Ryzen 5 2400g Apu or ryzen 5 2600

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smartymatic

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Hello,

Since I am on a tight budget, I would like to ask about your opinion, which combination should I get:

1. Ryzen 5 2400G without a gpu, and add a gpu later (since it has integrated graphics).

2. Ryzen 7 1700 with a cheap used GPU just to power up the monitor (30-40$).

3. Ryzen 5 2600 with a cheap used gpu..


I am getting a Tomahawk ATX B450 board, and 16gb (2x8 dual channel) of 3000mhz ram.

I intend to use the computer for Adobe Premiere and Adobe After Effects (basic things, as I am still learning) and Photoshop.

I am very happy with the APU from what I have seen or reviews. But I am thinking more cores would be better for the near future. So, will the rubish GPU card have an negative impact on the cpu performance until I get some money to buy a rx 570 ose gtx 1060? Or will they just work fine on their own?
 
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The 2400G would be the better option for the now, IMO. That CPU is perfecting fine for pairing with practically any graphics card. 4 cores with 8 threads is plenty for even the most hyperthread optimized game or application out there. More might offer more, but enough is always enough.

Plus, it's a waste to spend money on a "cheap" GPU that probably won't even offer as good of performance as the integrated graphics on that CPU offers, besides which it's money that instead of wasting it on a placeholder GPU card could be put towards a better GPU card when you're ready to purchase one.
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The 2400G would be the better option for the now, IMO. That CPU is perfecting fine for pairing with practically any graphics card. 4 cores with 8 threads is plenty for even the most hyperthread optimized game or application out there. More might offer more, but enough is always enough.

Plus, it's a waste to spend money on a "cheap" GPU that probably won't even offer as good of performance as the integrated graphics on that CPU offers, besides which it's money that instead of wasting it on a placeholder GPU card could be put towards a better GPU card when you're ready to purchase one.
 
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smartymatic

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I got the Ryzen 5 2600. At the day when I bought it, it was same price as the 2400G ($159.90), so in my opinion, for the same price, it was a better choice. I just got the order today in Kosovo. I am missing a GPU now, so can't test it right now. :p I'm getting an used RX 580 8GB these days hopefully, for 120€ (it was a mining card though :/ ).
 
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Yeah, buying a mining card is a bad decision these days. Probably 75% of the used cards I've seen over the last four months that were faulty were all mining cards. Those that weren't just outright faulty, a lot of them had altered bioses and wouldn't game properly and had to be either flashed back to the proper bios type or in some cases, couldn't be. I would avoid any card that was used for mining unless you know the person you are buying it from and wouldn't have a problem inviting them to your mothers house for dinner.
 
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smartymatic

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Dude I'm lucky. Just today I realized Amazon shipped me 32gb of 2x16gb Ram (3000mhz), while I paid 16gb for 2x8gb (3400mhz).* I hope I have the same luck with the GPU :p Btw, I don't know that guy, but he told me he's selling because it is not profitable anymore, he's selling a lot of them (offered me to chose between many). I'd take care if he was selling just one (as I would suppose it's a faulty one he tries to get rid off).

(*I hate it that I will have to let the seller know and pay him as soon as possible).
 
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I'd be more worried about the guy selling a bunch of them, because those were used HARD as business investments. The guy selling just one, probably either didn't know what he was doing or was doing it only part time and probably didn't bother to modify the card in order to squeeze more mining compute out of it.

I understand wanting to get a card cheap, but that usually means you get a cheap (As in weak or not working right) card. Plus, you get no warranty, at all.

Warranties are not transferrable and you can be sure anybody using one as a business investment had likely registered it for just that reason. Even if they didn't, the fact that it had been modified for mining, IF it had, would negate any warranty anyhow.

I'd rethink that and consider biting the bullet to pay a little more for a new card with a warranty. Graphics cards are notorious for failing prematurely when run hard or even when they are not, so not having a warranty is much like just throwing the money into the trash in a lot of cases.
 
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