Motherboard suggestions

[vagrant lodge]

Hi, I’m looking to build my first pc and was wondering what is the best b550 Atx mobo that’s around 180ish cad that doesn’t have wifi?

[analog solar]

Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard

[brisk wagon]

A bit unnecessary to spend that much on an AM4 board. An MSI B550-A or Asrock B550 PG Riptide is plenty.

[dull raft]

The msi b550-a pro is my go to

[vagrant lodge]

I’m thinking of upgrading. my case right now is the Lian li o11 mini, what do you think I should change my cpu and mobo too? I only do light gaming like valorant and mainly use it for school work

[brisk wagon]

Lets start from scratch. You're in the canadian market and looking to upgrade? What's the budget, what are you coming from, and what are you looking to do with your upgrade?

[vagrant lodge]

Ok, my budget is around 400-500 and my combo right now is really old so just trying to upgrade

It’s runs games really slow

[brisk wagon]

Okay, what are you running?

[vagrant lodge]

Idk the motherboadd but ik it’s really old

And the cpu is 3600 I think

[vagrant lodge]

Ryzen

I thought I only needed to upgrade my motherboard in case I upgrade my cpu down the line

But my friend told me to upgrade cpu

[brisk wagon]

Which ryzen.

[vagrant lodge]

3600 I think

[dull raft]

am4 should just need a bios update. and the 3600 is in the middle, so you can upgrade for 5000 series or downgrade to 1000 series without needing flashback

[brisk wagon]

You should make a PCPP list of your current parts. That will help visualize what you all have and how your pairing can be optimized/upgraded.

[proven fjord]

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/7gxbt6/msi-b550-a-pro-atx-am4-motherboard-b550-a-pro
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/Hn8bt6/asrock-b550-pg-riptide-atx-am4-motherboard-b550-pg-riptide
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/T3XYcf/asrock-b550-pro4-atx-am4-motherboard-b550-pro4

[brisk wagon]

popcorn it’s my turn

[proven fjord]

popcorn 😡
that was upchucks doing!!!

[brisk wagon]

poopcorn*

[proven fjord]

when there is a motherboard question, you know i always answer 🤑

[vagrant lodge]

Ok give me a sec

[vagrant lodge]

This is all I know, a lot of the stuff was left from my brother before he went to uni but my parents sold everything on the mobo https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7HYfMV

Theirs also like a thing on the cpu with a screen but idk what it is

I’m new to pcs 😅

[brisk wagon]

Do you still have the motherboard?

[vagrant lodge]

Yes but I want to upgrade it so I can use ddr5 memory cuz my dad uses my pc to transfer a lot of like files

But idk if I can

[vagrant lodge]

Bassicly I jsut wanna upgrade tjings so thsg it will last a long time but not like blow my budget

If that makes sense

[brisk wagon]

So, we're moving over the old case, power supply, GPU, and SSD?

[vagrant lodge]

Yes

Cuz I think they are good

Unless they are not

For sure the case and power supply

[brisk wagon]

Does your case have fans?

[vagrant lodge]

Yes

[brisk wagon]

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/yWYfMV
Everything else looks okay. NV2 is a bad drive to buy, but since you both have it and are budget-constricted to 500 CAD, you're kinda limited to AM4. If you can stretch your budget to ~600, then it's possible to go for AM5 and keep everything else.

AM5 upgrade looks like this.
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/fCpDCd

admittedly though, it would be better to go to AM5.