If the board still works fine after it’s sat a bit it sounds like it could just be a busted cap on your board. If you can pop the board out and have a look, check for any capacitors that are...
If the board still works fine after it’s sat a bit it sounds like it could just be a busted cap on your board. If you can pop the board out and have a look, check for any capacitors that are bulging/don’t have flat tops. Make a note of the capacitance written on it and you can replace it for a few cents and some solder.
If you're going to buy a new board anyways and if you can get access to a soldering iron from a friend/DIY-type space, it's worth giving it a shot because at that point you're essentially playing...
If you're going to buy a new board anyways and if you can get access to a soldering iron from a friend/DIY-type space, it's worth giving it a shot because at that point you're essentially playing with house money. It's not super difficult and worse case scenario you have to buy a new board anyways.
Also, if you do buy a new board, you might have difficulty finding a b450 board for a decent price. Keep in mind you can use a b450/x470/x570 chipset with that CPU (avoid the b550 unless you can return it, any support for Ryzen 2000G series is unofficial) so go with whatever is available and cheap. If there is no price difference, go with the x570 x470.
Edit: The 2000G is only officially compatible with the b450/x470.
Given the price sensitivity, and the fact that you are fine with your current performance, you're probably right that it's not worth the CPU upgrade. Though to give some context on what you can...
Because, unlike me, most Tildes users are in the US, Canada, and Europe, when taking prices into account, multiply them by 5 in your head to have a sense of what that expense means in my country.
Given the price sensitivity, and the fact that you are fine with your current performance, you're probably right that it's not worth the CPU upgrade.
Though to give some context on what you can do: you're actually in a position for a decent CPU upgrade. Your motherboard is compatible with AMD's 5000 series CPUs, which is two generations newer than what you have. You'd enjoy a pretty sizeable performance lift, and many of the better CPUs in that generation have been coming down in price (in North America atleast). (I recently did a CPU upgrade from a CPU in the same generation as yours to the 5700x for around $150 USD).
Under the assumption that you're looking for the cheapest solution here, getting the same (or another motherboard compatible with the rest of your current build) would probably make the most sense.
Getting a more recent motherboard for AMD or Intel would require that you update other parts of your PC simulatenously (RAM + CPU).
You may be able to find an open box/refurbished motherboard for relatively cheap.
If there's nothing wrong with the speed of your current system, there's nothing wrong with getting another of same motherboard. When you want to upgrade the CPU in a couple of years, look into a...
If there's nothing wrong with the speed of your current system, there's nothing wrong with getting another of same motherboard. When you want to upgrade the CPU in a couple of years, look into a used 5800X3D.
Upgrading to the a B550 motherboard isn't worth it unless there's a feature you really want, and upgrading to a B650 would mean getting a new CPU which sounds expensive for your country.
One thing to look out for when buying SSDs is if it has a "DRAM Cache" (sometimes just called Cache). It's not always mentioned on the product page but good reviews will say. Since the storage...
One thing to look out for when buying SSDs is if it has a "DRAM Cache" (sometimes just called Cache). It's not always mentioned on the product page but good reviews will say.
Since the storage itself isn't usually fast enough to keep up with big writes, like downloading a game, the cache is like a fast temporary storage that holds the data until the SSDs catch up.
The one you've selected doesn't have this. It's still fine day-to-day, but doing big writes or lots of small writes, you'll notice a difference.
If the board still works fine after it’s sat a bit it sounds like it could just be a busted cap on your board. If you can pop the board out and have a look, check for any capacitors that are bulging/don’t have flat tops. Make a note of the capacitance written on it and you can replace it for a few cents and some solder.
If you're going to buy a new board anyways and if you can get access to a soldering iron from a friend/DIY-type space, it's worth giving it a shot because at that point you're essentially playing with house money. It's not super difficult and worse case scenario you have to buy a new board anyways.
Also, if you do buy a new board, you might have difficulty finding a b450 board for a decent price. Keep in mind you can use a b450/x470/
x570chipset with that CPU (avoid the b550 unless you can return it, any support for Ryzen 2000G series is unofficial) so go with whatever is available and cheap. If there is no price difference, go with thex570x470.Edit: The 2000G is only officially compatible with the b450/x470.
Given the price sensitivity, and the fact that you are fine with your current performance, you're probably right that it's not worth the CPU upgrade.
Though to give some context on what you can do: you're actually in a position for a decent CPU upgrade. Your motherboard is compatible with AMD's 5000 series CPUs, which is two generations newer than what you have. You'd enjoy a pretty sizeable performance lift, and many of the better CPUs in that generation have been coming down in price (in North America atleast). (I recently did a CPU upgrade from a CPU in the same generation as yours to the 5700x for around $150 USD).
Under the assumption that you're looking for the cheapest solution here, getting the same (or another motherboard compatible with the rest of your current build) would probably make the most sense.
Getting a more recent motherboard for AMD or Intel would require that you update other parts of your PC simulatenously (RAM + CPU).
You may be able to find an open box/refurbished motherboard for relatively cheap.
If there's nothing wrong with the speed of your current system, there's nothing wrong with getting another of same motherboard. When you want to upgrade the CPU in a couple of years, look into a used 5800X3D.
Upgrading to the a B550 motherboard isn't worth it unless there's a feature you really want, and upgrading to a B650 would mean getting a new CPU which sounds expensive for your country.
They do appear to be pretty much the same, yes.
Yes, you likely won't notice any difference. Typically these kinds of version changes happen if the internal wiring changes or something like that.
It's got no onboard RAM which is going to hurt performance, I personally would avoid.
One thing to look out for when buying SSDs is if it has a "DRAM Cache" (sometimes just called Cache). It's not always mentioned on the product page but good reviews will say.
Since the storage itself isn't usually fast enough to keep up with big writes, like downloading a game, the cache is like a fast temporary storage that holds the data until the SSDs catch up.
The one you've selected doesn't have this. It's still fine day-to-day, but doing big writes or lots of small writes, you'll notice a difference.
I bought this one which is pretty good.
Crucial P5 Plus 2TB M.2 PCIe Gen4 NVMe