Budget HTPC cpu choice

[nootnoot1277]

so ive recently been given a budget by my father to upgrade the computer that's going to run our home theatre.
I'm very interested in an AMD themed build as I've never actually built an AMD powered pc because lets face it the last 10 or so years of AMD have been total garbage compared to Intel. Also i've read their upgrade path is great with their new Ryzen 7 lineup as apposed to Intel who are overpriced and also need a whole new board for CoffeeLake.
The CPU's i'm looking at are the: A12-9800, Ryzen 3 1200 (both $149AUD) or an i3 7100($155) and the Mobo's are the same price now idc if your a team blue or team red fanboy I'm only interested in which performs the best for a HTPC/Casual gaming. For now it wont be paired with a very good gpu as all i have spare at the moment are a 550ti and a water cooled gtx 480 which are both still better than the APU's built in GPU so that takes the graphics performance of the cpu's out of the equation (550ti is 23% more powerful, 480 is 135% more powerful)

[You_are_a_cunt]

Considering you already have a GPU lined up for the build, I'd go with the R3 1200 with a decent aftermarket cooler and a decent OC (if needed). Performance-wise it'd blow up the 7100 and the A12.

[nootnoot1277]

2 minutes ago, revsilverspine said:

Considering you already have a GPU lined up for the build, I'd go with the R3 1200 with a decent aftermarket cooler and a decent OC (if needed). Performance-wise it'd blow up the 7100 and the A12.

ok cool, the only thing is i read earlier that the r3 1200 peforms about as well as the good old i5 2400 (one currently powers my main pc). would you say the i3 peforms better to justify the price or is it another case of intel greed? allowing the cheapr quad core to beat the more expensive dual core

[You_are_a_cunt]

1 hour ago, nootnoot1277 said:

ok cool, the only thing is i read earlier that the r3 1200 peforms about as well as the good old i5 2400 (one currently powers my main pc). would you say the i3 peforms better to justify the price or is it another case of intel greed? allowing the cheapr quad core to beat the more expensive dual core

AFAIK The R3 1200 beats the i3-7100 by about 10% overall (at stock)

Considering the 1200 is unlocked and can be overclocked, you'd be seeing at least the 10% performance increase

[nootnoot1277]

28 minutes ago, revsilverspine said:

AFAIK The R3 1200 beats the i3-7100 by about 10% overall (at stock)

Considering the 1200 is unlocked and can be overclocked, you'd be seeing at least the 10% performance increase

Cheers thanks for the info ill go AMD this time.

[You_are_a_cunt]

Just now, nootnoot1277 said:

Cheers thanks for the info ill go AMD this time.

IF you're overclocking the 1200, be sure to pick up a b350 motherboard.

[nootnoot1277]

56 minutes ago, revsilverspine said:

IF you're overclocking the 1200, be sure to pick up a b350 motherboard.

im not much of an overclocker never actually played around with it apart from using set fsb on an old dell. why the B350?

[You_are_a_cunt]

1 minute ago, nootnoot1277 said:

im not much of an overclocker never actually played around with it apart from using set fsb on an old dell. why the B350?

b350 and x370 are the only chipsets that allow overclocking on the AM4 platform

x370 being the highend with obviously higher prices and not worth the premium for a HTPC

[nootnoot1277]

Just now, revsilverspine said:

b350 and x370 are the only chipsets that allow overclocking on the AM4 platform

ah ok i see. would you say its worth the extra $30? i would think so since the cheapest B350 board available to me is an Asrock B350 Pro 4 which has Crossfire and is very cool looking however no sli support for some reason which sucks.

[You_are_a_cunt]

Just now, nootnoot1277 said:

ah ok i see. would you say its worth the extra $30? i would think so since the cheapest B350 board available to me is an Asrock B350 Pro 4 which has Crossfire and is very cool looking however no sli support for some reason which sucks.

Do you really need the SLI support?

I mean, budget and SLI don't really mix and it would be a waste of money to get SLI going with a R5 1200

[nootnoot1277]

Just now, revsilverspine said:

Do you really need the SLI support?

I mean, budget and SLI don't really mix and it would be a waste of money to get SLI going with a R5 1200

well i have 2 gtx 480's that would go well in it but cant with no sli support.

[You_are_a_cunt]

1 minute ago, nootnoot1277 said:

well i have 2 gtx 480's that would go well in it but cant with no sli support.

Then go with x370 if you really want to SLI those two cards.

Dunno, I'd just sell the two GTX 480s, get a b350 board and with the money from the GPUs and however much I wouldn't be paying for x370 I'd get a single card that would most likely have a bit more horsepower and less power consumption

[nootnoot1277]

1 minute ago, revsilverspine said:

Then go with x370 if you really want to SLI those two cards.

Dunno, I'd just sell the two GTX 480s, get a b350 board and with the money from the GPUs and however much I wouldn't be paying for x370 I'd get a single card that would most likely have a bit more horsepower and less power consumption

Lol not gonna happen i love those cards haha ill just chuck a 550ti in it or a single 480 in it for until i can afford another gpu.