Question Question Does anybody know if a Gigabyte a520m s2h is compatible with a 3200g? I have read it boots, but games or 3d tasks, crash the system.

[dan1991Ro]

It's for my parents, my dad would game sometime, light games, maybe civ V, civ VI, stuff like that. The rest would be Netflix, Office type stuff, video calls etc.
Would it crash without a DGPU? I already have the 3200g, ordered the motherboard, but can still cancel.
I know it is an old mobo and an even older cpu, but maybe you guys know if Gigabyte a520 mobos are compatible with 3rd gen Ryzen APUs or not.

 

[Darkbreeze]

That's a very low end motherboard. But, the 3200g is a very low TDP processor and while it's not a great board, should be fine for that processor. It's only a 45-65w part.

Somebody having crashes was likely somebody running a low quality crappy power supply or running PBO and overheating the VRMs, or simply had a bad board.

 

[ohio_buckeye]

Should be fine. For the money might pick up a 4500g. 6 cores 12 threads but a lower end part still. Can usually get them for about 60-70 dollars. But as long as you’re not running a high end cpu or trying to overlock it should be fine.

 

[RAIDGoblin]

it should work

 

[Darkbreeze]

Should be fine. For the money might pick up a 4500g. 6 cores 12 threads but a lower end part still. Can usually get them for about 60-70 dollars. But as long as you’re not running a high end cpu or trying to overlock it should be fine.

He already has the 3200G though, so unlikely.

 

[ohio_buckeye]

Ah, cool. Then yes have fun. Should be good to go.

 

[dan1991Ro]

Ok. Thank you all for the responses. I will leave another message in a few days to report back if it works or not, but I feel more confident now that it will.

 

[SkyNetRising]

maybe you guys know if Gigabyte a520 mobos are compatible with 3rd gen Ryzen APUs or not.

It is compatible.
But requires BIOS version F10 for Ryzen 3 3200g support.

 

[dan1991Ro]

It is compatible.
But requires BIOS version F10 for Ryzen 3 3200g support.

This guy

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMf3JvqLFQs
did a video after the bios that claims to support it, for a different a520 motherboard from Gigabyte, yes, but it had the same bios update and it didnt work with the gpu part of the APU in games.