggy77]

your motherboard is good and it's as easy as taking the old one out and putting the new one in.

what is your use case? for gaming, i'd recommend a 3600 instead of the 2700

[boggy77]

Just now, GenericFanboy said:

Hold on, Your going from a third gen ryzen 5 to a second gen ryzen 7??? Why would you do that lmao

the 3400 is still on zen+, like the 2700. so it's same gen. but I agree, it's kind of a side-grade. sure, more cores, but not more speed per core.

[XDXD_HGHKVRK]

3 minutes ago, DoctorNick said:

Nope, it's fine. How much do you pay for 2700x?

$164.49

[XDXD_HGHKVRK]

2 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

your motherboard is good and it's as easy as taking the old one out and putting the new one in.

what is your use case? for gaming, i'd recommend a 3600 instead of the 2700

yeah im gaming. im getting the ryzen 7 2700x because its cheaper and it has a bigger heatsink with rgb and i dont have enough money for after market cooling 

[XDXD_HGHKVRK]

4 minutes ago, GenericFanboy said:

Hold on, Your going from a third gen ryzen 5 to a second gen ryzen 7??? Why would you do that lmao

yeah the ryzen 7 2700x is still way better than the ryzen 5 3400g 

[boggy77]

Just now, Ls9L said:

yeah im gaming. im getting the ryzen 7 2700x because its cheaper and it has a bigger heatsink with rgb and i dont have enough money for after market cooling 

could go for 2600x, will be even cheaper, it's got a big sink, but no rgb.

[XDXD_HGHKVRK]

5 minutes ago, WikiForce said:

there was no xp back in 1999, it was released in 2001

i wasnt trying to be historically correct lmao it was a joke because my motherboard is ugly