Ryzen APU compatability

[Bodvarson]

I'm building my first PC because my 860m GPU fried itself a few weeks ago. I want to buy a Ryzen 5 APU and pair it will a GPU. My question is whether or not the Ryzen APU is compatible with a Nvidia graphics card. 

[R3ep3r]

Firstly indeed it is named APU but by default it is a CPU with integrated graphics. If you pair a CPU with integrated graphics to a dedicated graphics card you'll be able where to connect the monitor. To the mobo's display ports or to the graphics card's ports. 

All in all the Ryzen APU will work with the GPU. Anyways, if you do not use the integrated graphics on that CPU I'd recommend you get a Ryzen 5 1500x that is almost equal to the Ryzen 5 APU(probably the 2400G) and also both have the same price.

If you consider comparing these CPUs you'll find out that indeed the APU has a higher clock BUT, (there's always a BUT) the CPU(Ryzen 5 1500x) has almost four times the lv3 cache the APU has. (APU Cache Level 3 - 4096 kb / CPU Cache Level 3 - 16384 kb)

[faziten]

If you intend to use the APU as a transition from going iGP to discrete GPU is a nice purchase. But if you wont be using the iGP at least for a few months, then buy Ryzen 1600. Its a better CPU.

 

Ofc, APUs are compatible with Nv GPUs

[dragoon20005]

there is no issue doing an APU first and later go with a dGPU

 

right now for better value the Ryzen 3 2200G with fast RAM and OC the snort out of the CPU and iGPU will be your best bet

 

down the road, you can swap the APU with the Ryzen refresh like the Ryzen 5 2600 once they arrive in April when you have a GPU