Motherboard

[Renaldsq]

Hey, i going to buy Gigabyte ga-a320-h rev 1.x with Ryzen 5 1600 for budget. 

 

I wana ask your opinion is it bad or it is good?

[BetteBalterZen]

13 minutes ago, Renaldsq said:

is it bad or it is good?

What will you use this for?

[mariushm]

It depends on the price and if you plan to upgrade a lot in the future.

 

The motherboard uses the A320 chipset which means you can't overclock much, and has other limitations like only 2 memory slots, fewer sata connectors, fewer usb connectors.

The motherboard will only allow you to upgrade cpu up to Ryzen 3xxx processors, newer processors won't work.

 

The motherboard doesn't have heatsinks on the VRM which means it won't be a great idea to upgrade to 95w TDP or higher processors in the future - if you upgrade to such cpu, they'll work, but add a fan blowing down in that area between the cpu and the connectors in the back.

 

Note that 1600 processor doesn't have integrated graphics, so the video connectors on the motherboard will do nothing. You will need a separate video card.

 

[Renaldsq]

6 minutes ago, BetteBalterZen said:

What will you use this for?

Just for youtube, some games, for school. P.S Ryzen 5 1600 i already have, but i don't have motherboard with AM4 socket.

[Renaldsq]

2 minutes ago, mariushm said:

It depends on the price and if you plan to upgrade a lot in the future.

 

The motherboard uses the A320 chipset which means you can't overclock much, and has other limitations like only 2 memory slots, fewer sata connectors, fewer usb connectors.

The motherboard will only allow you to upgrade cpu up to Ryzen 3xxx processors, newer processors won't work.

 

The motherboard doesn't have heatsinks on the VRM which means it won't be a great idea to upgrade to 95w TDP or higher processors in the future - if you upgrade to such cpu, they'll work, but add a fan blowing down in that area between the cpu and the connectors in the back.

 

Note that 1600 processor doesn't have integrated graphics, so the video connectors on the motherboard will do nothing. You will need a separate video card.

 

i know, i won't overclock, because amd ryzen 5 1600 overkill for my games. I'm not gonna play like cyberpunk or something who needs i very powerfull computer, I know that if you won't overclock your CPU you can use stock cooler and I have case fan too.