Will AMD Ryzen 5 2400G fit into and work with my GIGABYTE GA-F2A55M-HD2?

[rhysjewkespsn]

I need a new CPU and I've landed on the Ryzen 5 2400G, it seems to be in a decent price range for the games I want to and have been playing but I'm unsure if it will work with my Motherboard, I'm not the most technical but read somewhere online that Ryzen 5 work with AM4 Motherboards and mine is FM2... I'm not entirely sure what that means, should I get a new Motherboard if I buy the Ryzen 5?

If I need a new Motherboard, I think the Gigabyte AB350N is the best option..

 

[superninja12]

yes you need a new motherboard

can you get this?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: MSI - B450M BAZOOKA Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $74.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-29 17:29 EDT-0400

 

[GustavoVanni]

Yes. You need a new AM4 board, preferably some newer b450.
A B350 board is compatible, but only if it's using the latest bios/UEFI firmware.
And you'll need some ddr4 ram too...

 

[ElectrO_90]

B450 is the better solution and of course DDR4 minimum speed 3000, ideal 3200.
Obviously this comes down to your budget, but B450 motherboard is what you need as you may have problems installing the this in a B350.

 

[photonboy]

*You need to give a BUDGET for everything so people can then balance the parts. Otherwise we're just guessing.

You also need to tell us if you have a GRAPHICS CARD since the APU is pretty under-powered for graphics and not needed if you have a graphics card.

Don't forget about WINDOWS as well. you may need to buy a new license.

 

[photonboy]

(BTW, I think your confusion about FM2 was that there were some non-Ryzen APU's that were made for FM2 called BRISTOL RIDGE that got converted to be AM4 APU's as a temporary option for people getting AM4 systems)

RYZEN is what you want whether an APU due to extreme budget limitations or Ryzen CPU + Graphics Card. you can of course add a graphics card later and use only the CPU part of the APU.

*High bandwidth memory as said is needed so that can affect the price. If you still go that way here's some tips:

1) 3000MHz at least
2) two sticks in dual channel (i.e. 2x4GB)
3) x4 DIMM slots for DDR4 on the motherboard

With an extreme budget I assume you'd get 8GB total DDR4 memory to start. Since that needs to be two sticks then you want FOUR slots so you can add more memory later.

 

[photonboy]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/B6VNgw

Example only.
Here's what I would do in general:

1) build system
2) MEMTEST86 prior to clean Windows install www.memtest86.com (run full pass)
3) reinstall Windows (be careful to not lose data/passwords)

4) allocate VRAM in BIOS (up to 2GB I believe). That would then leave 6GB approximately for Windows/games to use.
5) later if needed get:
a) an identical 2x4GB kit for 16GB total, and
b) a graphics card (i.e. GTX1050Ti or better)

*Note that the CPU portion is nearly identical to a 4C/8T R5-1400 which isn't too bad. Mine's barely better (i7-3770K @4.4GHz) and very few games have much bottleneck in terms of average FPS at 2560x1440 on my GTX1080 (most gains would be high FPS gaming at 1080p or avoiding certain stutter situations caused by CPU bottleneck).

Hope that helps somewhat.

*The R5-2400G costs about $20 more than the R5-1400. So you're paying roughly $20 for the graphics portion which is quite good actually. So unless the budget is quite a bit higher it doesn't make sense to go with a different CPU + dedicated graphics card.

The R3-1200 CPU is only 4C/4T (no hyperthreading) so even though it's $60 cheaper than the R5-2400G it doesn't make much sense since it's a weaker CPU plus you need a graphics card anyway. You probably know this but it's worth mentioning.

**So I agree an R5-2400G is a great APU provided you know how to build and potentially plan for an upgrade.