Raven Ridge Unboxed: AMD Ryzen 5 2400G, Ryzen 3 2200G First Look

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By Igor Wallossek
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Bring On The Stock Cooler

Without the requisite CPU cooler, this chip will of course overheat very quickly. The in-box Wraith cooler (sorry, no LEDs on this model) does what it’s supposed to do on that front, but we'll have to see in our testing whether it’s enough for enthusiasts' tastes.


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For The Cool Kids: Let's Chill For A While

Of course, you can expect some testing of these chips with our Alphacool chiller. We cool the CPU and provide additional mainboard cooling with supplemental cooling fans. Stay tuned to find out what that will reveal.


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And So...On With The Testing

We're hard at work testing, but we'll have to wait until AMD's embargo lifts to share our results, of course. Expect reviews of these two chips soon, as well as a detailed thermal analysis. Expect much more on Raven Ridge to come.


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28 Comments Comment from the forums
  • ghettogamer
    Vega isnt as exciting as it used to be a year ago, i hope this isnt underwhelming as I would like to recommend this chip to friends who like to try out cheap AIO mini-itx e sports pc gaming.
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  • sadsteve
    Eh, I don't do slide shows.
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  • rush21hit
    The Wraith should be more than enough. I've seen people use it on the much hotter FX6000(can't remember which) to OC somewhere at 4,5 iirc. The FX were already rated 125watt, right out of the box. The OC probably push it to near 150watts level. Yet, somehow the Wraith sustain it at 80C tops. Even doing full speed most of the time, it still heard as a mere whisper. In fact, the Seasonic's fan he used were louder and more audible than the Wraith.

    That said, I wanted this APU happened 3 months ago. I've already purchased 3 sets of G4400 + GT1030 + 2x2gb DDR4 + the cheapest h110 I could found which happens to be a foxconn's for my cyber cafe. fml
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  • cwolf78
    It performs just fine for eSports titles (at least as far as the 2400G.)

    https://wccftech.com/amd-raven-ridge-ryzen-apu-vega-gpu-graphics-performance/

    Keep in mind those are stock values and the GPU is reported to OC pretty substantially. And as always with APU's, pairing with really fast RAM helps considerably. Pretty nice these have native support for 2933.
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  • Gillerer
    Isn't "Hyper-Threading" an Intel trademark? The general term is simultaneous multithreading.
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  • FormatC
    SMT, right :)
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  • John Nemesh
    I will answer your trademark question right after I grab a Kleenex for my runny nose and make a couple of xerox copies.
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  • FormatC
    It was already fixed. :D
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  • ghettogamer
    EXCITED!! finally!!! amd 's bold answer to cryptocurrency craze!
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  • Lutfij
    Excitement would be an understatement for this release ;)
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