Ryzen APU Budget build for WOW Ram questions

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This is my proposed build for World of Warcraft gaming:

- AMD Ryzen 2400g
- Asus Prime X370-Pro
- HyperX Predator 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3333MHz
- Blue 3D NAND 500GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps

I already have the case, 1tb HDD and a Corsair 850w power supply. My questions are will this run WOW ok for the money or are there better alternatives?

The second question is about the RAM. According to the specs a 2400g will only support up to 2933mhz, but I've seen it suggested that at least 3000mhz should be used when utilizing the APU.

Apologies if this is a daft question but how does that work?
 
If you're on a budget the 2400g will play WoW at 1080p medium settings (from scanning forum banter/youtube).
If you want to save some more money the MSI b450 Tomahawk is cheaper, better VRMs and will cope with Zen 2 easier as a result if you plan to upgrade in future - unless you need some of the features of the x370 (better audio)?

*Do you need WiFi?

The selected memory will defiantly run at 2933MHz (which is minimum Ryzen performance requirement) and the sticks you have chosen may hit higher (no guarantee) or you may be able to force tighter timings - both a bonus:

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £393.42 (includes shipping: £10.50)




Better motherboard b450 (if features required), has the same audio as the x370 - better VRMs and WiFi if required:

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £413.46 (includes shipping: £10.50)​
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My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £455.06 (includes shipping: £11.10)​
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two free games, The division 2 and World War Z !

8GB of ram, but can always add later -. B-grade board - 90 days warranty but think afterwards Gigabyte might be able to deal with it but couldn't comment on that one
should handle 1080p high settings with LARGE raids. also Run DX12 !
 
^Prefer this option.

Nice bundle @orbitalwalsh (i always forget to look at b-grade).

At OP, from the little reading i've done WOW seems heavy on the CPU - so above build would be a better option if within budget - plus a discrete GPU to boot. You can always upgrade to 16Gb when funds allow - or sell the free games and get 16Gb now!

Lots more room to upgrade and the 2600 will happily pair with future GPU's...
 
Thanks, nice to know I'm heading in the right direction. I'm currently using an AMD FX8320, HD 6670 GPU and 16gb 1600mhz of ddr3 ram. The only thing that bothers me is losing 4 cores but I would imagine that wouldn't effect WOW or my astrophotography photo editing much. Other than that the new system beats my old one hands down as far as I can see.
 
cuivenion said:
Thanks, nice to know I'm heading in the right direction. I'm currently using an AMD FX8320, HD 6670 GPU and 16gb 1600mhz of ddr3 ram. The only thing that bothers me is losing 4 cores but I would imagine that wouldn't effect WOW or my astrophotography photo editing much. Other than that the new system beats my old one hands down as far as I can see.
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Look at it more as your losing 8 terrible cores - and gaining a 6 core/12 thread CPU with far, far superior performance.

There really is no comparison - the 2600 paired with either the 570 or 580 will trounce your current build - there probably YouTube examples - and as mentioned if you buy the GPU first you could sell the games and put it tpwards 16Gb of memory. You would suddenly have a system that will breeze through WoW at 1080p on high:

 
ditch the FX, even DX12 cant help it, ryzen 1400/2400G with 4 cores and 8 thread smashes it or first gen i7 ...

heads up, WOW BFA take sup 70GB of storage, if your going to play Classic when it comes out , 40GB odd, slap in Windows 10 at 20GB ... it all adds up

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asro...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-003-ak.html

would avoid Powercolor... seen few cases of their RMA being shocking or slow, resellers end up replacing with another brand due to it hitting 28 days without any word

ryzen 2600 for £133 +
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £332.07 (includes shipping: £11.10)​
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Well I got hold of an MX500 500g ssd. Wow is all I can say. Boot times have gone from upwards of 90s to about 10-15s and software loads so much quicker. I've decided to wait for the new Ryzen 3600 to come out as it will apparently have quite a performance boost over the 2600.
Motherboard will be the MSI B450 Tomahawk and if the rx570's are still going cheap I'll go for one of them. Still not sure if I need 16gb of ram or not, I may go for it to be on the safe side.
 
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