CPU Upgrade (Ryzen 3 to Ryzen 7)

[Rattman]

Hello!

The time has come to upgrade my PC for the new Half Life Alyx

My current CPU a AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Quad-Core Processor, 3100 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)

Which I know is not minimum requirement for the game its self. I have looked through so many websites, forums and videos to find out what I need to look for however I am not the most technical of people.

All I want to know is this,

Would a Ryzen 7 2700 X be a compatible upgrade? and if not what is the maximum upgrade I can go to from the Ryzen 3?

Thankyou!

[L37]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Rattman:

Does this mean it should be fine buying whatever?

For CPU you have to look at bios updates dell has and see which CPU-s are supported.
The fact that the do not restrict something does not mean that they actually added support for it, and new ryzen cpu-s need bios support to work.
Honestly - they most likely did not add any support beyond 1rst gen ryzen, because it's just what they usually do, but you need to search for this info online.
Worst case - just replace cpu+motherboard combination as other people suggested.

[r.linder]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Rattman:

Opprinnelig skrevet av L37:

Is not entirely true.
Yes, they would like you to buy their (overpriced) upgrades, but in most cases there are no hard restrictions on using "uncertified" components. Even in servers (with which i have more experience than with prebuilts). Yes, the system will warn you about "uncertified" parts, in some cases, but it will work. Same with HP and such. The reason is, while they want you to buy their upgrades they also want you to buy the system in the first place, and allowing "uncertified" parts helps it.
For ram - i've personally plugged whole bunch of random ram into different dell/hp office prebuilts and even servers. For servers it is mostly like "HP ram in DELL server" and such. It always works. With exception of compatibility issues like when you use too large module or some such.

Does this mean it should be fine buying whatever?

I can't find anything on the 5675 motherboard supporting 2000 and 3000 series, though some Dell moderators claim it does support 2000 series. There's no concrete answer, all you can do is take the chance

[Bad 💀 Motha]

What I'd do is keep that Dell the way it is and just build a new PC.

Ryzen 3600 or 3700X
MSI B450 Tomahawk Max
2x 8gb ddr4 3200 - Corsair or GSKILL
At least one SSD. Secondary HDD if needed.
650w gold certified modular ATX PSU
RTX 2060 KO or better.
Clean install of Win10 64bit 1909 via your own usb flash drive, made on a working pc via MS media creation tool.