2400g > 2700x > any other options

[ozaudio]

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

 

[ozaudio]

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

 

[ozaudio]

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?
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.

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