Need advice with Ryzen CPU

[Dethanu]

So I have this budget Asus A320M-K that I got from a Amazon liquidation stock and so far I could say the board is brand new and I've installed a Ryzen 5 3600 in it but I was wondering what's the maximum CPU I could go with this bord without frying the VRM on it.

[podkall]

5600 would be the limit of the VRMs, just from assumption, depending how good the VRMs are they could get bit weak on all core load on 5600 or barely manage to not throttle,

 

the VRMs also have protections and throttle if they get hot, but that's also a reason not to get too fast/cored CPU for it, as frequent throttles would reduce the performance and cause fps/performance fluctuations,

 

5600 max, perferably 5600 and not 5600x since it's more power efficient

[Beerzerker]

The chip you already have (Ryzen 5 3600 non-X chip @ 65W power draw) is probrably as big as it will handle reliably.
Any chip rated for 65W's regardless of gen is probrably the lid in that respect TBH.
It has the smallest/cheapest VRM setup becasue it's a budget board meant for basic use/office use.

I have the Gigabyte A320M version of it and it's not that great of a board.
Basic, no frills and that's it.