Upgrading: Ryzen 5 1500X -> Ryzen 5 3600

[afaq0]

Hi, I have an Asus A320M K for my motherboard and I've been using a Ryzen 5 1500X for a few years. 

It's been doing well! 

I was thinking of upgrading to a Ryzen 5 3600. 

Many don't recommend using the Ryzen 5 3600 with A320 boards but if they have the same power consumption as the CPU I've been using for all this time, it should be fine right?

Is there anything else that could cause issues? 

[Helpful Tech Witch]

It will work, but the 3600 has boosting algos that will go way above the rates power. 

Really, you can do the 3600 in that, but look for a b450/b550 ds3h. (If you get the b450, you need to have a compatible cpu to update the bios, the 1500x would do fine for that)

[Chris Pratt]

6 minutes ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

It will work, but the 3600 has boosting algos that will go way above the rates power. 

Really, you can do the 3600 in that, but look for a b450/b550 ds3h. (If you get the b450, you need to have a compatible cpu to update the bios, the 1500x would do fine for that)

It's theoretically possible, I suppose, but it would be fairly rare to find a B450 these days that won't support Zen 2 out of the box. Either way, you're right, the 1500X will let the OP update the BIOS, if they need to.

[Chris Pratt]

31 minutes ago, afaq0 said:

Hi, I have an Asus A320M K for my motherboard and I've been using a Ryzen 5 1500X for a few years. 

It's been doing well! 

I was thinking of upgrading to a Ryzen 5 3600. 

Many don't recommend using the Ryzen 5 3600 with A320 boards but if they have the same power consumption as the CPU I've been using for all this time, it should be fine right?

Is there anything else that could cause issues? 

Do you have a particular budget?

[afaq0]

@HelpfulTechWizardThanks for the info! I might wait and then upgrade to a full new build in the future (once the stock and prices of all parts calm down)

I was thinking of upgrading because I wanted to reach 72fps 1080p at least on the new Battlefield 2042.

The System Requirements haven't been revealed so I might wait and see how it performs in the beta to decide on if I need to upgrade now. 

 @Chris Pratt I'm trying to save up for something bigger so I would prefer to spend less (not upgrade mobo if possible) 

If needed, I will consider upgrading to the B450 to go with the 3600

 

[Chris Pratt]

6 minutes ago, afaq0 said:

@HelpfulTechWizardThanks for the info! I might wait and then upgrade to a full new build in the future (once the stock and prices of all parts calm down)

I was thinking of upgrading because I wanted to reach 72fps 1080p at least on the new Battlefield 2042.

The System Requirements haven't been revealed so I might wait and see how it performs in the beta to decide on if I need to upgrade now. 

 @Chris Pratt I'm trying to save up for something bigger so I would prefer to spend less (not upgrade mobo if possible) 

If needed, I will consider upgrading to the B450 to go with the 3600

 

If this is just a stepping stone, I'd keep the mobo. It'll be good enough, and no need to spend even more on something temporary.

 

That said, while the 3600 is a big upgrade overall, the actual performance difference in gaming isn't going to be that big. If you're finding yourself CPU bottlenecked currently, it might be worth it, but otherwise, that's $200+ you could just put towards your eventual full upgrade.