WelcometoanothervideoNow I wantedtoreviewtheAthlon 3000 g today, butminehasn't arrivedyet.
Soinstead I thought I'd reviewthis.
Whilethe 3000 G islikethereplacementfortheAthlon 200 g, thiscouldbedescribedasanalternative.
SooffthisisthebioStar, a 10 88 100 e.
It's an I T X motherboardwith a quadcoreFXprocessofbuiltrightin, I know, write a newAMDfxCPUin 2019.
Well, notreally.
The 8800 p thatcomeswiththisboardisactually a laptopCPUfrom 2015.
Butifit's anyconsolation, itwasaamthesefastestmobileprocesseratonepointintime, fouryearsonandhereissolditto a 90 x motherboard, offeringDDRfoursupportandfeaturing a PC I expressslotfor a discreetGPU.
What a seamlesslyintegratedpieceofselfpromotionbacktothesubjectathand.
And, well, asidefromtheobviouslowpowerhtPCsolution, I don't knowwhyyou'd wantoneoftheseitreleasedearlierintheyear.
Butevenso, theAthlon 200 g e hadstillalreadybeenoutforsomemonths, and I can't imaginemanypeoplechoosingthisoveroneofthemon a cheatmotherboardtopairitwithbecauseyoucanstillbuyandbecauseforlessthan £100 ordollars, youget a courtcore, CPUandDDRfour.
Bold.
I wantedtobringyoumythoughtsanyway, incaseanyofyouaretemptedbythislittlebundle.
Firstthingsfirstandwehavethenoise.
This'llit'llfanreallymakesquitetheracketevenmoresothantheFMtofansAM D usedtobundlewithAPuseofyearsgoneby.
Idle.
TheFX 8800 p consumesaboutsixwattsofpowerandunderload.
It'llreach 40 whichisveryefficient.
Shameit's notquiet.
Maybeit's justmine.
I mentioneditatthestart, butbecause I feelthatpurchasingtheEthelon 200 g e or 3000 g wouldmakefarmoresense.
I'llbecomparingtheFXtothe 200 g e inboththisinterventionandgamingtests.
TheCinnamonChar 15 resultsarewherewe'llstartwith 243 and 77 inthemultiandsinglethreadedresults, respectively.
It's not a terriblepairofresults, butthe F phone.
It's certainly a goodbitfasterdespitehavingtwolesscause.
ButtheyareZencauseasfarasgaminggoes, theFX 8800 peononboardradioonoursevengraphicsdookay, matchingtheAthlon 200 G E andVegathreeinsomeinstances, butonlybecausebothintegratedsolutionsareholdingbacktheprocesses.
TakeCSGohere, forexample, a CPUintensivegamehereat 7 20 p, albeitwiththehighsettingstheeighty 800 p fallsabout 30 FBIsureoftheAthlononaverage, bothappearedwith 16 gigsof 2133 megahertzDDRfouronlybecausethisisthefastestspeedthatthe 8800 allows.
Justfor a laugh, I decidedtotry a coupleofmoredemandinggamestobattlefieldfiveandRedDeadRedemption.