New APU Rig for 2016

[SteveEvans]

Here is my list.  Any thoughts?

 

Just wanting to do some CS:GO, Rocket League.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/tfBzqs

[refinedskillz]

high end 6*** intel cpus have better igpus, but yeah this will work.

[TheRandomness]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($122.98 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($42.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  (Purchased For $0.00) 

Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $0.00) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For $0.00) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB FTW ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($21.98 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For $0.00) 

Total: $312.93

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-14 14:40 EST-0500

 

So much better than an APU

[Djole123]

Wait for Zen platform...

[SteveEvans]

Wait for Zen platform...

That is my other train of thought.....

[Streetguru]

Here is my list.  Any thoughts?

 

Just wanting to do some CS:GO, Rocket League.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/tfBzqs

Shoot for the A8 7600 instead, much better value overall, the A10s are too bottlenecked by RAM speeds

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BKvDGX

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BKvDGX/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD A8-7600 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($81.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($56.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($39.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $178.97

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-14 16:08 EST-0500

 

Memory scaling test with the A10 7850k

http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Memory/Ultra-Speed-DDR3-Revisited-AMD-APU-Memory-Scaling/Graphics-Benchmarks

 

A8 7650K | CS:GO/Dota 2/SC2 benchmarks Tested With 1866Mhz RAM

http://www.technologyx.com/featured/amd-a8-7650k-apu-review-the-little-apu-that-could/4/

A8 7650K | Various AAA titles Tested with 2133Mhz RAM

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9217/the-amd-a8-7650k-apu-review-also-new-testing-methodology/7

 

Highly overclocked A10

http://www.eteknix.com/amd-kaveri-a10-7850k-overclocking-unleashing-gcns-potential/6/

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Also you could go for a really tiny GPUless ITX rig with an APU

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/NYgZVn

[Streetguru]

high end 6*** intel cpus have better igpus, but yeah this will work.

I think you mean broadwell, but those chips cost upwards of 300 dollars on their own