Asrock X300 + AMD Ryzen 5700G : any issue?

[Uji Ninja]

Hi,

 

Could anyone tell me if I may run into issues trying to build a mini pc around an Asrock X300 barebone and an AMD Ryzen 5700G CPU?

I'm especially worried about the possibility to efficiently cool the CPU in such a tight case.

 

Or is it better using a 4C/8T or 6C/12T CPU in the X300?

 

Thanks

 

[tkitch]

it supports the 5700G according to the Asrock info.

 

it just requires bios 1.70.  It may be on the warm side for the box?  But it should run fine.

 

[Freakwise]

12 minutes ago, Uji Ninja said:

Or is it better using a 4C/8T or 6C/12T CPU in the X300?

That's actually depends on the thing you actually want to do with it

 

Also, There's a good amount of aftermarket cooler like nh-l9i and some other budget offering

 

https://amp.reddit.com/r/ASRock/comments/k5dfgl/best_low_profile_rgb_cpu_cooler_for_asrock/

[Uji Ninja]

14 hours ago, tkitch said:

it supports the 5700G according to the Asrock info.

 

it just requires bios 1.70.  It may be on the warm side for the box?  But it should run fine.

 

 

The Bios is what will block me, unfortunately. I'd need another processor just to be able to update the bios, and I don't happen to own any

[Uji Ninja]

13 hours ago, Freakwise said:

That's actually depends on the thing you actually want to do with it

 

Also, There's a good amount of aftermarket cooler like nh-l9i and some other budget offering

 

https://amp.reddit.com/r/ASRock/comments/k5dfgl/best_low_profile_rgb_cpu_cooler_for_asrock/

 

Mostly light multimedia, internet etc.

But I would also use it for retrogaming with my daughter (up to PS2 and WII/WIIU), as well as converting a lot of old 1080i MPEG2 footage, from my old video camera, to 1080p h264 or h265 and save space in my archives.

 

Alas, as said above, it seems I'd need another CPU just to be able to update the X300 bios...

[Freakwise]

Don't know about the rest but 5600g with good enough ram is def enough for ps2 emu, 

Where do you want to buy it? 

Edited August 27, 2021 by Freakwise

[Uji Ninja]

1 hour ago, Freakwise said:

Don't know about the rest but 5600g with good enough ram is def enough for ps2 emu, 

Where do you want to buy it? 

Either BicCamera or Yodobashi, unless I find it in stock in some small computer shop downtown Kyoto, such as Dospara or PC Koubou.

[Freakwise]

6 minutes ago, Uji Ninja said:

Either BicCamera or Yodobashi, unless I find it in stock in some small computer shop downtown Kyoto, such as Dospara or PC Koubou.

If it is normal computer shop you can ask them to up the bios, not all do that but certainly worth the shot