Ryzen 3 1200 or 1300x or 2200G

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Hi guys! I'm just new in PC Building, and I just want to know your thoughts about this situation:

I live here in the UAE and these CPU's cost almost the same.

Ryzen 3 1200 (119 USD)
Ryzen 3 1300x (125 USD)
Ryzen 3 2200G (130 USD)

Which one should I choose?

I could go with the 2200G, save up and buy a DGPU later OR I can go with the other 2 and purchase together with a DGPU. For the DGPU, I am leaning towards a GTX 1060 6GB.

By the way, I will 100% be overclocking.

Thanks!
 
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Ryzen 3 1200 is much weaker than the other two. Because of the price difference, he would discard it. It is also too weak to deal with a GTX 1060 6GB.

Among the other two, from the CPU point of view the Ryzen 3 1300x is slightly better than the Ryzen 3 2200G. Although there is little difference in speed, the 1300x has 8MB of cache contrra 4 MB of the other cpu. But it is a very light advantage. The two CPUs can handle the GTX 1060 6G for the vast majority of games. It is possible that in a game very dependent on the CPU is a bottleneck, but it is not normal.

The Ryzen 3 2200G integrated card is quite weak, more or less like a GT 1030 or an RX 550. Ryzen 3 1300x has no integrated card and you must buy one from the first moment.

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Ryzen 3 1200 is much weaker than the other two. Because of the price difference, he would discard it. It is also too weak to deal with a GTX 1060 6GB.

Among the other two, from the CPU point of view the Ryzen 3 1300x is slightly better than the Ryzen 3 2200G. Although there is little difference in speed, the 1300x has 8MB of cache contrra 4 MB of the other cpu. But it is a very light advantage. The two CPUs can handle the GTX 1060 6G for the vast majority of games. It is possible that in a game very dependent on the CPU is a bottleneck, but it is not normal.

The Ryzen 3 2200G integrated card is quite weak, more or less like a GT 1030 or an RX 550. Ryzen 3 1300x has no integrated card and you must buy one from the first moment.

I'm assuming he wants the PC to play. If you just wanted it for microsaft office, internet and watching videos, GTX 1060 6B is too powerful for your needs and Ryzen 3 2200G would be your choice.

I suggest you check the prices, in your country, of Ryzen 5 1500x or Ryzen 5 2400g since both are quite better.

You can also look at the price of the Ryzen 5 1400. I would only recommend this CPU if you intend, as you say, to do OC, since, in this case, it exceeds the Ryzen 3 1300x.

Remember that Ryzen 3 2200G and Ryzen 5 2400G if they use chipert B350 or X370 the mobo requires a Bios update.
 
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Sep 5, 2018
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Hi! Thanks for the answers, first of all I only want to buy the parts locally.

And for your suggested choices, these are the prices (converted to USD) :

Ryzen 5 1400 = 157 USD
Ryzen 5 2400G = 203 USD
Ryzen 5 1500x = 202 USD

Are the performance gains worth it considering the price difference?

And finally, this is for gaming (maybe with a few apps running in the background).

Cheers!

 

punkncat

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For the $6 difference in your original post I would do the 1300X.
There are quite a few benchmarks out that show the 1200 is fully capable of 60 frame gaming at 1080 with the 1060 or 580 level cards. There was almost no difference between that level and moving up to the 70/80 cards which show the bottleneck.

Whatever R3 you choose you will want to OC it to get the best performance out of it.
 
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Thanks a lot.. But I just found a better price for 2200G at 109USD, is it better compared to the 1300x?

And yeah, I am also considering the 1500X/2400G but the price difference is too much for me.
 

punkncat

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IMO the 2200G trades off a little for the integrated graphics, but probably not enough to really notice in most work. It would give you the option to start off with it before moving to a GPU of choice.
Keep in mind that the 2200g will work out of the box on the newer chipsets. Older chipsets will require a BIOS update to work with the newer chip, but not the 1xxx.