Bottlenecking

[Arctic123]

Hi I'm building my first PC and I plan on getting a 1660 super and I was wondering if a ryzen 3200g would bottleneck it or if I should go for something a bit better but I dont really wanna go over $120ish for one 

[Fasauceome]

3 minutes ago, Arctic123 said:

but I dont really wanna go over $120ish for one 

For that price the Ryzen 5 2600 would be a great buy. Still Zen+ like the 3200G but 2 more cores and SMT.

[CPT_BEEMO]

20 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

For that price the Ryzen 5 2600 would be a great buy. Still Zen+ like the 3200G but 2 more cores and SMT.

Agreed with Fasauceome - A 2600 or even the X variant if you can find it on sale (Boxing Day) would be perfect for a 1660 Super. I live in Canada and the 2600X went on sale on Black Friday for $159.99 CAD which is $114 USD. I would assume that because most retailers are trying to sell the older gen processors as quickly as possible to make room for new hardware, they will do a blowout sale again on Boxing Day.

 

Hope you have a wonderful holiday season, and happy building!