• Happy holidays, folks! Thanks to each and every one of you for being part of the Tom's Hardware community!

[SOLVED] AMD a320 vs b350

.valkyrie.

Honorable
Nov 29, 2018
485
7
10,795
hi
i want to build my new system with AMD ryzen 3 2200G for Esport gaming and maby some casual other games and i'm really tight on budget... need 3 part, Cpu+ram+mobo

about mobo, i have to option, A320 or b350
i know 320 cant OC, and i dont have plan to do so.
how about iGPU , vega 8? if i chose a a320, does it mean than i cant OC my vga either? or even dedicate nvidia Vga i buy later?

what else do i loss beside OC if i go with b350?

 
Solution
I would spend the small extra and get a a B350, they are just better quality. Also be sure the motherboard says "Ryzen 2000" or Raven Ridge ready, otherwise the BIOS may not be up to date (although unlikely at this point).

Well there will be no overclocking with the A320 board. Even if you could, the amount of performance gain on overclocking the Vega graphics will be minimal.

Not sure if you've only looked at ASUS but MSI, Gigabyte and ASRock are also good options for motherboard brands and usually are alittle cheaper.