yeah I would have gone with Ryzen but I did not feel like shelling out a lot of cash for a whole new system. Plus I already ordered the Mainboard because I thought it burned out first. It took me taking my server CPU to finally figure out the CPU was toast. Good thing is I can get a really expensive FX chip which is just fine I had a good quad core 4350 before and it was great. it was a 4.2Ghz chip natively and I bouught it new. I will get a Ryzen system once the prices drop down a bit. I got burned buying a day one XB1 so I have stopped buying things when they are right out of the gate.