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Hello world,a helping hand is needed here.Long story short ,i got a new motherboard since last one was faulty.Got it for a friend but he didn't check my Processor and now i ran into a little problem.Can someone tell me if AMD Ryzen 5 1600 is compatible with Prime A520M-K? I couldn't find any possible compatibility anywhere.

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It is not compatible.

https://www.asus.com/motherboards-components/motherboards/prime/prime-a520m-k/helpdesk_cpu/?model2Name=PRIME-A520M-K

A520 in general is 3xxx CPUs and newer. 

I'm not actually trying to be as grumpy as it seems.

I will find your mentions of Ikea or Gnome and I will /s post. 

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https://www.asus.com/motherboards-components/motherboards/prime/prime-a520m-k/helpdesk_cpu/?model2Name=PRIME-A520M-K

 

Nope. Not compatible. A520 boards don't support 1000 or 2000 series Ryzen.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

 

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2 hours ago, T1mothy said:

Hello world,a helping hand is needed here.Long story short ,i got a new motherboard since last one was faulty.Got it for a friend but he didn't check my Processor and now i ran into a little problem.Can someone tell me if AMD Ryzen 5 1600 is compatible with Prime A520M-K? I couldn't find any possible compatibility anywhere.

youll need a X470, B430, X370, B350 or A320 board for 1st gen Ryzen

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