A10 or fx?

[Ballzfast]

I'm not a hardcore gamer and I'm planning my first build. I would like opinions on my choices of CPU. Whichever one I buy will be paired with a decent motherboard from asus,asrock or msi. I already have a evga gtx 1050 ti sc 4gb gpu, 2 8gb sticks of corsair vengeance pro 1866mhz ram. 

 

choice number 1 that I am heavily leaning toward is http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113398

 

choice number 2 is http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113402

 

 

 

 

 

[PlayStation 2]

If you're spending $185 on a CPU, you might as well aim for a Core i5-6500.

[Himommies]

Unless you really want deus ex for free,wait for zen.But out of those two i would go for the fx 8370

[AlTech]

3 minutes ago, Ballzfast said:

I'm not a hardcore gamer and I'm planning my first build. I would like opinions on my choices of CPU. Whichever one I buy will be paired with a decent motherboard from asus,asrock or msi. I already have a evga gtx 1050 ti sc 4gb gpu, 2 8gb sticks of corsair vengeance pro 1866mhz ram. 

 

choice number 1 that I am heavily leaning toward is http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113398

 

choice number 2 is http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113402

 

 

 

 

 

The A10 will probably be more efficient but the FX may perform better.

[GoldSolitude]

1 minute ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

If you're spending $185 on a CPU, you might as well aim for a Core i5-6500.

It looks like he has ddr3 ram which skylake doesnt officially support I think.

[Guest]

5 hours ago, GoldSolitude said:

It looks like he has ddr3 ram which skylake doesnt officially support I think.

but there are mobo with ddr3 support and 1151 socket

[PlayStation 2]

Just now, GoldSolitude said:

It looks like he has ddr3 ram which skylake doesnt officially support I think.

Ah fuck, didn't notice that.

Honestly, to OP, you might as well get DDR4 RAM so you can do that. I don't see a reason not to.

[PlayStation 2]

2 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

but there are mobo with ddr3 support and 1151 socket

The motherboards with DDR3 support only officially support LPDDR3, however. Judging by the RAM, he does not own LPDDR3 RAM.

[Guest]

5 hours ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

Ah fuck, didn't notice that.

Honestly, to OP, you might as well get DDR4 RAM so you can do that. I don't see a reason not to.

haswell it is then

[GDRRiley]

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/FXRm3C grab that

[manikyath]

at this point in time i cant suggest you buy either tbh...

 

i'd rather push you towards something like this instead: (implying in OP that you're gonna buy a mobo either way

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/VKJVMp

5 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

The motherboards with DDR3 support only officially support LPDDR3, however. Judging by the RAM, he does not own LPDDR3 RAM.

that's intel's theory, and then mobo manufacturers wiped the floor with that concept afaik.

[i_build_nanosuits]

11 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

Ah fuck, didn't notice that.

Honestly, to OP, you might as well get DDR4 RAM so you can do that. I don't see a reason not to.

OR just get an haswell kit you can get an H97 and i5-4590 or something like that for pretty cheap.

[Guest]

The A10 is mostly for the build-in graphics card. You already have a 1050, so a build-in GPU isn't that interesting. I would go for the FX.

[i_build_nanosuits]

that for example is good performance for the price:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($189.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($40.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $230.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-12 21:35 EST-0500

[TubsAlwaysWins]

Get Intel or hold out for Zen. Buying my FX CPU a year ago was the second biggest mistake of my life. (The first was breathing after I was born)

[i_build_nanosuits]

Just now, TubsAlwaysWins said:

Get Intel or hold out for Zen. Buying my FX CPU a year ago was the second biggest mistake of my life. (The first was breathing after I was born)

i had one too...left me very salty.

[TubsAlwaysWins]

Just now, i_build_nanosuits said:

i had one too...left me very salty.

Im trying so hard to get rid of it

[i_build_nanosuits]

2 minutes ago, TubsAlwaysWins said:

Im trying so hard to get rid of it

It's still a good match for your R9 270X though...but once you go to faster GPU it will hold you back...forever.

[TubsAlwaysWins]

1 minute ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

It's still a good match for your R9 270X though...but once you go to faster GPU it will hold you back...forever.

Yeah... But I really think my CPU is holding be back

[i_build_nanosuits]

Just now, TubsAlwaysWins said:

Yeah... But I really think my CPU is holding be back

in some situations it might be, yes...but overall still a good match.

[Ballzfast]

3 hours ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

If you're spending $185 on a CPU, you might as well aim for a Core i5-6500.

Sorry. I going amd. Intel is not an option. Hence my choices.

[Ballzfast]

3 hours ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

Ah fuck, didn't notice that.

Honestly, to OP, you might as well get DDR4 RAM so you can do that. I don't see a reason not to.

I already have the ram. It is in my i3 rig right now. My new rig will be reusing some of my current parts. 

[AlTech]

57 minutes ago, Ballzfast said:

I already have the ram. It is in my i3 rig right now. My new rig will be reusing some of my current parts. 

What's your priority? Performance or Power efficiency?

[SpaceGhostC2C]

As they told you above, don't buy an A10 if you are going to use a discrete GPU. In that case, get an FX or, for the FM2+ socket, an Athlon II x4 (something like the 860k or similar). You will save money due to the lack of iGPU, which you don't need. 

[Ballzfast]

7 hours ago, Strike105X said:

Any FX83XX would be a better choice then the APU, its more power hungry but it also performs better, but be careful when choosing a motherboard for it, especially if you plan to overclock it.

Thanks. I don't have any plans to overclock the CPU or gpu for a while. I want to see what it can do right out of the box. Down the road I'll probably do a light overclock. As stated I'm not a hardcore gamer so I don't need the fastest speeds I can get from it. I want it to last. I want it to be a decent but kind of a low budget system.thats why no Intel CPU or changing to ddr4 ram and stuff.