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2400g > 2700x > any other options

ozaudio

ozaudio

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ive just binned of my 2400g system because it had a 2 dead ram slots so wasnt running in dual channel mode, ended up getting a full ROG B450 / 2700X / RAM / NVME / RX580 for a good price, yes its faster yada yada, but i never play games, youtube / general web only... even though ive only had these new parts for 2 days, im thinking simply having a gpu using power and a cpu like this is using more power than i need it to be for what i use it for. really i should have just bought anew board for my 2400g CPU and of been done but what ever. im now tempted to sell this on and tempted to buy upgrade to something newer / less power usage and has IGPU like a AMD 5600G, but im now seeing that intel cpus are cheaper and seem to of caught back up to ryzens core count and speed, if i was to sell this kit and add a few more ££ , what would be the best options for say between £200 and £250 for a cpu and board? im honestly thinking maybe even go for a new case and go micro itx? i have seen 5600g online for £110 or so but im sure i was reading that even intels I3s these days are like 4 c / 8t now and pretty fast.

i could also just get rid of the rx 580 and go for a small gpu that doesnt even need and psu direct power as its only for display only. its been ages since ive looked at new components so have no clue on whats best value these days

cheers
 
You could sell just the RX 580 and 2700X and buy a 4600G or 5600G. the B450 board should be fine with a BIOS update (unless it was already updated).

For your usage, it really doesn't matter. 5600G, 12100, 12400, whatever is cheapest. You could even go 12100 + DDR5 board, but there's not much point in that either.
 
i didnt even know a 5600g will work with a b450 board. cheapest option im guessing will be to stay AMD as i already have a board. from what i can see 4600g going for wouldnt it make sense to just go for a 5600g for the extra £20 or so

after a quick look at this board supported chips, it seems its supported depending on which bios i have, also just checked and a 5600g is showing as been a faster chip aswell ? seems this is going to be the best option , much newer chip / faster / lower power usage/ less noise / less heat. but also it shouldnt reallycost anything either after selling these, or very little
 
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If you still have the 2400G, I'd just put this in there for your use case. Did you sell it off, or did it genuinely go in the bin? :eek:
Selling off the GPU/CPU should get you cash with money leftover for a 5300G/5600G or 4650G.

There are some quite small MATX cases around these days, which would help you avoid the "ITX tax", if you were going to start from scratch. As said above, a cheap 12100 with DDR4 board would be good too.
 
ozaudio said:
from what i can see 4600g going for wouldn't it make sense to just go for a 5600g for the extra £20 or so
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Yeah, it is a better CPU, a newer architecture and more cache. But, realistically, you're unlikely to notice the difference for YouTube/general usage, so it depends how much £20 is worth to you.
 
I have a 5600g. 20 watts idle and 25 doing basic tasks running off a 90 watt pico psu. IGPU gaming performance roughly matches last gen consoles after you overclock it a tad. Windows video editing performance is surprisingly decent. Though I don't know how that stacks up against Intel integrated performance in this area. As per most commentators in the gfx forum recently, I've been pleased with AMD general driver reliability on it.

Assuming you want full windows capability the alternatives would be 2400g which you already have, which (afaik) isn't Win11 compatible. 3400g which is and will be cheaper 2nd hand than buying a 5600g new. And Intel stuff as you suggest in your first post. With no Windows capability requirement for just a low power browsing device, you could look at Raspberry Pi or attaching a kb/mouse to a tablet or phone.

I was already on AM4 and sold the machine's gfx card during the shortage. That's why I didn't go 3400g as their 2nd hand prices were inflated (£90 at the time) and I'd had 3 out of 5 past 2nd hand AM4 cpus I'd bought arrive with bent pins. So had enough of dealing with the 2nd hand AM4 market.
I didn't go 2400g as I wanted Windows 11 capability.

TLDR: If I was building a low power box from scratch and didn't intend to PS3 era/indie game on it, I'd just buy 2nd hand Intel stuff for your use case. If you don't need win 11, you'd just stick with the 2400g. I think the 5600g only fits a purpose for people needing more gaming performance than cheap Intel stuff offers.
 
Emlyn_Dewar said:
If you still have the 2400G, I'd just put this in there for your use case. Did you sell it off, or did it genuinely go in the bin? :eek:
Selling off the GPU/CPU should get you cash with money leftover for a 5300G/5600G or 4650G.

There are some quite small MATX cases around these days, which would help you avoid the "ITX tax", if you were going to start from scratch. As said above, a cheap 12100 with DDR4 board would be good too.
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the 2400g was sold of with the dodgy motherboard and some mixed ram for £60.

the case i have now is a corsair 300r and only fits under my desk side ways, the desk is only around 15 inch at a guess , i assume these days you can get cases withouth the need for the DVD and 3.5 HDD bays with nvme drivers now been the go to thing
 
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