A520M

[george]

Due to retiring my XH IV Formula, felt tempted to look around for another Ryzen build. Also to keep up with the W11 requirements
Found a very "economical" choice with an Athlon 3000G, however that was out of stock&EOL when I tried to place the order.
Soo, the next best choice was a Ryzen 5 5600G.

The motherboard had good reviews and the price was just over 30€, so I pulled the trigger. Three year warranty.

Gigabyte A520M S2H

Ryzen 5 5600G
2x8GB Kingston Fury Beast 3200Mhz
LiteOn 128GB SSD
Corsair CX600
Akasa Performance Sunflower cooler

Gigabyte's Q-flash Plus was needed and useful, as the board had an older BIOS and would not POST w. this CPU. Need to have a decent USB stick though.

Up and running with W10 Pro. Likely will be a future workshop workhorse. The BIOS does have some OC options, but felt no need to tinker with that now.

The APP center works without hick-ups.

[ShrimpBrime]

Nice build! How's the iGpu on it? OK for gaming?

[george]

Thanks Shrimp. I have not tried out any iGPU intensive stuff on this yet, but from what I can read, it seem to kill my previous dog.
It has been a long time since having a desktop in use with integrated graphics.
The PSU and SSD is from the previous rig.

[george]

This one feels really snappy in web browsing and multimedia via the net,
my previous build with the B550M + R5 3600 does not feel as fast in e.g boot up and likes, even it has nvme.
However that one I already "lifted" to W11, will need to make some comparison bench.
UEFI, GPT are set. PBO seem to work as intended at both units.

[ShrimpBrime]

Feb 16, 2022 13:19:16 GMT -5 george said:

This one feels really snappy in web browsing and multimedia via the net,
my previous build with the B550M + R5 3600 does not feel as fast in e.g boot up and likes, even it has nvme.
However that one I already "lifted" to W11, will need to make some comparison bench.
UEFI, GPT are set. PBO seem to work as intended at both units.

Sounds like fun to me!  

[george]

I'm glad it worked out this well. Made a short bench with CPU-Z, and result was just as I suspected. The R5 5600G beats the R5 3600 clearly.

Thought they'd be closer in performance. Perhaps some light OC "tuning" will up the R5 3600 a bit.

[ShrimpBrime]

Feb 17, 2022 13:26:18 GMT -5 george said:

I'm glad it worked out this well. Made a short bench with CPU-Z, and result was just as I suspected. The R5 5600G beats the R5 3600 clearly.

Thought they'd be closer in performance. Perhaps some light OC "tuning" will up the R5 3600 a bit.

I don't see any results... No sharing??! 

[george]

Ok, here goes the R5 5600G :

valid.x86.fr/7yk9ex

An Intel Core i7-11700 seem be quite close in performance, price(bang for buck) is of course different.

valid.x86.fr/bench/7yk9ex/1

Here the R5 3600 w. B550M, w11 :

valid.x86.fr/ayy5iq

[ShrimpBrime]

I should get one to upgrade the 2700x. Only cause it runs so damn hot.

[george]

Interestingly, power options in W11 have Ryzen choices.

[eidairman1]

Feb 21, 2022 8:30:19 GMT -5 george said:

Interestingly, power options in W11 have Ryzen choices.

Yup because W10 came out in 2015, so AMD has had to make patches/drivers which were going to be implemented in latest OS

[george]

I do not really play games with this, but it surely is rock solid!  I think the weakest part is now the age/mileage of the PSU, well, let's see how it goes.

MS wants to push W11 on this one, but I have so far declined. Have a couple of W11 'puters already, but I don't feel go there with this one yet.

Edit: sheesh, I just checked , there are a couple of newer BIOS updates for this MB, relates to AGESA.

Edit2: Done! Into 2023

[george]

I have this Gigabyte App Center on the A520M. Not really been into it.

Saw it showed funky numbers in the CPU, RAM frequencies.

Welp, launched the updated app today, oh, updates are available for @bios, Easytune and SIW.

Updates worked well, a bit annoying it tried to sneak in Norton Security on the way.

I have not used that in decades anywhere, at home use, means.

Anyway the funky numbers are gone, app HW monitor show correct values.

EDIT: I put the Team T-Force Vulcan Z 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3200MHz DIMM Grey Heatspreader TLZGD416G3200HC16CDC01
into the Gig A520M, gave it a little of OC thru BIOS, clock and RAM speed, ouch, PC does not want to wake from sleep.
Feel like I should put the Fury Beasts back again in the MB(never OC'd those), to see if the RAM is the culprit.
At stock the Vulcan Z seem be working OK.

Could be the built in GPU in 5600G does not like any OC'd RAM.

[george]

I have put the R5 5500 in this one for now, with an older MSI nvidia card, passive cooled.
Can't recall if the wake from sleep is an issue anymore, maybe I did something.
Vulcans are still there with the mild OC.