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[Tea1337]

   I am doing a $400 gaming rig, but I am cought up on the processor. I made two parts lists, one with a A10-7700k and FM2+ motherboard, and an i3-4350 and a Gigabyte H97 motherboard. My question is, what one do I get? The AMD one is $20 more than the intel one because of the motherboard, but I'm not going to get the intel one just because of one sole reason of it being $20 cheaper.

[Askew]

What GPU have you chosen?

 

If you have a GPU avoid AMD APUs they suck compared to comparitively priced dedicated CPUs from AMD.

[dragoon20005]

What GPU have you chosen?

 

If you have a GPU avoid AMD APUs they suck compared to comparatively priced dedicated CPU from Intel.

edited your words

 

If you got a GPU stick to Intel

 

otherwise the APU is good by itself

[Askew]

edited your words

 

If you got a GPU stick to Intel

 

otherwise the APU is good by itself

 

I agree, I wasn't sure if he had a GPU or not.

[Tea1337]

What GPU have you chosen?

 

If you have a GPU avoid AMD APUs they suck compared to comparitively priced dedicated CPUs from AMD.

Nope, no GPU. 

[Askew]

Nope, no GPU. 

 

OK can you post up your intended specs? Maybe use PCpartpicker to make the lists and then we can see if any recommendations can be made to help out with this budget.

[Tea1337]

OK can you post up your intended specs? Maybe use PCpartpicker to make the lists and then we can see if any recommendations can be made to help out with this budget.

Intel: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rcz9t6

 

AMD: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WFnCFT

 

as for the amd one I would be using a Bitfenix prodigy that my sister has laying around.

[dragoon20005]

Nope, no GPU. 

if its APU build 

 

just hit me up any specific uses like apps and game to play

[Tea1337]

if its APU build 

 

just hit me up any specific uses like apps and game to play

Rendering in blender, highly modded minecraft, some battlefield 3/4 and games like that. 

[dragoon20005]

Intel: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rcz9t6

 

AMD: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WFnCFT

 

as for the amd one I would be using a Bitfenix prodigy that my sister has laying around.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($169.96 @ OutletPC) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($19.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard  ($97.24 @ Amazon) 

Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  ($72.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic 400W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($45.98 @ Newegg) 

Total: $406.16

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-18 21:15 EDT-0400

 

 

slightly higher in price 

 

for 10 dollars more the 7850K is just better than the 7700K

and APU will love you giving him 2133MHz RAMs as the iGPU uses the system RAM as VRAM

 

edit:

 

almost forget a nice cooler to replace the horrible stock cooler

 

with the good air cooler 

 

you can OC the iGPU for more power