I'm planning a relatively budget-friendly upgrade to an RTX 5070 and a Ryzen 5 5600. My current motherboard is an MSI B450-A PRO, and I'd prefer not to replace it yet. Will it support both components? Also, should I buy a 750W or 850W power supply? I mainly play at 1440p and may move to DDR5 later, so this is just a temporary AM4 upgrade.
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The motherboard should work fine with the RTX 5070. It will run the graphics card over PCIe 3.0 rather than PCIe 4.0, but that generally shouldn’t be a major limitation for a card with a full x16 interface. You may need a BIOS update before installing the Ryzen 5 5600, so check the board’s CPU support list first.
I’ll be playing at 1440p, and I’m treating this as a temporary upgrade before eventually moving to DDR5.