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Should I go with an I3-10100 system or Athlon 3000g?

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What is your use case? If you intend to always use integrated graphics and you are gaming, then the AMD route would be better, but it would be even better if you got the i3 10100 and then purchased a dedicated graphics card in a year or two, rather than upgrade to a Ryzen 5 5600G or whatever.

 

The better Ryzen APUs are more powerful as CPUs, sure, but the integrated graphics are a huge bottleneck. The i3 paired with a used RX 570 or 1650 will overall perform much better for gaming, and those cards will almost certainly cost less than something like a Ryzen 5 5600G once you have the money to upgrade.

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I'm stuck between latest hardware for faster and more efficient(i3) or a bit slower but can be upgrade able(Athlon) I don't plan on overclocking

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13 minutes ago, Zastonish said:

I'm stuck between latest hardware for faster and more efficient(i3) or a bit slower but can be upgrade able(Athlon) I don't plan on overclocking

Why start with a lowly Athlon rather than a ryzen?

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I wouldn't call either latest, but the i3-10100 is still competent and leagues ahead of Athlon 3000G.

 

 

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2 hours ago, Zastonish said:

I'm stuck between latest hardware for faster and more efficient(i3) or a bit slower but can be upgrade able(Athlon) I don't plan on overclocking

I would go for a ryzen 3 of some sort they are not expensive especially if you get them second hand and the motherboards are cheap. You have the performance and efficiently of the Intel chip and still great upgrade path

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What is your use case? If you intend to always use integrated graphics and you are gaming, then the AMD route would be better, but it would be even better if you got the i3 10100 and then purchased a dedicated graphics card in a year or two, rather than upgrade to a Ryzen 5 5600G or whatever.

 

The better Ryzen APUs are more powerful as CPUs, sure, but the integrated graphics are a huge bottleneck. The i3 paired with a used RX 570 or 1650 will overall perform much better for gaming, and those cards will almost certainly cost less than something like a Ryzen 5 5600G once you have the money to upgrade.

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On 4/17/2022 at 11:49 AM, steelo said:

Why start with a lowly Athlon rather than a ryzen?

My wallet is going to kill me if I do

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