Athlon X4 950 vs Ryzen 3 1200

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Manos GR

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Hello Tomshardware' Forum.

Im building a PC and I want to ask something about what to get.
The system will be :
Aerocool CS-102 (Budget case, I don't want anymore) 25€
Aerocool AE-550 44€
Asrock B350M-Pro4V / Asus Prime B350-A 80 / 76€
Gigabyte RX 560 2GB 120€
4GB DDR4 2666MHz / 2400MHz 40 / 37€ (That will actually be upgraded to 8 later on)
And a 500GB HDD (Already have) that will be coupled with a 128GB SSD Later on.
And I want to ask: Should I get the Ryzen 3 1200 for 115€ or the Athlon X4 950 for 60€?
If I get the R3 I will get an Asrock Mobo that can OC with it, and if I get the 950 I will get a Asus Mobo that can OC it and I will get the 2666MHz RAM against the 2400MHz that the 950 can support if the R3 is what I should get.
I also live in Greece and prices are up to pretty high levels, so don't get impressed by that.

Any help Appreciated,
Manos writes.

Edit : The PC will be for Gaming and I want it to last for 2-3-4 years before having to upgrade the MB/CPU/GPU, even if I play future games on their ABSOLUTE lowest. Im also interested on a little bit of Youtubing with this PC, just some montages so have these 2 things on mind, thanks.
 
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The athlon is just a excavator refresh nothing new still gets beat by the true budget king pentium g4560, unless your planning to jump from athlon then straight to ryzen 5 in less than a year then go with the athlon but otherwise if your not planning to upgrade for a while then its worth to save up for the ryzen 3, the OC you get will make it last in terms of just gaming
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The athlon is just a excavator refresh nothing new still gets beat by the true budget king pentium g4560, unless your planning to jump from athlon then straight to ryzen 5 in less than a year then go with the athlon but otherwise if your not planning to upgrade for a while then its worth to save up for the ryzen 3, the OC you get will make it last in terms of just gaming
 
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Well, Not gonna get the X4 950 because prices are high up now here in Greece. Its 65-70€ and I will need a 20-30€ cooler to OC and not have a jet engine in my room, so it goes up to 100€, and I have to get an Asus board that are also higher up in prices here, so it's just the same price as R3 with a normal board. NOT WORTH. Thanks for the help everyone, have a good day. Also G4560 100€ here so Intel dead at budget things since X4 950 and Ryzen 3 1200 have 4 cores and including coolers 'n stuff they are same at price so no.
 
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Not entirely true... its on am4, which has a great upgrade path. If he wants better peformance he can get the 60$ am4 athlon, and then get an r3 later on... its only 100$ simple. 60$ -109$ anyday for 25% performance. The 950 isnt as u people make it out to be.. its a solid budget 1080p high gaming cpu. Nothing less, paired with a 1050 ti. And ur set.
 
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Most ppl above have no idea baout athlon value. It is the best cpu for 560 or 1050. When mildly oced to 4.0-4.1 it is same as pentium g4560. When oced to 4.8 its as fast as i3 7100. To give u perspective i say 1200 oc is perfect fit for 570/1060 3 gb and those gpus are twice as fast as 560[https://youtu.be/WFRXzR8D8kw].

I suggest u go for athlon and squeeze 8 gb ram as fast as u can.
 
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I didnt say it was great cuz it isnt, but ita good enough to get on the am4, platform like i said...
 
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