Apocalypse shortage build

[John105]

Budget (including currency): $1200 CAD

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:

General use.  Power director about once a month.  Bluestacks for running Android games.

 

Other details

Currently using a 5 year old laptop i5-6200 940m.

 

My current laptop is failing to recognize the graphics card about half the time

 

I don't use it as a laptop so have decided to go with a desktop.  I'd like to be able to add a second monitor.

 

My issue is the inability to get a graphics card.  If I can find one they seem very over priced.  I know that computers change dramatically in 5 years.

 

Essentially I don't believe my current setup is going to last until these shortages end.  Being 10 years behind the times in technology I've been very confused. 

 

My initial thought was to just over pay and get going.  However I was wondering if I could just buy a "G" version of the ryzen and add a card later when supply increases. 

 

[Middcore]

2 minutes ago, John105 said:

My initial thought was to just over pay and get going.  However I was wondering if I could just buy a "G" version of the ryzen and add a card later when supply increases. 

 

 

Yes, this is certainly one strategy. If you don't play any intensive games the built-in graphics on the Ryzen APU's can be perfectly adequate. 

[John105]

It has been suggested to me that the "G" versions are inferior to the others as processors and if I add a better card at a later date it will be a  bottle neck 

[GhostRoadieBL]

30 minutes ago, John105 said:

It has been suggested to me that the "G" versions are inferior to the others as processors and if I add a better card at a later date it will be a  bottle neck 

That is ABSOLUTELY not true. they typically sit in the 4core-8threads or 4core-4threads so "inferior" for things like video editing and 3d modelling. There are few cases where a G vs X CPU will "bottleneck" any of the newest cards in the same product range, ie don't put a 2500$ 3090 with a 120$ 3200G and then play everything at 1080p, yes you will see alot less fps than a 5900x and a 3090. With the "same range" being everything from cards like the 1080ti through the 3070 you won't be bottlenecking anything. 

 

 

42 minutes ago, John105 said:

My initial thought was to just over pay and get going.  However I was wondering if I could just buy a "G" version of the ryzen and add a card later when supply increases. 

3400G would be a great starting point for most builds right now. Have to be careful with B450 boards being incompatible with 5000 series, and B550 boards being incompatible with 2000 series and some G CPUs. 

 

https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/compare_cpu-amd_ryzen_5_5600g-1877-vs-amd_ryzen_7_5700g-1876

5600G and 5700G have also been leaked for Q1 2021 so "hopefully" they might be more accessible with them being less "Red Team" oriented so stock may actually get to the public. 

 

[John105]

Deciding to build a computer after over 20 years has been a shocking experience.  Honestly I don't even know what half I read means.  But I'm working hard to figure things out.  

 

But more importantly will I be able to play red alert 2 on it