Ryzen 3 1200 best deal?

[Kartoffelsuppe]

R3 1200 - 108€
i5 7400 - 165€


Saw a video with game benchmarks and when you overclock the 1200 to 3,9Ghz its on par with the 7400.

I guess my new PC is gonna have this CPU, what do you guys think? or is there some secret thing I dont know about that makes the R3 magically cost 50€ on top?

[Kartoffelsuppe]

I was thinking of buying a 1050 Ti or 1060 when the time comes to say goodbye to this laptop but for now I wanna keep it as long as possible so I can't say when I will replace it.

I thought pairing an i5 with a 1050 Ti was overkill.

[upcoast]

Publicado originalmente por lolibus:

I was thinking of buying a 1050 Ti or 1060 when the time comes to say goodbye to this laptop but for now I wanna keep it as long as possible so I can't say when I will replace it.

I thought pairing an i5 with a 1050 Ti was overkill.

I still believe Ryzen 5 1600 is the best bang for the $ vs i5s. Yes an i5 or 1600 would be overkill for a GTX1050ti but most ppl keep their cpus for years and are more likely to swap out the gpu 2 times more or at the very least once.

You don't want to skimp too far down the cpu scale because later on when you do have the money for a better 1 or 2 gen future gpu you'd be stuck with a piss poor ryzen 3 or G/i3 and have to replace the cpu too.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Yes, buy a Motherboard and CPU you will use for "many years"
Those are generally not something you should be buying that needs an upgrade anytime soon.
GPUs you change as Games get more demanding for that area of hardware.
However, going to low of a CPU is just a bad idea. Too low of CPU and everything wont run well/smooth, etc... Many games are highly CPU dependent and needs a strong one to run smoothly, regardless of GPU.

Do the same for Power Supply. The power supply you choose, should it not fail, should outlast a warranty; which should be 7-10 years when buying a quality PSU. This should last you the life of "many" build changes over the years.

[YukiShiro Subaira]

Yes go for the R3 1200 it's amazing :)

[Kartoffelsuppe]

Publicado originalmente por Nokia Lumia 1520:

Yes go for the R3 1200 it's amazing :)

Yeah it convinced me in regards to price performance when you overclock which doesnt cost a penny extra apparently. I guess I go with 1050 Ti & R3 1200 sometime in the future.

[🦜Cloud Boy🦜]

Publicado originalmente por lolibus:

Publicado originalmente por Nokia Lumia 1520:

Yes go for the R3 1200 it's amazing :)

Yeah it convinced me in regards to price performance when you overclock which doesnt cost a penny extra apparently. I guess I go with 1050 Ti & R3 1200 sometime in the future.

note that, overclocking reduces the life span of CPU, and your PC will go 50% - 100% more louder. Consume more power. Generate more heat. Etc.

All for what..?? Extra 10-15% performance boost on average.., means if you normally gets 40 fps, after over clocking you will get 46 fps. That's 15% boost. 6 fps.

Nothing that everybody would wanted. Instead I would just buy i5 7400 for $175. And be in peace.

[Astraea Kisaragi]

Isnt actually a the 1300X a better deal? It picks a much better fight against Intel counterparts due the higher frequency.

[upcoast]

Publicado originalmente por lolibus:

Publicado originalmente por Nokia Lumia 1520:

Yes go for the R3 1200 it's amazing :)

Yeah it convinced me in regards to price performance when you overclock which doesnt cost a penny extra apparently. I guess I go with 1050 Ti & R3 1200 sometime in the future.

If you're going for the big overclock you should be including at bare minimum a cm212evo or Cryorig H7.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlTDlAD9-7M

Some random info ^ as in don't have too high of expectations for the R3 1200 but at least you'll have the option of swapping in a Zen 2 or 3 down the road if you find the 1200 isn't up to your expectations.

[h o p e]

I just built my rig with a ryzen 1200 and a gtx 1060,
60 fps 1080p high/ultra. very pleased

when you eventually need more juice get a used am4 ryzen cpu and sell your old one

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

This is just my opinion, why not get a R5 1600 which is only $20-$30 more than the i5 7400, which goes for $200, this way it will last you a really long time, without having to drop $100+ for 1200, and then upgrade it later down the road for $200+ on top of that which is just throwing $100+ for nothing to only find out you could of gotten a better one for your future needs, down the road. But this is just in my opinion.

[vadim]

Publicado originalmente por Astraea Kisaragi:

Isnt actually a the 1300X a better deal? It picks a much better fight against Intel counterparts due the higher frequency.

What "counterpart"? i3? This isn't really CPU which anyone will buy for gaming purposes. Everyone would prefer Pentium G46xx instead. And its very diffucult for Ryzen i3 to compete - it significally more expensive than G4600 and significally slower than i5-7400.

[Kartoffelsuppe]

Publicado originalmente por vadim:

Publicado originalmente por Astraea Kisaragi:

Isnt actually a the 1300X a better deal? It picks a much better fight against Intel counterparts due the higher frequency.

What "counterpart"? i3? This isn't really CPU which anyone will buy for gaming purposes. Everyone would prefer Pentium G46xx instead. And its very diffucult for Ryzen i3 to compete - it significally more expensive than G4600 and significally slower than i5-7400.

It's actually on par with an i5-7400 if you get a 4.0 Ghz overclock. The video on first page from Hardware Unboxed shows it. Even if I only get 3.8 Ghz I'm not paying 60€ more for a few frames more.

[HypersleepyNaputunia]

could u save a little more and get more cores. Ryzen 1600 is sweet spot

[vadim]

Publicado originalmente por lolibus:

It's actually on par with an i5-7400 if you get a 4.0 Ghz overclock.

Benchmarks prove opposite.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

No; you have to OC a R3-1200 or 1300X just to keep up with 6th/7th Gen i3
Real benchmarks clearly show this.

Neither of those two are even good, they are only about as good as FX-8350/8370