Ryzen 7 1700 + MSI B350 AM4 - Cheap graphic card?

[johnjohnjay]

I have the following build:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FKb3JV

Apart from normal usage (1080p movies), I won't play games or do any heavy graphic processing work, so I've added one of the cheapest graphic cards I could find.

Is it compatible with my build? Would you recommend any other cheap alternative?

Thanks in advance.

Edit: I only mentioned movies because that's the most I'm taking out of my card. But I chose that build because this will be my workstation for home office software development.

Edit 2: I plan to connect multiple monitors (at least 2).

 

[okcnaline]

You don't need a Ryzen 7-1700 nor 32GB of RAM if you're only watching movies... And why pay $10 for an older card when you can get the HD 6450 for $10 less!

This is cheaper and still as good in every way possible.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($159.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($59.92 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial - MX300 275GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI - Radeon HD 6450 1GB Video Card ($34.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT - H440 (Matte Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA - 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($31.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $616.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-02 23:58 EDT-0400

 

[maxalge]

I have the following build:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FKb3JV

Apart from normal usage (1080p movies), I won't play games or do any heavy graphic processing work, so I've added one of the cheapest graphic cards I could find.

Is it compatible with my build? Would you recommend any other cheap alternative?

Thanks in advance.

the 1700 is not worth it over the 1600

32gb of ram is not needed for anything short of a render box, 16gb is plenty for surfing and watching movies




PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/WGMs7h
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/WGMs7h/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($199.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($83.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: SK hynix - SL308 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($145.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.44 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400 ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX - XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Total: $763.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-02 23:36 EDT-0400

 

[bit_user]

I have a HD 5450. It's one of those cheap, low-powed GPUs that's good to have around for servers with no integrated graphics (its original purpose) or for troubleshooting purposes (i.e. a known-good GPU to swap out when another model of AMD card is having a problem).

If you're buying a GPU, I'd recommend a newer passively-cooled model. What you'll likely get is better driver support, possibly HDMI 2.0 support, and possibly HW acceleration of 4k decode & scaling (which you might not care about today, but maybe in a couple years...). If you' watching any 1080i content, then a newer GPU might result in better-quality deinterlacing.

But you could just buy the cheapest GPU that has the specs you need and upgrade if/when necessary. According to this, HD 5450 = HD 6350 = HD 7350 = HD 8350 = R5 210:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_graphics_processing_units