[SOLVED] Ryzen 3 2200g for gaming

[holley.deondre]

So I’ve mad my decision. 230$ will get me a msi b350 motherboard ( 4 ram slots up to 64gb ram, am4, 1 pcie x16, 4 sata, usb 2.0,3.0) and 16gb g skill ram and by it being a micro atx I have a case for it. I now have a r9 390x fx8350 with 2 broken pins 8gb ddr3

I’ll be ordering the motherboard today since it’s 45$ but is it a good one based on reliability

 

[Supahos]

If you can I'd suggest a b450 motherboard. Some b350s don't have the bios required to run a 2200g straight out of the box

 

[tommyducker19]

If you can I'd suggest a b450 motherboard. Some b350s don't have the bios required to run a 2200g straight out of the box

This isn't correct. The 2200g is based on first gen Ryzen and was released before second Gen Ryzen. So it will work straight into a B350 motherboard.

I do think you will be better going for a B450 as you won't need a BIOS update if you want to upgrade to a second gen Ryzen CPU.

 

[holley.deondre]

Couldn’t I just update it with my usb flash drive anyway? I’m trying to convert as cheap and fast as possible and I only have money to get the b350.

 

[Supahos]

No you have to have a working cpu in the motherboard to update the BIOS. And while he's correct it's first gen cores the processor still didn't exist when it was manufactured in some cases so it still doesn't know what to do with it

 

[holley.deondre]

Wow that’s dumb.

 

[Supahos]

How would you propose you update the BIOS without being able to get into the bios

 

[holley.deondre]

Because it depends on the release date of the board I’ve seen it on other forums and YouTube but I don’t care that’s not what I came here for. I’ve found a brand new msi b450 for 75$ I’ll get that instead.

 

[Supahos]

Yeah in the USA/Canada/uk there's almost no price difference

 

[holley.deondre]

Yeah I was just trying to knock off the items needed for next gen as fast as possible I only have 67$ lol had to pay bills I submitted an offer for 60$ I’ll try 67$ but I’ll be ordering the ryzen and ram tomorrow

 

[holley.deondre]

Just ordered it for 72$ brand new Asrock b450m-hdv. Seller also updated to latest bios and it’s ryzen 2000 ready

 

[Supahos]

B450 shouldn't have needed an update only q b350 but it's Never a bad idea to have the latest from the beginning

 

[holley.deondre]

Yeah it was under the listing so I figured I’d say it. All I have now is 156$ for the ryzen 3 and the ram but running on a budget so I’m going to do 8gb for now then buy the other 8gb