Why Building a Desktop PC is better than Buying a Laptop

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If you ask which one I should pick between a PC desktop or laptop, of course, I will choose a PC Desktop instead. Why? Well, there are a lot of reasons for it, and one of them is because I love to play video games. So, because of that, in this article, we will talk about why building a desktop PC is better than buying a laptop.
The specifications are affordable
By building yourself a desktop PC, you can get a high specification of hardware at the most affordable price. Why did I say that? Because many of the internal computer hardware that is sold in the market by a lot of brands. Let just say some of the examples are like AMD, Intel, Nvidia, and many more. This made the price of internal computer hardware can be various, and that includes the cheaper ones with high performance.
Well, it does not limit to new hardware. You can also get a higher specification of hardware that is in the second hand but still in perfect condition. Of course, the price is lesser than buying yourself new hardware. For that, you can find second-hand hardware in some places, such as a buying and selling forum on Facebook or other social media.
Free to customize by yourself
The second reason why building a desktop PC is better is because you can customize your components by yourself. You can use various motherboards, processors, discrete graphics card, RAM, HDD, SDD, and many more. Not just that, even though they are not from the same brand, a desktop PC will still run smoothly. Well, free to pick whatever hardware you want based on your need. Let just say that you are aiming for a high-end gaming experience. What you will need is definitely a new motherboard, a newer generation of processors (such as Ryzen 9), a discrete graphics card, and Dual or Quad-Channeled RAMs.
This is different from a laptop because you can't customize the hardware in it, or you will lose the warranty for that laptop. Moreover, if your desktop PC's happen to be broken, you can fix it with the component's brand warranty.
As a summary, why building a desktop PC is better than buying a laptop? Well, the laptop's purpose is relatively for common use, but a desktop PC is for something that needs higher performance. Desktop PC's hardware is free to pick, and the price is relatively more affordable than a laptop.

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AMD Ryzen 5 3400g

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AMD has consistently given its consumer the best processors every year. Yeah, AMD Ryzen series outmatched Intel more than anything this lately. Even though AMD is known as one of the hottest processors before, now it is not relevant anymore. Well, Ryzen itself is the reason why AMD became one of the best processors in the world at the most affordable price. Well, I personally love the Ryzen series because I also used it. Well, I used AMD Ryzen 5 3400g without a discrete graphics card. I could play many AAA games even though it is on low or medium graphics settings.

Ryzen 5 3400g is an APU kind that is part of the Ryzen 3000 series family. What is APU? Well, APU means Accelerated Processing Unit. Is it different from the CPU? Yes, it is different because APU has its own integrated graphics card on the processor. This is the reason why Intel lost. One of them because of its Intel HD integrated graphics card on motherboards. 

So, even though 3400g has its own integrated graphics card, this processor will do more performance if you add a discrete graphics card, such as RX 570, RX 580, or RX 590. However, 3400g is the best choice if you prefer your budget to be saved and buy a discrete graphics card later in the future. Yeah, I also planned to buy a discrete graphics card as well, but I have to save for 3000 MHz Dual-Channel RAM first. 

This AMD Ryzen 5 3400g has 3.7 GHz of Base Clock, and you are able to overclock it to 4.2 GHz. It has 4 cores (Quad-Cores) and 8 Threads. For the graphics card, it has Radeon Vega 11 integrated on its processor with 1400 MHz and 11 graphics cores. Not just that, Ryzen 5 3400g also includes a stock cooler for its processor, AMD Wraith Spire. 

If you compare this APU with Intel Core i5-9400, Intel still loses the match even though Core i5-9400 has 6 cores and 6 threads, whatever it is in the base clock or overclock. 

For its performance in gaming, well, personally, it is the best APU you can afford cheaply if you really want to play AAA games so bad. However, it doesn't lift the went-right graphics setting game because Vega 11 capability is only 2 GB VRAM and took it from RAM. But, AMD Ryzen 5 3400g is the best if you only want to play AAA Esports games, such as Counter-Strike, or DOTA 2 in a higher graphics setting.

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