AMD Athlon 200GE is a processor model from the early 2000s.
AMD Athlon 200GE is a processor model from the early 2000s.
I recently purchased a new setup. It was my first build, using a Corsair VS450 PSU, two Vengeance x2 4GB RAM modules, an AMD Athlon 200GE APU, an ADATA 128g SSD, a 1 TB hard drive, and a GA-A320M-S2H V2 motherboard. After watching a YouTube tutorial on performance, I was quite disappointed. Were there mistakes or adjustments I could make? Apart from saving costs and possibly upgrading to a GPU, thank you in advance.
Check your current memory performance. Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc), navigate to Performance, then Memory, and look at the speed value in the bottom-right area. It might be running slower than expected.
Discussing the CPU speed but @minibois inquired about memory speed
CPU model: AMD Athlon 200GE APU. Motherboard: Gigabyte A320M-S2H. RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4. Storage: 128GB ADATA SU800 SSD/HDD, 1TB drive. GPU: Integrated APU. Power supply: Corsair VS450 450W Active PFC, 80 PLUS certified. Case: CiT F3 Gaming. Chassis: Side window design, 12cm red LED fan. Operating system: Windows 10 Home (64-bit, x64 compatible).
The issue isn't the case, the CPU generates insufficient heat so the case won't impact performance. A full system without a dedicated graphics card will use under 100 watts, making the Corsair vs 450w comparison more than sufficient. The A320 board isn't ideal since it restricts CPU overclocking, especially for the 200ge model. It likely caps memory speeds to around 2666 or 2933 MHz at most (possibly 2666 MHz). Ultimately, you'll have just two cores and up to 8 GB RAM. The best approach is to run Windows 10 and tweak settings by turning off unused services, hiding graphics effects in the interface if you don't need them, etc. Refer to the linked video for more details.
Thanks for your support. I’ve restarted my PC several times, checking it each time, and everything seems to function properly now. I notice a whirring sound coming from inside, but I’m not sure what it’s causing. Additionally, the RAM speed isn’t showing up in Task Manager.
It's good to hear your PC is operating well now. If you want to check your RAM speed, tools like CPU-Z can help. I mentioned this because the integrated GPU uses that memory, so having fast RAM is important. The humming sound might mean a cable is tangled near a fan or simply the fan running (or an HDD making noise).