Is the ryzen 5 2400g good?

Pazza0102 · 1 Mar 2019 at 20:13

Right now I have an AMD and I'm still looking through ones to buy and my friend recommended me this so thought I'd ask how good it is and can it run most games?

Thanks

InfiniteNoise · 1 Mar 2019 at 20:19

For what you get, it's pretty good.

It can do some games at 1080p at playable frame rates.

CuriousTomCat · 1 Mar 2019 at 20:20

There's plenty of reviews on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZxax9SAtRI

Ezyryder · 1 Mar 2019 at 20:31

It is a decent chip, you can play some games with it, mostly 1080p with reduced details or 720p at mid details but pretty decent for the price.

Pazza0102 · 1 Mar 2019 at 20:31

CuriousTomCat said:
There's plenty of reviews on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZxax9SAtRI

Thanks, this was very helpful. But I have 8GB ram so does that mean I need to upgrade it?

Pazza0102 · 1 Mar 2019 at 20:33

Ezyryder said:
It is a decent chip, you can play some games with it, mostly 1080p with reduced details or 720p at mid details but pretty decent for the price.

What do you think is better between the Ryzen 5 quad core 1500X or the ryzen 5 2400g?

Danny75 · 1 Mar 2019 at 20:34

What exactly have you got, what motherboard in particular but everything else too, and how much £ for upgrade?

CuriousTomCat · 1 Mar 2019 at 20:36

Pazza0102 said:
Thanks, this was very helpful. But I have 8GB ram so does that mean I need to upgrade it?

What is the spec of your current computer?

Pazza0102 · 1 Mar 2019 at 20:37

Danny75 said:
What exactly have you got, what motherboard in particular but everything else too, and how much £ for upgrade?

At the moment I have this;

AMD A8-9600 Radeon R7, 10 compute cores 4C+6G
64 bit
8GB ram
DDR4
Motherboard is ASRock, A320M-HDV.

CuriousTomCat · 1 Mar 2019 at 20:39

Pazza0102 said:
What do you think is better between the Ryzen 5 quad core 1500X or the ryzen 5 2400g?

Well the 2400G has built in graphics. The Ryzen 5 quad core 1500X will require a graphics card which will be faster than using the graphics built into the 2400g. I thought you asked about the 2400g because you cant afford a graphics card. There's no point buying a 2400g if you're going to have a graphics card anyway. The video I posted was assuming you were going to be using it's built in graphics.

varkanoid · 1 Mar 2019 at 20:40

8gb RAM is fine, 16gb is better.

Danny75 · 1 Mar 2019 at 20:41

If you don't have/don't get a graphics card, then your choices are 2200G or 2400G.

InfiniteNoise · 1 Mar 2019 at 20:41

Pazza0102 said:
At the moment I have this;

AMD A8-9600 Radeon R7, 10 compute cores 4C+6G
64 bit
8GB ram
DDR4
Motherboard is ASRock, A320M-HDV.

Ryzen 2400G is a huge upgrade over your APU.

Pazza0102 · 1 Mar 2019 at 20:41

CuriousTomCat said:
Well the 2400G has built in graphics. The Ryzen 5 quad core 1500X will require a graphics card which will be faster than using the graphics built into the 2400g. I thought you asked about the 2400g because you cant afford a graphics card. There's no point buying a 2400g if you're going to have a graphics card anyway.

I don't have a graphics card at the moment which is why I want to change my cpu because my current one is crap and the integrated graphics card I currently have is just useless.

Is it worth buying a graphics card with the 2400g? The main idea I have here is I want to be able to buy something that can run most games (the only high demanding game I have is Doom currently).

Pazza0102 · 1 Mar 2019 at 20:42

Idartalis said:
Ryzen 2400G is a huge upgrade over your APU.

Yes, will it work? That's my main concern. Will it work with my motherboard?

InfiniteNoise · 1 Mar 2019 at 20:43

Pazza0102 said:
Yes, will it work? That's my main concern. Will it work with my motherboard?

A320M-HDV?

It should, but you'll probably need to do a BIOS update, but looking up the specs of the motherboard, looks like it's supported.

Pazza0102 · 1 Mar 2019 at 20:44

Idartalis said:
A320M-HDV?

It should, but you'll most likely need to do a BIOS upgrade first.

My friend works with computers so I'm sure he will know how to do that. I just don't want to buy something that isn't compatible with my motherboard.

CuriousTomCat · 1 Mar 2019 at 20:59

varkanoid said:
8gb RAM is fine, 16gb is better.

That's true if you have a graphics card. However, once you dedicate 4Gb system memory for vram, that only leaves 4Gb RAM. So 16Gb total will be okay which will allow you 12Gb RAM + 4Gb vram.

Danny75 · 1 Mar 2019 at 21:52

We don't know your budget Pazza. A B-Grade Ryzen 1200 (£59.99 in OcUK Deals > Clearance section) and a second-hand GTX 970 for £75 from the Bay or the Gum place, would be a lot more bang for buck. Doom is not very demanding compared to other games so it would help with those. Long as you have a decent PSU.

budge1972 · 3 Mar 2019 at 12:11

If you decide on a 2400g APU then i'd recommend 16gb ddr4 3000/3200 ram as it reallly helps with gaming. I,m using a 2400g with an Asus Prime A320k motherboard and 16gb 3000 ram and its a decent performer.