R5 2600/2600x stock cooler XFR/overclocking on a B350 mobo?

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RA_CAGoogle

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Hello everyone!
So I've been thinking about ditching Intel for a while now (getting a little into streaming) and was about to pull the trigger on a Gigabyte AB350-Gaming 3 + Ryzen 5 2600x combo, as the motherboard would already arrive with the correct BIOS.
Should I take this deal and keep the 2600x at stock/boost frequencies(maybe XFR) or ditch it, get a 2600 with an aftermarket cooler and overclock that instead?
Also, would XFR actually work with the motherboard? I heard it's only a good idea if you've got 8+
power phases (in that case i'd go for an X470)

EDIT: 2600 w/ a Hyper 212 EVO = roughly R$ 1797,90 (466 USD)
2600x stock = roughly R$ 1888,00 (489 USD)
Both include the AB350 Gaming 3
 
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The stock coolers are capable of some overclocking. 2600x comes with a larger tdp cooler than the 2600. I would see what you can achieve with the stock cooler before buying an aftermarket cooler. B450 motherboards are being manufactured and I would wait for that if you don't have to purchase right now. That motherboard will work just fine and allow you to overclock if you want the bundle now.
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The stock coolers are capable of some overclocking. 2600x comes with a larger tdp cooler than the 2600. I would see what you can achieve with the stock cooler before buying an aftermarket cooler. B450 motherboards are being manufactured and I would wait for that if you don't have to purchase right now. That motherboard will work just fine and allow you to overclock if you want the bundle now.
 
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Are you positive the GA-AB350 is arriving with the correct BIOS?
I have purchased two and they did not.


I suggest you get a X470 motherboard for the 2600/x or wait for the B450
If you go with the AB350 then go with the 1600\x

About Boost and XFR
If core temperatures are within safe ranges, 2 cores (not all cores) will go above stock in 25MHz increments up to the max Boost Clock.
XFR will then kicks in and increase these 2 cores an additional 100MHz (50MHz for the non-X), if thermals and power permits it.
These is all done with AMD "SenseMI" built into the CPU.
So manually overclocking will have better yield.

That is a summary of what I understand about it.
Now in the real world things work differently. I have built two system with the same exact components and in one of the system XFR was a no show... even when temps were lower.
 
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