My i5 mobo took a hike so I had to use my i3 box while saving up for a new build. It was over 6 years old so I have a good run.
This time I wanted to check out the AMD Ryzen CPU so I ordered a Ryzen 3 2200G CPU ($89), a Gigabyte GA-AB350M-DS3H MOBO (x370 ChipSet) ($65) and an 1x8 Ballistic Sports DDR4 MEMORY ($80).
Turned out to be a really good setup and very similar to the i5, both quad cores and clocked the same almost but slightly faster because of the DDR4 memory. The i5 system was DDR3.
I even got another drive like my main drive which is Seagate Constellation Enterprise 1 TB. Both are made in 2013 but the main drive was $120 and my new drive was $50 with a 1 year warranty from Newegg. The new drive is in a removable caddy.
Well here I am!
This time I wanted to check out the AMD Ryzen CPU so I ordered a Ryzen 3 2200G CPU ($89), a Gigabyte GA-AB350M-DS3H MOBO (x370 ChipSet) ($65) and an 1x8 Ballistic Sports DDR4 MEMORY ($80).
Turned out to be a really good setup and very similar to the i5, both quad cores and clocked the same almost but slightly faster because of the DDR4 memory. The i5 system was DDR3.
I even got another drive like my main drive which is Seagate Constellation Enterprise 1 TB. Both are made in 2013 but the main drive was $120 and my new drive was $50 with a 1 year warranty from Newegg. The new drive is in a removable caddy.
Well here I am!
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