I started with a 1300x, currently have a 3600, and I’m considering a 5600x3d or a 5800x3d in a year or so. My only concern is that I have an Asus prime a320m-k. I’ve read the VRM is actually better than the other a320 boards but I don’t know if it’s equipped to handle 105w tdp.
IMHO dump the A320 board and the socket as a whole. Maybe wait a little and jump to AM5. It’s more expensive for sure, but it’s worth it. Your A320 board is likely not supporting the higher end AM4 cpus and the VRMs will run HOT.
If you need to buy another board + CPU for an upgrade, it makes no sense to buy AM4. A 7600X + B650 board will cost you 350€ now and 32Gb DDR5 ram will push it to 460€. Maybe next year these will be cheaper.
I personally don’t see a reason to go with am5 when am4 can give me 90% of the performance at 1/3 of the price. I’ve had the board since 2017 so if I burn it up after 6-7 years of use I definitely got all the value I could from a board I paid $45 for.
I started with a 1300x, currently have a 3600, and I’m considering a 5600x3d or a 5800x3d in a year or so. My only concern is that I have an Asus prime a320m-k. I’ve read the VRM is actually better than the other a320 boards but I don’t know if it’s equipped to handle 105w tdp.
IMHO dump the A320 board and the socket as a whole. Maybe wait a little and jump to AM5. It’s more expensive for sure, but it’s worth it. Your A320 board is likely not supporting the higher end AM4 cpus and the VRMs will run HOT.
If you need to buy another board + CPU for an upgrade, it makes no sense to buy AM4. A 7600X + B650 board will cost you 350€ now and 32Gb DDR5 ram will push it to 460€. Maybe next year these will be cheaper.
I personally don’t see a reason to go with am5 when am4 can give me 90% of the performance at 1/3 of the price. I’ve had the board since 2017 so if I burn it up after 6-7 years of use I definitely got all the value I could from a board I paid $45 for.
If the 5700x3d keeps it’s 65w tdp, then that would be the way to go on an a320 board. They run nice and cool