There was quite a bit of discussion in my last video on... why?  Why the 2200G instead of a Ryzen 3 1200?  Why did I benchmark with the Vega 8 vs a GTX 1050.  Those questions, plus an overclock tutorial, in the video.

But first... What am I drinking???

Today, it's the Deschutes (Bend, OR) Red Chair Northwest Pale Ale (6.2%, 60 IBU).  This one is interesting.  A bit cloudy, and bottle conditioned.  Lots of citrus and more bitter than I was expecting.  But very crisp, and would make an excellent spring or summer beer.

Performance numbers on the 2200G are even more impressive after overclocking.  Cinebench (forgot to include it in the video) ramped up to 608/159, which beats out an i3-8100 in my testing.  And all of this was achieved on the stock Wraith cooler, with CPU temps peaking at 73C, and Vega temps hitting just 68C.

I'm now on Patreon!  Working on putting together projects, merch, rewards and content for Patreon backers, including access to my Discord channel. https://patreon.com/CraftComputing

The focus of this build was to go as cheap as possible, without sacrificing future upgrades.  Parts are as follows:

AMD Ryzen 3 2200G APU - $100 - http://amzn.to/2EJu5RL
MSI B350m Pro Gaming uATX - $80 - http://amzn.to/2sMZxZN
G.SKILL 2x4GB DDR4 3000 - $120 - http://amzn.to/2FoH4FA
GTX 1050 2GB - $150 - http://amzn.to/2EVSGSL
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB SATA SSD - $75 - http://amzn.to/2EXcW6i
Western Digital Black m.2 256GB - $100 - http://amzn.to/2CEnAtu
Corsair CX550m 80+ Bronze Power Supply - $55 - http://amzn.to/2FpUcdw
Cooler Master MasterBox Q300P - $70 - Available 2/28, check out a video review of it over on Modders-Inc - https://youtu.be/BThLkiBSzXU

Music:
Cold Funk Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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