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AMD 1200 or 2200G?

ED209

ED209

ED209

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I am building my son a PC for his birthday which is the end of next month.

So far I have chosen the following parts for him

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £179.67 (includes shipping: £11.70)​
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I have a PSU, Windows, Monitor etc for him already but I cannot decide on the processor.

If I use the 1200 I then have a spare Radeon HD 5830 1GB but looking at the 2200G I am wondering if the Vega graphics would be better than the HD 5830 as one in dedicated gpu and the other is built in and would use system ram.

I could also change the case to a Micro atx one if the 5830 is not required but this is 30cm long

He would be using the PC for the following games.

All Lego games
Garden Warfare 1 and 2
All sorts of Roblox games.

thanks a lot!
 
Cheers for the replies everyone.

I have decided to go for the following.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £266.62 (includes shipping: £11.70)​
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any suggestions on another mobo? cant decide on one yet as some only run at a max of 2666mhz ram, I will need to check the B350 has the latest bios to use this cpu as well.
 
orbitalwalsh said:
with other vendors mobo and BIOS, only thing is taking the shot to see if it has sticker stating raven ridge compatible, if not you'll have to ask AMD for a boot kit .
Its a question of stock, how long its sat on he shelf for / is it a fast selling board so newer stock comes in/ have vendor recalled back older stock to replaced with flashed stock
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I am hoping its on a recent bios as this was out of stock at the weekend but going to call anyway to see if they can make sure it is before sending it out.

Journey said:
Just call OCUk and do the order over the phone, if they want your cash they'll make sure the board you get is compatible. ;)
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I shall do that either that or place the order and then do a post on the forum customer service section or webnote as depends on how lazy im feeling lol
 
One thing I have just noticed is that the I3 8100 is only £15 more, is it worth looking at this as well over the 2200G?
 
Journey said:
Sure, look at it, then don't bother since the built in HD graphics are diabolical at best. The limiting factor you will face, no matter which CPU you chose will be the graphics bottle neck, the HD 5830 is not going to perform better on an i3-8100 vs. the 2200G, and the i3 as you put it is more expensive, 27% more expensive. :)
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I did think that maybe the case as well.

I shall stick with the Ryzen then, thanks a lot for the replies everyone :D

Final build is as follows

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £266.62 (includes shipping: £11.70)​
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