Help me choose which is better :D

[jmu599]

Good day to all LTT forumers!!!

 

Help me decide which budget build to choose.

 

Should I go with an intel Pentium g2030 with a gt640 2gb Dedicated Graphics Card

 

or should I go with an AMD a8-5600k using it's APU with an fm2+ motherboard for futre upgrades?

 

both builds use a corsair 4gb 1333mhz RAM and they are almost at the same price.

 

Thanks for the suggestions!

[HeathCliff]

May I ask what kind of budget you are on?

 

As to your question, the AMD one would be my recommendation. 

[jmu599]

May I ask what kind of budget you are on?

270$ at most haha I don't very much play punishing games like Metro: Last Light etc., this build will only be for Online games like League of Legends and the like....

[Nickolas47]

Go for the apu solution

[Silver Knight]

While i'm not really knowledgeable on this topic, i did research AMD CPU's quite a bit

 

Amd A8 5600k should do just fine with most online games

 

My recommendation is that you go with A8, and start saving more money so you could buy yourself a nice dedicated GPU in a future

 

Also, A8 5600k integrated graphics are a lot better than my laptops radeon hd 4650 1gb, and i could play LoL on high settings

 

I'm sorry if i wasn't very helpful, but i'm just getting back into PC hardware, been out of it for quite a while

[jmu599]

While i'm not really knowledgeable on this topic, i did research AMD CPU's quite a bit

 

Amd A8 5600k should do just fine with most online games

 

My recommendation is that you go with A8, and start saving more money so you could buy yourself a nice dedicated GPU in a future

 

Also, A8 5600k integrated graphics are a lot better than my laptops radeon hd 4650 1gb, and i could play LoL on high settings

 

I'm sorry if i wasn't very helpful, but i'm just getting back into PC hardware, been out of it for quite a while

Thanks bro.. this is very helpful.. but will the APU be useless after I buy a dedicated graphics card?

[jmu599]

 

 

While i'm not really knowledgeable on this topic, i did research AMD CPU's quite a bit

 

Amd A8 5600k should do just fine with most online games

 

My recommendation is that you go with A8, and start saving more money so you could buy yourself a nice dedicated GPU in a future

 

Also, A8 5600k integrated graphics are a lot better than my laptops radeon hd 4650 1gb, and i could play LoL on high settings

 

I'm sorry if i wasn't very helpful, but i'm just getting back into PC hardware, been out of it for quite a while

How many wattages will you think the PC wil consume?

[Forcebreaker]

Not a lot. ;/ By using eXtreme power supply calculator, including r9 270, you would need a 400w supply.

[Sonefiler]

AMD APU.

[Silver Knight]

Thanks bro.. this is very helpful.. but will the APU be useless after I buy a dedicated graphics card?

No, but your computer will be then using your dedicated one. As for the wattage, it shouldn't be much, I think that you should go with some high quality 450-500w if  you don't plan on crossfire/sli...

 

Also, keep in mind that you shouldn't use too high end GPU, i think the one you should buy is r9 270, because you might see some bottleneck with higher end ones (if it's a CPU intensive games, then it will also bottleneck a 270).

 

My personal recommendation is that you use your APU for some time to play MMO games, and save enough money for a nicer upgrade (a nice dedicated CPU and GPU)

[jmu599]

No, but your computer will be then using your dedicated one. As for the wattage, it shouldn't be much, I think that you should go with some high quality 450-500w if  you don't plan on crossfire/sli...

 

Also, keep in mind that you shouldn't use too high end GPU, i think the one you should buy is r9 270, because you might see some bottleneck with higher end ones (if it's a CPU intensive games, then it will also bottleneck a 270).

 

My personal recommendation is that you use your APU for some time to play MMO games, and save enough money for a nicer upgrade (a nice dedicated CPU and GPU)

Can you suggest other GPU upgrades? cause I think the r9 270 is overkill

[Silver Knight]

Can you suggest other GPU upgrades? cause I think the r9 270 is overkill

Well, it might now seem like an overkill but, it won't after some time

 

Then why don't you try 7850 If there're any for a decent price It's a little bit weaker than 270, which is basically 7870, and a little bit stronger than 260x, which is basically 7790.