Would the 3200g be okay?

[Hi P]

I'm helping someone build his computer (within a budget), it's mainly for gaming on 1080p 60hz and already has a GTX 1060 6GB.

 

Would the Ryzen 3200g do the trick? or would it be safer to go for a 2600 ?

 

Thank you

[Slottr]

What's their budget?

[AngryBeaver]

10 minutes ago, Hi P said:

I'm helping someone build his computer (within a budget), it's mainly for gaming on 1080p 60hz and already has a GTX 1060 6GB.

 

Would the Ryzen 3200g do the trick? or would it be safer to go for a 2600 ?

 

Thank you

With all the deals going on... I would look for a 2600. They can be found for around $99 right now and would be far better to use. I also would stay away from the any of the 2200/2400/3200/3400 processors. They are great if you don't want to use a dedicated GPU, but the moment you use a discrete card you are better off going to a 1600x/2600/3600

 

Just did a quick google the 3200g is $99 most places. You can get a 2600 for $119 at a handful of places and for $99 at microcenter (even cheaper if you bundle a motherboard for $30 more off)

 

This is the 2600 + a b450 Asus Rog motherboard. $225 after tax 

 

[K1ng]

Yeah 3200g will be fine but imho if you can grab a R5 2600 for around the same price i would do that. You dont need all those cores for gaming but it does help some like apex legends and battlefield games. when compared to the 2200g or 3200g. But a 2600 will offer a much better user experience if they ever want to do more than one thing at once.

[Hi P]

6 minutes ago, Slottr said:

What's their budget?

It's on MXN and we have different prices, but for perspective, it's has come down to:

 

- 3200g and an SSD

- 2600 and an HDD

 

I guess it would be better to go with the 2600 and just upgrade the drive later on

 

[mariushm]

If he already has a video card, it makes no sense to buy a CPU with integrated graphics if there's other models that have more performance at about the same price.

In addition to that, processors with integrated graphics only have 8 pci-e lanes instead of 16 to the first pci-e slot (for video cards) so any video card will run at pci-e x8 speeds.

Even Ryzen 1600 or 1700 would be a better deal, if you can still buy them. Some stores may have them in stock still.

 

[Reznik]

Definitely try to get any 6 core Ryzen if it can be squeezed into budget.  That will last a lot longer before needing upgrade.  What about a 1600 +SSD, can that be found within budget? 

[JoshB2084]

'member Ryzen 5 2600 don't have integrated graphic. And what if graphic card died in the near future? How about 3400G?  Has 8 Thread, boosted to 4.3GHz. Cost 45-50 dollars more than 3200G.

[AngryBeaver]

4 minutes ago, JoshB2084 said:

'member Ryzen 5 2600 don't have integrated graphic. And what if graphic card died in the near future? How about 3400G?  Has 8 Thread, boosted to 4.3GHz. Cost 45-50 dollars more than 3200G.

Why plan on a failing component when chances are the card will be obsolete long before it dies. For the price of a 3400g he could have a 2600 which would have 12 threads for less. If he gets a 2600 he will more than likely need to replace his GPU once or twice due to age before he needs to replace the CPU... and then there will be much more powerful options available at this same budget point.

 

Spending more money for a feature he doesn't need (APU) just doesn't make sense.

[RobFRaschke]

I'm not sure what SSD prices are like there, but you can literally get a cheap SATA 120GB SSD for less than a hard drive from Amazon in the US right now. It's insane that it's finally happened, and yes, there is still a 10:1 capacity difference but it's worth it, I swear. And if you need more space, it's absurdly easy to throw an HDD into the system, and set up a cheap or free piece of software to use the who together efficiently, if you're not comfortable doing it manually.

[JoshB2084]

9 minutes ago, AngryBeaver said:

Why plan on a failing component when chances are the card will be obsolete long before it dies.

Hmm,  you’ve got a point. Trying to helpful...

[K1ng]

Yeah you can get a good 250 gb ssd for like $30 and it will even be m.2 just at sata III speed.

[AngryBeaver]

13 hours ago, Hi P said:

It's on MXN and we have different prices, but for perspective, it's has come down to:

 

- 3200g and an SSD

- 2600 and an HDD

 

I guess it would be better to go with the 2600 and just upgrade the drive later on

 

Don't forget he could just save for another week or two and do it all at once. If it was me I would try my best to get a 2600 and SSD even if only 256gb. Then in a few weeks grab a HDD and put the games all on it. The reverse order makes things a little tedious as you will have to reinstall the OS to the SSD and then wipe the HDD.

 

He could also look into the Hybrid drives that incorporate about 16gb of SSD with a 1-2TB HDD. They aren't as fast as a true SSD, but they do share some benefits. Either way I would aim to get the 2600 and a SSD even if only a 240-256gb one. Then just add an HDD later for more storage. If he needs to save for another week I think that would be worth it in this scenario.