Plans for a New CPU

[Dxnx]

Having thoughts on upgrading my CPU currently from Ryzen 5 3600 to a possible Ryzen 9 series. But was wondering could I keep my motherboard and ram. My motherboard Asus TUF Gaming B450 and Ram 4 x 8gb 3600mhz.

 

-650w Corsair PSU

-RTX 2070 Super 8gb

-Samsung evo 500gb and 1tb ssd

-I also run 3 monitors 2 144hz and 1 240hz 

[eeeee1]

if you are going ryzen 9 then there may be a chance you would want to upgrade that psu.

your motherboard might need a bios update if you mean "Ryzen 9" as in ryzen 9 5900x or 5950x

[VeganJoy]

most of the tuf b450s won't play well with 12+ cores, as per the stickied vrm tier list: 

if you're considering a zen 3 cpu, you'd also need a bios update, and i'm not sure if asus has released a beta bios for b450s yet. 

 

 

[Dxnx]

14 hours ago, eeeee1 said:

if you are going ryzen 9 then there may be a chance you would want to upgrade that psu.

your motherboard might need a bios update if you mean "Ryzen 9" as in ryzen 9 5900x or 5950x

was thinking more of the lines on a Ryzen 9 3900x or Ryzen 7 3800x, which says is compatible with my motherboard. Would I really need to upgrade my PSU I feel like 650 is good and this one is like 5 months old

[Dxnx]

14 hours ago, VeganJoy said:

most of the tuf b450s won't play well with 12+ cores, as per the stickied vrm tier list: 

if you're considering a zen 3 cpu, you'd also need a bios update, and i'm not sure if asus has released a beta bios for b450s yet. 

 

 

Ok will have to look into it then was thinking of a Ryzen 9 3900x or Ryzen 7 3800x was says it is compatible with my motherboard, but like you said it has 12 or 8 cores so whether it would run well is another thing

[VeganJoy]

12 minutes ago, Dxnx said:

Ok will have to look into it then was thinking of a Ryzen 9 3900x was says it is compatible with my motherboard, but like you said it has 12 cores so whether it would run well is another thing

most of the msi b450s have good enough vrms, and its a possibility that with good airflow that you can keep the temps in check with the 3900x on the tuf b450. not ideal but possible and worth trying