Old AMD CPU's ?

[Jase]

I am trying to help someone with a computer build with some bits they were given which appear to be quite old:

The system has a motherboard a Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 R2
On the motherboard there is an AMD CPU : AMD FX FD8350

However in another box we found another CPU : AMD Ryzen 3 3200G

I've no idea about old AMD CPU's and was wondering which of the above is the best CPU (they want it to play some games) and if it is the 3200G does it work in the motherboard they have.

Thanks

 

[Jase]

3200g is better but it wont work in the board listed.

Thanks for the reply.

Based on the dates I thought it may be better, shame it doesn't work with the motherboard though.

 

[Jase]

Pick up a cheap A320 motherboard (less than £30) and go with the 3200G ? Then they won't even need a GPU, It won't set any world records but for the small cost...

I might upset some people on the forum as the FX8350 (strangely) had many fans on here, but I consider it to be one of the worst chips of the last decade. Terrible single core performance coupled with atrocious power consumption. The worst combination. Your friend won't thank you for using one in a build after the October power price increases. Imo the chip is a complete non starter.

The good news: You should still get nearly £30 for it on the auction site. Enough for a board for the 3200g.
The better news: The 3200g is a great chip for office PC work and older/indie gaming. A new A320 board won't need a bios update unless its been sitting on a shop shelf for >2.5 years. It might be worth sending questions to 2nd hand sellers to find out what bios revisions they have. They sell for about £20 delivered.

You can run the 3200g with its integrated graphics on a picopsu /90W power brick £20 combo. Its integrated graphics performance is about 75% of a last gen console. Power use in windows doing office work will be <30 watts.

Thanks both, I'll pass this info on and see if they want to go the 3200G route.