Hi guys I was looking to build a small portable itx gaming rig that will be inside a Lian-Li pc-tu100 case, I will only be using it for gaming as I have another pc with a 4770k for other work so I was looking at the 750k to save money over the Intel parts.
Would you recommend a 750k considering that it is on an outdated socket and do you think there will be an upgrade to the Athlon line coming soon.
Thanks for your time.
for itx why not base it on i3? or A10 apu's? its only going to be a small rig anyway?
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2W1af high end budget i think
I like the 750k or the 760k. A half-decent quad core would be my personal choice.
It really depends what kind of games you wish to play, or what GPU you will be using.
Go with the 760k. It has higher clocks and a few advancements over the 750k for only a few dollars more.
It's not on an outdated socket as long as you choose a motherboard with the FM2+ socket.
Something like an i5 may be worthwhile, depending on what GPU you use. You'll probably start to see a bottleneck coming from the 750k with around a 7870/270x or around 760/670 for your GPU. FM2 is somewhat outdated, I don't expect to see any new CPUs or APUs for it but, if you were to get and FM2+ motherboard, there will be a future upgrade path, once AMD starts releasing some newer APUs and CPUs.
Ok thanks for the help I didn't know that the fm2 cpus were compatible with the fm2+ socket, I will use the 760k.
Thanks for the suggestion but I dont think that I will go with a I5 because I dont need the extra cpu power and this video shows that the small performance increase will not be worth the extra money for me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIT9uLDjZcg
Cheers guys.
Thanks for your help but I wanted to use a discreet gpu so using the A10 would be little point as the athlon is basically the A10 without the gpu, the i3 is a good option but it is not as good value as the Athlon.
Depends on the GPU. I would grab the i5 if you wanted to use a higher-end GPU. To maximise the performance of the GPU, which costs $$$s. Performance lost is $$ on the card.
I'm assuming the OP is on a bit of a budget. In this case, do not spend more money on a higher end CPU. Stay with something mid-range like the 760k. With mantle, CPU optimization has already been shown to have significant improvements in low to mid range CPUs driving higher-end GPUs in gaming.
For a gaming rig, spend the money where it really counts; on the GPU.
buy the 750K a good cooler and OC IT until ti megahurts
The 760K is already 400mhz faster than the 750K out of the box.
yeaa but you can oc it pretty high and boost the performances
Both OC very well. I believe the OC records stand at 6.8 for the 750K and 7.1 for the 760K. It just makes more sense, to me, to spend an extra $10 and already be 400mhz ahead.
But seeing as the OP is planning a portable budget build, I don't think overlocking is a strong priority, thus it makes even more sense to go with the part that's faster right out of the box.
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