Fatback
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Hey everyone. Old member here haven't been around in a long time. I'll try to keep this as short as possible.
I'm about to build a budget HTPC. It will be used for heavy web browsing, streaming(Netflix, Hulu, amazon prime, etc), as well as watching Movies in general. I don't plan to play any games on this PC so that isn't a concern. I will be picking up a new 4K TV this weekend along with the parts. So I want this HTPC to be able to do 4K @60hz HDR. There are 2 ways I'm looking to go about this. Ones is the a discrete GPU(most likely a GT1030 or RX 550) and the other is with a Ryzen APU.
I have a budget of $450 and $150 of that is currently going to Case, PSU, Fans, and SSD. So that leaves me with $300 for the Motherboard, RAM, CPU, and GPU.
Here are the two options I'm looking at, but I am open to any suggestions you have.
Option one
AMD Athlon 200GE
ASUS TUF B450M-Plus Gaming
Ballistix Sport LT 8GB Kit (4GBx2) DDR4 2666
GT 1030 or RX 550
Total comes to about $303 with tax
Option 2
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
Ballistix Sport LT 16GB Kit (8GBx2) DDR4 2666
ASUS TUF B450M-Plus Gaming
Total comes to about $305 with tax
I'm currently leaning towards option 2. Better CPU, twice the RAM, and as far as I can tell the Vega 8 IGPU can output 4K @60hz HDR no problem. I have also thought about trading the 2200g for a 2400g and going with the 8GB kit. I have already checked and the motherboard does have HDMI 2.0 port.
What would be yalls suggestion? Go with the Lower end CPU, less ram and get the discret GPU, or go for the APU with More RAM, or even go for the 8GBs of ram with the faster 2400g. Maybe you have a different idea all together. Id really love to know your input as I have been racking my brain on this for 2 weeks now. I'm planning to order parts tomorrow on Amazon to take advantage of my 2day primes shipping.
Other parts are
Thermaltake Versa H18 Tempered Glass
EVGA 450 BT, 80+ Bronze 450W
Kingston A400 SSD 240GB
a couple 120mm case fans
and a WIFI Card
I'm about to build a budget HTPC. It will be used for heavy web browsing, streaming(Netflix, Hulu, amazon prime, etc), as well as watching Movies in general. I don't plan to play any games on this PC so that isn't a concern. I will be picking up a new 4K TV this weekend along with the parts. So I want this HTPC to be able to do 4K @60hz HDR. There are 2 ways I'm looking to go about this. Ones is the a discrete GPU(most likely a GT1030 or RX 550) and the other is with a Ryzen APU.
I have a budget of $450 and $150 of that is currently going to Case, PSU, Fans, and SSD. So that leaves me with $300 for the Motherboard, RAM, CPU, and GPU.
Here are the two options I'm looking at, but I am open to any suggestions you have.
Option one
AMD Athlon 200GE
ASUS TUF B450M-Plus Gaming
Ballistix Sport LT 8GB Kit (4GBx2) DDR4 2666
GT 1030 or RX 550
Total comes to about $303 with tax
Option 2
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
Ballistix Sport LT 16GB Kit (8GBx2) DDR4 2666
ASUS TUF B450M-Plus Gaming
Total comes to about $305 with tax
I'm currently leaning towards option 2. Better CPU, twice the RAM, and as far as I can tell the Vega 8 IGPU can output 4K @60hz HDR no problem. I have also thought about trading the 2200g for a 2400g and going with the 8GB kit. I have already checked and the motherboard does have HDMI 2.0 port.
What would be yalls suggestion? Go with the Lower end CPU, less ram and get the discret GPU, or go for the APU with More RAM, or even go for the 8GBs of ram with the faster 2400g. Maybe you have a different idea all together. Id really love to know your input as I have been racking my brain on this for 2 weeks now. I'm planning to order parts tomorrow on Amazon to take advantage of my 2day primes shipping.
Other parts are
Thermaltake Versa H18 Tempered Glass
EVGA 450 BT, 80+ Bronze 450W
Kingston A400 SSD 240GB
a couple 120mm case fans
and a WIFI Card