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waxonupto
Journeyman III

amd cpu question

I am after some clarification is possible. I am looking to replace my cpu and gpu currently a amd 2700x, 32gig 3000 memory.

gpu currently a older 1060 6gig. i was looking at the amd ryzan 9 5900x. the gpu a dont know yet what im going for yet, possibly a MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ventus 2X OC 8GBanyway my motherboard is a gigabyte X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING with the latest feb 2023 bios (f64a release) my question is, will the cpu be fully compatible with the board considering the board is pci3 will this limit the cpu? i know this limits the gpu as its pci4.

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Hiramabiff
Challenger

I have a Msi x470. With a bios update mine took an and 5800 x. My MB has two lanes 4.0. Ssd and gpu. I think it depends on your MB. Research yourMB and see what you can upgrade it too.  

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cpurpe91
Volunteer Moderator

Your CPU will likely have no issues if you update to the required BIOS. This would require you to have a CPU that already works in the system in some cases. Looking at the rear IO of that board it seems that there is no "BIOS flash" button. 

Using a PCIe 4.0 GPU in a PCIe 3.0 slot, in some cases, you will get about the performance within margin of error. In other games you can see anywhere between a 10% to 20% decrease in FPS using PCIe 3.0 versus PCIe 4.0. All of the games I looked at were very playable on both PCIe 3.0 and PCIe 4.0 with the RTX 4060.

In your case I suggest looking at the B550 offerings online, at some point, as they are relatively inexpensive. While looking around, remember to look at reviews regarding VRM temperatures because some boards VRM cooling is more robust than others.  

Furthermore, while looking around the internet, I found that If you want to get the most out of the Ryzen 5000 series most users suggest looking into memory with XMP of 3200mhz to 3600mhz. 

In conclusion using your current setup should be fine if you are targeting playable framerates, as opposed to super high FPS gaming. 

I am having a hard time finding tests of the DLSS 3.0 Frame Generation performance differences between PCIe 3.0 and 4.0.

I hope this helps.

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cpurpe91
Volunteer Moderator

I have found a few articles stating that some Gigabyte X470 boards do support PCIe 4.0, however I am having trouble finding which specific boards support it.

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