the 3xxx series CPUs with integrated GPUs are just 2xxx series parts with a process shrink. Neither will work with Windows 7. Sold 2 of them (2200G), pretty good.
3700X on the way. Asia bought them all up. There's been a shortage ever since the release date. I should have it installed by Friday coming.
I have an AMD Ryzen 3 2200G 3.7GHz on a Gigabyte GA-A320M-S2H board, it has been nothing but trouble from day one, green screens, freezing issues, AMD admit there is a problem across the range but have failed to address the issue. I have never seen so many Bios and firmware updates for a CPU in such a short space of time, it baffles me why anyone is buying this flawed product. I'm going back to Intel as soon as the funds are available.
I had the same chip with an ASRock A320M board also and it was very buggy... even after multiple bios updates. I finally found the problem. The cmos battery was going dead, and this was on a brand new board. I popped in a new 2032 battery and it has been running o.k. ever since. All of those A320 boards are cheap crappy boards. Next time get a B series or better, Like an X570
I have seen tons of posts like that, they cant all be lying, you cant be and neither can Joe C. I got an i3 8300 last year on a b360 Ultra Durable(cheapo) board and its a great performer. I recently got a Pentium G5400 on a UD H310C board(supports w7). LTSC on the i3, w7 on the Pentium, both tweaked to buggery, both stable. Glad i didnt go Ryzen 2/3000. Happy with Intel. @Joe C I have been running Gigabytes cheapo Ultra Durable boards for a few years and ive had no problems whatsoever, luck of the draw i guess.
If the seller cant sort it then its not fit for purpose(and never has been) and they should swap for an intel system without any additional cost.
Its part of the reason i suggested a comrade upgrade his am3 system to a better cpu, 100usd later hes got an fx 8350 and hes happy. The other parts being he can continue to run w7 and 8.1 on it and the rest of it is still in prefect working order. If you want to run w7 on coffee lake get a H310C(R2.0) board, add intels usb3 drivers into the boot.wim and install.wim and happy days.
If you spend a bit of time looking at other articles you will see that the same problem crops up time and again with the whole range. Green screens, crashing and freezing with all of them, there is a basic design flaw in the Ryzen range. The constant driver and bios updates are not there to fix issues with the boards, they are there to prop up a crappy CPU.
I have never ever had a problem with Intel, years ago AMD were cheap and reliable, they just didn't have the same "poke" as Intel chips, they have lost the plot.
My 880K is old and slow(even when it was new) by modern standards but its still giving trouble free service.