Processor to buy

[WhiteShadow789]

I came across the AMD A10-7850K processor , it has amazing comparisons compared to the Intel i5-6400, the AMD processor outperforms it , would you suggest the AMD or Intel , if so which motherboard in the best for it .

[Lotus]

It doesn't outperform it. Not even close. The only reason to go with that a10 is if you're too broke to afford a dedicated GPU and must rely on the integrated GPU. The i5-6400 spanks it in every way except for iGPU.

[aisle9]

If you're 100% opposed to getting a discrete GPU, the A10. In 100% of other use cases, the i5. APUs are great for laptops imo, and a good compromise CPU if you want an ITX HTPC but don't want to spring for a GPU, but if you're looking for any kind of performance, gaming or high-end build, Skylake is the easy choice over an A10-7850K.

[StevenSensei]

Motherboard will be based on which chip you choose and then the features that you want. For example the i5-6400 (locked non overclock able) can go into very low end motherboards with no features to very high end enthusiast boards with crazy features like onboard m.2, upgraded audio, wi-fi etc.

 

[Neokolzia]

The newest iGpu in the i5's in Skylake are actually almost comparable, while yes not quite as much performance, if/when we see the broadwell iGpu's installed more commonly maybe then.

 

Its likely you looked at a review that showed largely comparison of the iGPU performance, likely would be something like 40fps vs 32fps in most cases.

[WhiteShadow789]

5 hours ago, aisle9 said:

If you're 100% opposed to getting a discrete GPU, the A10. In 100% of other use cases, the i5. APUs are great for laptops imo, and a good compromise CPU if you want an ITX HTPC but don't want to spring for a GPU, but if you're looking for any kind of performance, gaming or high-end build, Skylake is the easy choice over an A10-7850K.

Thanks alot for the info , i was also wondering why in the banchmark tests the i5 4690 , outperforms the i5 6600? Isnt the higher generation supossed to be newer and better?

[Lotus]

3 hours ago, WhiteShadow789 said:

Thanks alot for the info , i was also wondering why in the banchmark tests the i5 4690 , outperforms the i5 6600? Isnt the higher generation supossed to be newer and better?

Actually, for just CPU performance even the i5-4460 outperforms the i5-6400. The i5-6400 has a really low clock speed and turbo boost speed, which is why I always recommend paying the extra $10 to step up to the i5-6500. 5% increase in cost, 20% increase in performance. It's about on-par with the i5-4590. You don't actually see real performance gains in skylake until you step up to the i5-6600k and overclock it. The real benefits are things like DDR4 and chipset features, DDR4 being the big one that lets cheap systems run h110 boards with single memory stick and not worry about low memory bandwidth. It saves a fair bit of cash.

[WhiteShadow789]

16 hours ago, Lotus said:

Actually, for just CPU performance even the i5-4460 outperforms the i5-6400. The i5-6400 has a really low clock speed and turbo boost speed, which is why I always recommend paying the extra $10 to step up to the i5-6500. 5% increase in cost, 20% increase in performance. It's about on-par with the i5-4590. You don't actually see real performance gains in skylake until you step up to the i5-6600k and overclock it. The real benefits are things like DDR4 and chipset features, DDR4 being the big one that lets cheap systems run h110 boards with single memory stick and not worry about low memory bandwidth. It saves a fair bit of cash.

I have confirmed on the i5-6600 and is the gigabyte GA-150M-D3H a appropriate motherboard ? It supports DDR4 has M.2 PCIe x4 , it says 2way graphics with premium PCIe Lane ,is it a 3.0 version? Since the graphics card I am getting is a Asus Strix GTX 960 and it needs a PCIe 3.0 Lane.