got this given to me free barley used maybe a week

ASUS - TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) (Socket AM4) USB-C Gen2 AMD Motherboard with LED Lighting

max ram 128 gb ddr4

what size ram is capable in this mb for speed wise


atm i have

asus m5 a97 r2.0

ddr3 32.0 GB

AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor 4.00 GHz pair on water cooled

64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

1660 super gpu

1300 watt psu



my question is it worht switching to new MB with what i have
i know ill need to buy ram sticks wich is why asking what size i should go with

and if anything else might need

CORSAIR - VENGEANCE LPX 64GB (2PK x 32GB) 3200MHz DDR4 C16 DIMM Desktop Memory - Black

was possibly thinking 2 sets of these if work



AMD Ryzen 9 5950X - Ryzen 9 5000 Series Vermeer (Zen 3) 16-Core 3.4 GHz Socket AM4 105W None Integrated Graphics Desktop Processor - 100-100000059WOF
Options: Ryzen 9 5950X

This post was edited by blackvnm on Dec 23 2023 02:25pm

Hey, in my opinion its not worth it to try and change your motherboard for a newer gen. You will probably have to change your cooler (i saw some older aio cooler have custom braket to fit new gen), your ram, and cpu.

If you decide to continue with the new motherboard your graphic card is getting old for newer ryzen it will bottleneck while gaming.

I think your best way to upgrade and keep your expense to the minimum would be to sell your current pc and build a new one around the motherboard depending if it worth it or not for your needs

About your ram on the motherboard you can verify here which gen cpu and speed of ram you can have on the board here: https://www.asus.com/ca-en/motherboards-components/motherboards/tuf-gaming/tuf-gaming-x570-plus/techspec/

Depends on your budget and goals. Could get a R3600 super cheap for CPU and some 3200 MHz RAM. Probably don’t need more than 2x 16 GB

Godly soon

To use that MB you will need to upgrade your cpu, ram and cooler as mentioned above.. That Mobo is ment for newer AMD's with am4 setup. So depending on your budget you are looking at almost a fresh install. So if you dont have the budget just use what you have till you can. infact you have a overkill psu right now with your setup so if you do rebuild you dont have to worry about psu.