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7 minutes ago, xDanielxOossiex said:

Should be possible to just upgrade the CPU without changing anything in the bios. It is the same generation of CPU

 

Well....technically the Ryzen 3200G is on Zen+ architecture, while the non-APU Ryzen 3600 is Zen2.

 

@Algit

A520 chipset motherboard should support the Ryzen 3600 out of the box.

That said, if your motherboard BIOS firmware is old (e.g. more than a couple revisions old), might be worthwhile to update that too.

 

Hello, i planning to uppgrade my ryzen 3 3200g to a Ryzen 5 3600. I wandering if i need to do somthing more than swap the cpu:s i use stock cooler if that matter. I wodering if i need to change somthing in bios (know that i Not need to reinstall Windows). 

 

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Gpu Msi GeForce GTX 1050 2gb Lp planning to uppgrade it to gigabyte 2060 RTX

Apu/cpu AMD ryzen 3 3200g 

Motherbord gigabyte 520m

Ram HyperX Fury DDR4 2666MHz 8GB

An old optical drive

PSU Corsair 500 w silver 80+

Storage 1 Kingston 480 2.5 SSD

1 Kingston a200 250 GB with os installed

Case fractal design focus g black

PCI Svive Gaming Virga Network card 

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7 minutes ago, xDanielxOossiex said:

Should be possible to just upgrade the CPU without changing anything in the bios. It is the same generation of CPU

 

Well....technically the Ryzen 3200G is on Zen+ architecture, while the non-APU Ryzen 3600 is Zen2.

 

@Algit

A520 chipset motherboard should support the Ryzen 3600 out of the box.

That said, if your motherboard BIOS firmware is old (e.g. more than a couple revisions old), might be worthwhile to update that too.

 

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