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SJ-07
Journeyman III

Motherboard Compatibility

So i have been looking into Upgrading my CPU from Ryzen 3 1200 to an Ryzen 7 5700X3D or an Ryzen 5 5600X now the issue i am having is i am not quite sure if my motherboard is going to be compatible with these cpus. My motherboard is the Asus PRIME B350M-K and the latest Bios version available on it is AGESA version to ComboV2PI 1.2.0.A i would like for someone to confirm if the processors i mentioned are going to be compatible when i upgrade my Bios

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The motherboard website lists supported processors & required bios version.

Any other compatibility queries should be asked on the asus rog forum.

 

My PC- Ryzen 5 5600x, B550 aorus pro ac, Hyper 212 black, 2 x 16gb F4-3600c16dgtzn kit, NM790 2TB, Nitro+RX6900XT, RM850, Win.10 Pro., LC27G55T.
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According to your Motherboard's Prime B350M-K  CPU LIST it shows that those two CPUs are supported: https://www.asus.com/us/supportonly/prime%20b350m-k/helpdesk_cpu/

 

Ryzen 7 5700X3D (3.0GHz,105W,L3:96M,8C) ALL 6042

 

Ryzen 5 5600X (Vermeer) (3.7GHz,65W,L3:32M,6C) ALL 6042 GO

 

Both new processor will need BIOS Version 6042 or newer to be installed for those CPUs to be recognized and for your PC to boot up.

 

Also check to see if your current System RAM would still be compatible with either of those two CPUs. If not you might be forced to purchase new RAM.

 

You will find out if your RAM is compatible if the PC boots up and you don't start having BSODs or crashes afterwards.

FunkZ
Grandmaster

The ASUS Prime series of motherboards are very barebones and your B350M-K has only 4 + 2 power phases with no heatsink cooling on the VRMs. 105W TDP processors like the 5700X3D may not see full performance due to power limitations. A 65W TDP chip like the 5600X would be better suited.

https://motherboarddb.com/motherboards/176/Prime%20B350M-K/

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Ryzen R7 5700X | B550 Gaming X | 2x16GB G.Skill 3600 | Radeon RX 7900XT
Ryzen R7 5700G | B550 Gaming X | 2x8GB G.Skill 4000 | Radeon Vega 8 IGP
Ryzen R5 5600 | B550 Gaming Edge | 4x8GB G.Skill 3600 | Radeon RX 6800XT
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SJ-07
Journeyman III

Thanks everyone for helping out.