Geforce GTX 1650 Super + Ryzen 3 3100
Best GPU+CPU Combo for budget gamers
Just a few days ago, I uploaded some blog posts on Geforce GTX 1650 SUPER
and Ryzen 3 3100. I talked about their Performance and pricing which was
really good.You can check them from here if you want to.
GTX 1650 SUPER Review
Ryzen 3 3100 Review
Ryzen 3 3100 VS Core i5 9400F
Ryzen 3 3100 VS Ryzen 5 2600
In my reviews I praised both the CPU and GPU and said that they were the
best in their price segment, In the benchmarks I told they would be an
amazing combo for the price. As someone who has used that combo for months
here is my review about it.
Nvidia launched the GTX 1650 SUPER on November 2019 which was the SUPER
variant of the old failure GTX 1650 launched in early 2019. It come at the
price of $160.
AMD launched the Ryzen 3 3100 on April 21, 2020. The original price at
launched is $120.
Specifications
Ryzen 3 3100
The Ryzen 3 3100 is a quad core CPU which has Hyper-Threading in it and
comes with a Base Clock Frequency of 3.6 GHz which can be overclocked up to
3.9 GHz on all cores. It is an unlocked Processor It is a third Generation
Processor so is it based on ZEN 2 Micro-architecture and Manufactured on 7nm
Process. Along with 16 MB of L3 cache, it has a TDP of 65 W. It supports the
AM4 socket and can be paired with any good AM4 socket Mother-Board like B450
tomahawk, B450 motar, x470, x570,etc. It supports a Maximum of 64 GB DDR4
RAM clocked at 3200 MHz in dual channel. It does not have any integrated
graphics so you need to pair it with a dedicated Graphic Card.
Geforce GTX 1650 SUPER
The GTX 1650 SUPER is based on Nvidia's Turing Micro-Architecture and is a
part of Nvidia 1600 series GPU which comes at the price of $150 currently.
It has the Base Clock Frequency of 1530 MHz and Boost Clock Frequency of
1725 MHz (some GPU might have even more clock speed). It is made by a 12 nm
Fabrication Process. It has about 6.6 Billion Transistors in it and Memory
Bandwidth of 192 GB/s. It has only one Memory variant of 4 GB GDDR6 type and
Bus Width of 128 bit. It supports the PCIe 3.0 Bus Interface and has TDP of
100 W. You can use any good PSU of 450 W but I will suggest to get a 550W
one.
GTX 1650 SUPER has faster GDDR6 Memory type rather than GTX 1650's GDDR5
Memory Type. The GTX 1650 SUPER has very good specs even though it is a
mid-range budget GPU but only 4 GB Video Memory is a great drawback for those specs. Nowadays, atleast 6 GB of
Video Memory is recommended for ultra level gaming.
The Ryzen 3 3100 is about 10% slower than the Ryzen 3 3300x because of
lesser Clock Speed. This is a quad Core CPU like all desktop Ryzen 3 CPUs but has the support
of Hyper-Threading ( Threads double the number of cores ). These are the
first ryzen 3 CPUs to be based on ZEN 2 Micro-Architecture and processed on
7 nm technology. Both of them have higher Clock Speed compared to rest of
the Ryzen 3 lineup.
Benchmarks
After all those specs and stuff its finally the time for benchmarks as no
review is a review without benchmarks and for the benchmarks, I have paired
the
GTX 1650 SUPER
with a Ryzen 3 3100 (you may use upto a RTX 2060 SUPER) and 16 GB of dual channel
3000MHz DDR4 Memory. I played 5 games on 1080p resolution and on Ultra
settings and here are the results.
Processor | Ryzen 3 3100 @3.9 GHz |
Graphics Card | Radeon RX 570 8GB GDDR5 |
Memory | 2x8GB 3200MHz CL14 |
Motherboard | TUF B550 Plus Gaming |
PSU | Corsair RM850 |
Storage | Samsung 970 Evo 1TB |
The GTX 1650 SUPER performed pretty well and scored more than 60 FPS in
every games. The Ryzen 3 3100 supported it pretty much there was no
bottleneck. One thing is that the GTX 1650 SUPER was using 3.5 GB+ VRAM in
Bf5 and COD Warzone because of less VRAM in such games is a real problem
but in a budget PC you may see it. Still there was no stutter or frame
drop.
The Ryzen 3 3100 scored 179 points in Cinebench R15 Single-Core Tests
which is more than the Ryzen 5 2600 and is good for today's gaming level and it scored 1019 single core
scores which are now less than Ryzen 5 2600 but are still good for medium
level editing, streaming and rendering.
In the end both of these CPU and GPU performed really well and scored
pretty well in games and multi-core tasks. I will say if you want to
buy a gaming PC under $500 then this pair would be the best for you. You can
play games at good FPS and stream at the same time. You would also be able
to do rendering and editing easily and smoothly.
Note - The prices may differ from regions to regions and this blog was also
published before September 2020
Buying links:-
Gigabyte GTX 1650 Super Windforce OC 4GB (GV-N165SWF2OC-4GD)
