New build woes

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So for Christmas I decided to build my grandson a starter PC. It really is a lousy experience. 16GB DDR4 Corsair Pro 3200MHZ, Ryzen R3 3200G cpu, Gigabyrte A520M K V2 motherboard and a Mesh fishtank case. 512GB NVME Firecuda and 2 Adata 240GB SSD's that I had going spare.

It really is slow as anything. All drivers installed correctly, Windows 11 bought serial key and installed via USB. So much so I've decided to return the 3200g and ordered him a 5600GT cpu instead. I'll probably buy him a 5050RTX to go with it. PSU is a good BEQUIET 450W
PSU I had going spare.

Installing anything takes a while, I've got bitlocker on the NVME as it seemed like a good idea at the time. Bios I've flashed to FE variant which is the latest available. When I did the flash the NVME required the bit locker code to be put in which was a pain but worked OK.
Went back into the BIOS to use XMP profile and check all was well there. Are these just slow as **** anyway or will the 5600GT make any difference? I am hoping to get him something he can play Fortnite on and a few Esport titles.
In comparison my 7800x3D is a rocketship. Am I expecting too much from a cheap build?

Also rather than the 5050RTX there is a Vega 56 locally cheap that is literally going begging, worth it or no?

Thank you in advance.
 
what do you mean by slow?
opening/loading programs or fps?
the 3200g is a zen+ cpu, so it's a bit anaemic by modern standards
if you're using the integrated graphics and have a beef with the FPS, then expectations must be managed on your side

the 5600gt will be better (zen 3, and with faster graphics) than the 3200g, but honestly you're better off with a 5600 and a separate gpu instead
the 5600gt has less L3 cache than a vanilla 5600, and you won't be using the integrated graphics if you have a separate gpu, so you're paying a lot of money for a gimped chip and unneeded integrated graphics

also the vega series graphics card drivers are now EOL so in all honesty i'd probably avoid them
oldest gpu series i would get is the nvidia 20 series or the radeon 7000 series, purely for the driver support
 
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