Exchange X370 to B450

FuziuS_TeaM
Junior Member

04-21-2018, 02:04 AM

I own a PC built two years ago for office work, music production, and potential gaming in the future. It features a Corsair water-cooled AMD 1800X on an Asus Prime 370 Pro. It meets my needs perfectly—only one slot for the old GPU, NVMe for the system (data stored on a home server), CPU at 4000MHz, and it struggles with 3200 on DDR4 (4x8GB). I recently bought a small Corsair Crystal case but need to upgrade the motherboard to Micro ATX. Would replacing the Asus X370 with an ASRock B450M be a good idea? In the future, I plan to purchase a used Ryzen 5900 or something similar (ASUS doesn’t support it) and a better GPU. Should I worry about missing something or should I explore other options?

FuziuS_TeaM

04-21-2018, 02:04 AM #1

JesperSOS
Junior Member

04-22-2018, 02:54 AM

You might consider a 5800x and B550M card. This would ensure you have PCIe 4.0 available for future upgrades.

JesperSOS

04-22-2018, 02:54 AM #2

You might consider a 5800x and B550M card. This would ensure you have PCIe 4.0 available for future upgrades.

HopiheEmi
Member

158

04-22-2018, 05:11 AM

It doesn't explicitly mention compatibility with the Ryzen 1800X model.

HopiheEmi

04-22-2018, 05:11 AM #3

It doesn't explicitly mention compatibility with the Ryzen 1800X model.

Nargushk
Member

170

04-22-2018, 06:33 AM

You'd need to combine parts. For immediate needs, 350, 370, 450, and 470 chipset boards fit an 1800x setup. It's better to save and invest in a 5xxx series CPU plus a fresh board.

Nargushk

04-22-2018, 06:33 AM #4

You'd need to combine parts. For immediate needs, 350, 370, 450, and 470 chipset boards fit an 1800x setup. It's better to save and invest in a 5xxx series CPU plus a fresh board.