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New Processor and GPU, Should I upgrade my Motherboard as well?

frost kazuma

Hello, I am still a newbie in pc building, soo yeah

I have an existing Gigabyte a320m-s2h motherboard,

 

and I am planning on buying a new Processor: Ryzen 5 3600

and a new Graphics Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming OC

 

Do i need to upgrade my Motherboard as well?
if yes what do you recommend? budget wise.
I am thinking of getting the MSI MAG B550M Pro VDH Wifi

 

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1 minute ago, frost kazuma said:

Hello, I am still a newbie in pc building, soo yeah

I have an existing Gigabyte a320m-s2h motherboard,

 

and I am planning on buying a new Processor: Ryzen 5 3600

and a new Graphics Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming OC

 

Do i need to upgrade my Motherboard as well?
if yes what do you recommend? budget wise.
I am thinking of getting the MSI MAG B550M Pro VDH Wifi

 

Technically, you don't NEED to upgrade, just you won't be able to overclock at all, it will just run your processor. So if you won't be overclocking you can keep your motherboard. If you will overclock, the motherboard you are thinking of getting is pretty good.

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5 minutes ago, frost kazuma said:

new Processor: Ryzen 5 3600

Graphics Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming OC

perfect combo

 

6 minutes ago, frost kazuma said:

Gigabyte a320m-s2h motherboard,

upgrade

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6 minutes ago, CarzyBear said:

Technically, you don't NEED to upgrade, just you won't be able to overclock at all, it will just run your processor. So if you won't be overclocking you can keep your motherboard. If you will overclock, the motherboard you are thinking of getting is pretty good.

+1 this is exactly correct.

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