No, AMD’s fresh Vega-powered APUs don’t compose logic for PC builders

Bill Roberson/Digital Trends



AMD rolled out its most modern Ryzen APU chips this morning, and these thing aren’t your classic processor. They come with included Vega graphics, import that these bite-sized 2400G and 2200G are more competent at running games than a archetypal CPU. But let’s get real: That’s not saying much. Sure they’re fast sufficient to run Over watch and front line 1 on Low setting with some sober caution but as a PC part they don’t plug any testing slot — and that’s a setback.

Let’s step support from their inspiring (for a CPU) game performance for a next and really inspect these things. AMD’s line has always been that APUs are for finances gaming rig, and there might be a case for manufacturer to use them in pared-down build in the $400 to $500 range, sure. Manufacturers can settle up costs in a number of ways unavailable to an individual PC builder. As stand-alone mechanism for a future custom build, these chips don’t make much brains.



Let’s run the facts real quick. For an cheap motherboard socketed for AMD chips, you’re look at $100. Let’s say another $100 for 8GB of RAM. For gaming you’re going to yearn for at least 256GB of storage space, and you can find a good quality M.2 drive for $100 at that volume. Moving on to control supply, let’s err on the side of concern and go with 500 Watts, in case you want to increase your build in the potential, that’s $50 right there. We’re at $350, so let’s just say a different $50 for a cheap casing and about it up to $400.


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