Is the Ryzen platform mature enough for non-tech savvy users?

NoTimeForAUsername · Apr 9, 2018

The other day, I was tasked with building a system for someone who isn't very tech savvy. Only wanting to buy parts new so as to have a warranty and wanting to leave enough in the budget for sickeningly overpriced RAM, I immediately thought to go with a Ryzen 3 1200 for the CPU. By now, Ryzen's quirks have made themselves known to the tech community and many have said that the Ryzen platform has done a lot of maturing since release, but as of now, is it mature enough to behave itself consistently for someone who just wants to do online banking, web browsing and (in the case of the person I'm building a system for), light video editing?

Thanks in advance for any help!

feelinfroggy777 · Apr 9, 2018

Ryzen is great and I am not trying to take anything away from it, but if you want plug and play, go with Intel. AMD has real RAM compatibility issues that have not gone away. Hopefully AMD will improve the RAM compatibility issues in the Zen+ release.

The 8100 cost $20 more than the 1200 and is a much better CPU. Since you can get h370 and b360 motherboards now, it kinda makes the 1200 a little obsolete with the only real advantage is a potential upgrade path to a better CPU.

SgtScream · Apr 9, 2018

If you purchase a "pre-built" computer, you won't have to build it and you'll get all the parts at their listed MSRP pricing. It is a "no brainer". I've had a Ryzen 1700 build for the past 6 months and had no issues.

WildCard999 · Apr 9, 2018

If you want to go the Ryzen route and for video editing you'll need the 2200G or 2400G for the iGPU as the other models do not have one and would require a GPU for display. The Intel option would be pretty good but for video editing I'd suggest pushing the budget more towards the 8400 for the extra cores if possible.

geofelt · Apr 9, 2018

If the parts list is good and someone experienced assembles it, I see no problem.
You realize, of course, that after building it you will assume the tech support function for the user.

With the advent of the lower cost B310 lga1161 motherboards, I would go the intel route.
You can buy one for <$60
the $72 G5400 has the same 4 threads as the ryzen 1200 and performs better.
A 2 x4gb DDR4 kit should do the job. Speed is not important.

Integrated graphics should be OK. You can later decide if the video editing app can use the CUDA cores of a Nvidia discrete graphics card.
One key component for me would be the use of a ssd. I like the 240gb Samsung evo. Either m.2 format or conventional 2.5"
It will make everything seem so much quicker.
If there is a need to store large video files add a wd blue of whatever capacity is neded.

dontlistentome · Apr 9, 2018

I would also go Intel for the most problem free operation. Light video editing won't require a lot of ram, or a videocard, or even a quad core. That G5400 will do the trick.

I do want to emphasize this would be for the kind of general purpose computing you gave. This would NOT be the way to go if in the future there's a chance gaming will be expected on this computer.

I would use a cheap Sandisk Plus or Ultra SSD for the boot drive and programs(120gb size at least). Then get a mechanical hard drive to store files, such as video files. You can skip the SSD but I think if you want to really make the person you're building it for happy, then add the SSD. There are better SSDs, such as Samsung, if you have room in the budget then grab one of those.

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