r3 3200G enough for daily ussage in 2021 (non gaming)??

[SAVE-12-HK]

as title, only web browse, online shopping, youtube, music and movie

 

do you think 4c4t will age well ?

planning to buy in mid 2021

[Guest]

If you only need a computer for basics tasks and do not intend on upgrading it later on, building it yourself with the unstable prices might not be the best option at the moment. Getting a decommissioned office desktop will be cheaper and will suffice for web browsing etc. 

[SupaKomputa]

Definitely. You can also get away with the lower end Athlon 3000g (2 cores).

It's pretty fast for daily activities (non gaming / productivity).

You can do light gaming with it (pubg/fortnite etc). 

Browsing and office doesn't use many cores, i would say 4 cores will be plenty for the next 4 years.

Make sure you have enough ram (2x4gb) and a SSD drive.

With AMD platform you can just upgrade the CPU anytime you want up to 16 cores.

Make sure you have a A520 or B550 motherboard.

[light-v]

I use my 2200G for web browsing and YouTube and even some light gaming. There is more than enough power for that. As @SupaKomputasaid you can even get away with a 2 core Athlon. Most laptops are still rocking 2 cores CPUs and people are still fine.

 

My main rig has an old core i5 4670K and can still run a decent number of titles without any issue it only really struggles in the most demanding applications like encoding, rendering and streaming. 

[Sauron]

30 minutes ago, SAVE-12-HK said:

planning to buy in mid 2021

Then you should come back and ask for recommendations in mid 2021... not 6 months early.

 

It will certainly be more than enough for basic tasks but in a few months there may be better offers.

[SupaKomputa]

Yes there's not much improvement in the browsing / office programs other than hogging more memories.

Memories are cheap, you can upgrade anytime.

The CPU utilization seems stagnated for a long time now, you can still use a core 2 duo machine just fine with a memory and ssd upgrade.

Like previously mentioned, you can also buy a decommisioned office pc with an old i3 / i5 2nd to 4th gen for under $150.

 

3 minutes ago, Sauron said:

Then you should come back and ask for recommendations in mid 2021... not 6 months early.

There won't be any difference 6 months later. New chips probably may appear, but 3200g is still going to be a good buy even then.

[Action_Johnson]

On 2/1/2021 at 12:37 AM, SAVE-12-HK said:

as title, only web browse, online shopping, youtube, music and movie

 

do you think 4c4t will age well ?

planning to buy in mid 2021

Easy, my old 3770 is slower than a 3200G and can do all that no sweat. Instead of the 3200G though, I would consider a 3100, it's 4c/8t for $100. 

 

EDIT: nevermind, 3200G has integrated graphics, that's more valuable for an internet machine. 

[SAVE-12-HK]

11 hours ago, Action_Johnson said:

my old 3770 is slower than a 3200G and can do all that no sweat.

i got 2 x 2500 system too , but if anything dies, nothing is worth fixing, its just too old to bother