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OK, it's my CPU. Geez! This thing obviously doesn't support onboard graphics. And apparently, it doesn't support legacy graphics either. I believe I bought the wrong board!
OK, it's my CPU. Geez! This thing obviously doesn't support onboard graphics. And apparently, it doesn't support legacy graphics either. I believe I bought the wrong board!
Supported CPUs: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard...10#support-cpu
It includes the 2200G.
I don't know about the R6450-2GD3H/LP. I see (Wikipedia) that it's from 2011. It's not a lot newer than the 5450.
If there is a list of UEFI compatible graphics cards out there, a quick web search doesn't find it. The surest way to get one would be to go with a card from one of the newer series (nVidia 900 or later, for example), but they may cost more than you like.
Looking at the 2200G vs 2400G, and weighing that against just going with a graphics card, I like the 2200G. I think I'm gonna try that, and see where it takes me. Thanks guys. You can't know how much you've heped me on this!
I don't know if you could use the 5450 if it wasn't the primary card.
It looks like the CPU performance of the 2200G is about the same as your Ryzen 3 1200, so you won't lose anything there.
However, if it was me, I'd keep the 1200, lose the 5450, and get an up-to-date discrete graphics card. Any respectable card supports multiple monitors, so the value of the 5450 is limited.
Maybe I'm just skittish because I destroyed a Ryzen 7 X2700 when I tried a cooler swap. The thermal compound (Arctic MX-4) was too glue-like, and the CPU was ripped out of its socket. I straightened the pins, but the damage was too severe for that to work.