Can i add an external GPU to the ryzen APU?

[marsel.herdian]

so, i've searched for the good AM4 motherboard that compatible with ryzen APU, and i see the B350 is the good one. cuz, it's cheap and support overclocking. And i thought i will buy the Asrock B350M. But, when i read the feature, it's written "A-Series APU (Bristol Ridge) is supported by connecting external graphics card."
So, is the Ryzen APU not supported for an external GPU for this motherboard?
i see the X370 supported multi external GPUs, but it's to expensive for me.

 

[Lutfij]

The APU has an onboard GPU within the processor die. It's more powerful than what Intel has on their CPU's. If you intend to drop in a discrete GPU, it rules out the point of having to buy an APU in the first place. If you're going for an APU, it would be because you want a small form factor machine and you don't run graphic intensive games or apps. If you do run graphics intensive apps and games, then you're going to need a discrete GPU.

So to end, what are the rest of your components in your build looking like? What are your usage scenarios?

 

[marsel.herdian]

so, i read the news that GPU prices are going down, but, in my country the prices still not going down, maybe i need to wait for 6 months or 1 year for the prices going down. so i decided to build a ryzen APU PC build, i've followed the ryzen APU update from it release until now, watch some reviews on youtube, looking for the global benchmark, and i think this is the best solution for overpriced GPU.
And so, i wanna build an PC with APU, and gonna upgrade it soon with the GTX 1050 Ti after the GPU prices going down in my country.
btw, i build pc for do multi tasking work, rendering my projects, and i like gaming but i am not a hardcore gamer, so i'm not going for gtx 1060 or higher .

 

[madmatt30]

Firstly Bristol ridge aren't ryzen or vega, there repurposed Athlon based cpu's just made to fit the same socket .

You want raven ridge , essentially just the 2200g & 2400g.

& yes you can add a discrete gpu to these in the future, a lot of people are buying these for the exact reason you're considering it.

A couple of caveats

1. You want as fast ram as possible to use the integrated gpu for gaming - 2666kHz dual channel as an absolute minimum

2. A lot of b350 boards require a bios update to run these cpu's.old stock will be on a bios that is too old to be compatible.
Updated boards will have a 'ryzen 2000 ready' label on the advertising & on the box.
Its impossible to update a board without first running an older Bristol ridge apu or ryzen gen 1 gpu.
If you're buying from a physical shop they 'should' be able to update it before you take it home,