ASUS ROG STRIX B350-I mITX would be good for a compact custom budget gaming rig?!
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Listen, youtube vids are useful. But if you want better analysis go to Tom's own article on the R2400G here : http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/amd-ryzen-5-2400g-zen-vega-cpu-gpu,review-34205-8.html
you'll see that even a bog standard, low end card like the GT1030 ($100/€/£) plus a 1500x at about $160/€/£ will get better performance. Up the GPU budget by $50/€/£ and get a GTX1050, and you will have a much better gaming machine.
With all of that said, you seem to be set on the APU, so by all means go for it. It's your dosh
Good luck with the choice
you'll see that even a bog standard, low end card like the GT1030 ($100/€/£) plus a 1500x at about $160/€/£ will get better performance. Up the GPU budget by $50/€/£ and get a GTX1050, and you will have a much better gaming machine.
With all of that said, you seem to be set on the APU, so by all means go for it. It's your dosh
Good luck with the choice
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casual gaming it will be fine. For a resolution of 720p (SD) it will be very decent actually. Specially for casual gaming/esports titles.
However, take the res up to 1080p (FHD) and gasaraki has a point. The APU just doesn't do to well at anything above low settings for any kind of new-ish game. Again though for casual gaming, it will suffice if youre happy to dial back setting to get playable FPS (60fps is the defacto really )
If you got a Ryzen 5 1500x or 1400, and put the money saved towards a discrete GPU, you will get much better performance for more or less the same cost.
However, take the res up to 1080p (FHD) and gasaraki has a point. The APU just doesn't do to well at anything above low settings for any kind of new-ish game. Again though for casual gaming, it will suffice if youre happy to dial back setting to get playable FPS (60fps is the defacto really )
If you got a Ryzen 5 1500x or 1400, and put the money saved towards a discrete GPU, you will get much better performance for more or less the same cost.
That's totally true. But I seen some tests in few games with that Ryzen 5 2400G using the RX Vega 11 and it can handle it pretty well on YouTube. Of course low preset settings at 760p - 1080p. I'm cool with that as a casual / e-sports gamer. That should be enough until GPU prices get back to normal.
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Listen, youtube vids are useful. But if you want better analysis go to Tom's own article on the R2400G here : http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/amd-ryzen-5-2400g-zen-vega-cpu-gpu,review-34205-8.html
you'll see that even a bog standard, low end card like the GT1030 ($100/€/£) plus a 1500x at about $160/€/£ will get better performance. Up the GPU budget by $50/€/£ and get a GTX1050, and you will have a much better gaming machine.
With all of that said, you seem to be set on the APU, so by all means go for it. It's your dosh
Good luck with the choice
you'll see that even a bog standard, low end card like the GT1030 ($100/€/£) plus a 1500x at about $160/€/£ will get better performance. Up the GPU budget by $50/€/£ and get a GTX1050, and you will have a much better gaming machine.
With all of that said, you seem to be set on the APU, so by all means go for it. It's your dosh
Good luck with the choice
Roland Of Gilead
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zektro :
Thanks, mate. Since it's going to be my first rig based on Ryzen, it should be good until upcoming Ryzen's 2nd Gen CPU's appears. Anyway, I'll check the article.
You're welcome. I loved the review. It's a really decent APU. For me the CPU/GPU balance tilts totally in the favour of the CPU, which is a good one compared to a similar Ryzen 5 (without the iGPU) But, the iGPU, albeit the most powerfull of it's kind, is just lacking.
Either way, both setups (R2400g or R1500x + GT1030) are decent entry gaming. And as you've pointed out, you can pop in a Ryzen 2, or a higher end Ryzen 5/7 current gen, and a new GPU, with only the costs of the CPU/GPU upgrade to consider. Not bad options to have
Definitely that's true. My another question is that B350I from ASUS ROG STRIX does have I/O bad or not really durable as Gigabyte MOBO's as what I heard?! What's up with that MOBO?! Unfortunally I know ASUS didn't released any mATX ROG STRIX MOBO's with B350 chipset or at least not sure if they did.
My another question is that B350I from ASUS ROG STRIX does have I/O bad or not really durable as Gigabyte MOBO's as what I heard?! What's up with that MOBO?! Unfortunally I know ASUS didn't released any mATX ROG STRIX MOBO's with B350 chipset or at least not sure if they did.
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hmmm...mobo choice, is very much an indivual thing, and subjective.
Some people prefer Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, ASRock, Intel or whatever. You will hear good and bad stories about all. For me, I lean towards Asus/EVGA. I've had all my systems running on both - Mobo/GPU/PSU. Quality for me. Others will disagree, and say MSI or whatever.
It doesn't do any manufacturer to make poor products. So, IMO choose whatever mobo is the cheapest, is available in your area, has the things you want wifi, extra DIMM slots, RGB colour leds or whatever).
Most mobo's based on the same chipset, are roughly equal. Most will be fine, but you may get the odd bad mobo, DOA. Such is life.
Some people prefer Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, ASRock, Intel or whatever. You will hear good and bad stories about all. For me, I lean towards Asus/EVGA. I've had all my systems running on both - Mobo/GPU/PSU. Quality for me. Others will disagree, and say MSI or whatever.
It doesn't do any manufacturer to make poor products. So, IMO choose whatever mobo is the cheapest, is available in your area, has the things you want wifi, extra DIMM slots, RGB colour leds or whatever).
Most mobo's based on the same chipset, are roughly equal. Most will be fine, but you may get the odd bad mobo, DOA. Such is life.
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