Ryzen 1200 or i3 8100

[TheOnlyXenoT_T]

So i'm planning to build my very first gaming rig and i'm still struggling what platform to choose.

So this is what i really want from my gaming pc:

I want upgradeability so i don't have to buy a new Mobo when upgrading my CPU.

And this is what im going to do primarily:

Lots of gaming and editing.

and this is what i got for other parts

 

[Dragonheart]

If you don't want to buy a new motherboard every generation, go AMD, they said that they will support AM4 until 2020

[TheOnlyXenoT_T]

Alright thanks but besides the upgradeability thing what is a better CPU and CPU path ?

[Rainbow Dash]

The AMD Ryzen 3 2200G would be a great choice for the price, since it's a newer CPU than the Ryzen 3 1200. The i3-8100 is more expensive, but you don't get overclocking, it's slightly faster than the Ryzen 3 1200, the 300-series board will support the next gen, which is the 9th gen Intel CPUs. The Ryzen 3 1200 is slightly slower, cheaper, overclockable on the B350 budget motherboards, can be used on the 400-series boards, and the motherboard will support future AM4 CPUs.

[TheOnlyXenoT_T]

2 minutes ago, Rainbow Dash said:

The AMD Ryzen 3 2200G would be a great choice for the price, since it's a newer CPU than the Ryzen 3 1200. The i3-8100 is more expensive, but you don't get overclocking, it's slightly faster than the Ryzen 3 1200, the 300-series board will support the next gen, which is the 9th gen Intel CPUs. The Ryzen 3 1200 is slightly slower, cheaper, overclockable on the B350 budget motherboards, and can be used on the 400-series boards.

Yeah the Ryzen 2200G is like 15 euro's more so i'll go with that thanks for the help

[Taf the Ghost]

10 minutes ago, TheOnlyXenoT_T said:

Yeah the Ryzen 2200G is like 15 euro's more so i'll go with that thanks for the help

It's a good little CPU. And, in hilarious fashion, let's you run FreeSync with Nvidia GPUs.