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Is the A8-9600 any good?

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My friend has a budget of £200 (like $250) for a pc, I have found one with an A8-9600, 8gb RAM, plus a 250gb SSD and a 2tb HDD. This seems like a good deal for the price considering he can easily upgrade down the line to Ryzen. I just dont know the performance of the A8, any thoughts? The other options are systems with older i5s and GPUs like the 760, 950, older r7 cards etc. He dosent play overly demanding games, just titles like ROBLOX, CSGO, TF2, Among Us

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could he do something like this build? The GPU and the CPU performance should be better on it.

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/HelpfulTechWizard/saved/#view=gH6xsY

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It's not great.

6 minutes ago, WY6 said:

older i5s

Which ones exactly? Many should be better.

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3 minutes ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

could he do something like this build? The GPU and the CPU performance should be better on it.

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/HelpfulTechWizard/saved/#view=gH6xsY

No he only has 200 unfortunately

2 minutes ago, HairlessMonkeyBoy said:

It's not great.

Which ones exactly? Many should be better.

Mainly the i5 2400

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1 minute ago, WY6 said:

No he only has 200 unfortunately

4 minutes ago, HairlessMonkeyBoy said:

dang. Lemme try to squeze a bit more outta it.

I could use some help with this!

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please, pm me if you would like to contribute to my gpu bios database (includes overclocking bios, stock bios, and upgrades to gpus via modding)

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My beautiful, but not that powerful, main PC:

prior build:

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11 minutes ago, WY6 said:

This seems like a good deal for the price considering he can easily upgrade down the line to Ryzen

this is probably the biggest point of value, a quality upgrade path. I wouldn't much mind the slow CPU if it was being replaced in 4 to 6 months.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

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Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

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