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Replacing A320M-ITX motherboard

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Now that I have proper monitors, I'm working on upgrading my PC. Currently using an ASRock A320M-ITX mobo, Ryzen 7 1700 CPU, 16GB RAM, and a MSI GTX 1080. First step I want to take is the motherboard to enable overclocking and remove that bottleneck, before I upgrade the CPU. Right now I'm looking at the ASRock Fatal1ty AB350 which is $142 at Newegg. Looks like it should be fully compatable port-wise with what I have now, but I wanted to see if there are any other options. Next step will be CPU and upgrading to 32GB RAM, but the GPU will more than likely remain the same.

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4 minutes ago, fergusonnn said:

before I upgrade the CPU

What CPU are you planning to upgrade to? If Ryzen 4000, then you need to get B550 or X570, unless AMD changes their mind.

 

At Newegg there's the Asus B450-I for $134 which is miles better than the motherboard you are currently eyeballing.

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Your 1700 is probably underclocked pretty heavily by the A320 board that you're using. You should get the upcoming B550 motherboard like someone said above me.

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