Hello, so I want to build a PC with one of these CPUs and I don't want a discrete card right now. I already have my main gaming rig but I'm not familiar with these two cpu/apu. Please help?
What kind of games are you looking to play with this rig now and in the foreseeable future?
Comparison : http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare_CPUs/AMD_AD640KOKA23HL,Intel_CM8064601482519/
If this is going to be a low end browsing, text editing & video watching machine I would go fo the AMD Chip since it only has a slightly weaker weaker cpu but a moderately faster GPU -> which means better acceleration for web-browsing and video-decoding. I recommend to use 2x DDR3 1866 4Gb ram modules (in a kit so you get matched modules)
If you value energy efficiency and plan to use this computer for moderate server type tasks like FreeNass, webserver, torrent machine etc, go for the Intel and combine it with a single DDR3 1333 8Gb ram module
Both of these chips are not really capable to play recent video games, except for very lightweight stuff. You can play previous generation games with low settings.
If you plan to add a discrete gpu later, technically the intel is the better choice, but practically: both of these chips will bottleneck future discrete graphics chips, because they only have two cores & two threads.
If you want something with an upgrade path i suggest you look at Intel i3 or AMD A10
In the lower end CPU(APUs included) market in my experience I have had better luck with AMD. My A6 based laptop is still running strong and I still use it(plays some basic games like Dota2 and such), conversely I have had some low end Intel solutions give me troubles sooner than my AMD ones ever did. That said I do not have any experience with Intels newer lower end stuff but their i5 and i7 K series stuff is rock solid, switched from the 8320 4.9 Ghz OC stable as heck and my i5 clocked at 4.6 Ghz runs 10-30% better across the board (accept in some very multi-thread intensive benchmarking).
I'm with fluffymace on the upgrade path, it avoids complete replacement upgrades in the future. Also that A10 7850K my brother runs and it is great! Overclocked a bit with just an H60 cooling it he's getting solid performance in 1080p games with proper settings. Productivity wise i3(4150/4350) or A10 (7700K/7850K) would give you enough to not aggrivate in the future while providing a better experience overall(and the upgrade path is there)
Just my bent copper though its ultimately an end-user thing.
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intel g3258 unlocked is the best deal atm. Or 750k, but at least you can upgrade to a better quad core later if you go z97.
It's quite capable of playing any games fluffymace, you just need to overclock it. Same with 750k. Just because the more expensive quad cores run dual core optimized games better doesn't mean these little monsters can't play games. They're budget oriented and very good at that, keep in mind we're talking graphically taxing games, not world of warcraft or whichever MMO.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pentium-g3258-overclocking-performance,3849-17.html
Just f2p games and minecraft. I have my main gaming rig but this will be sitting on the side in the living room. I know both of these can run xbmc, but which can run minecraft better?
Just f2p games and minecraft. I have my main gaming rig but this will be sitting on the side in the living room. I know both of these can run xbmc, but which can run minecraft better
Just f2p games and minecraft. I have my main gaming rig but this will be sitting on the side in the living room. I know both of these can run xbmc, but which can run minecraft better
Just f2p games and minecraft. I have my main gaming rig but this will be sitting on the side in the living room. I know both of these can run xbmc, but which can run minecraft better
Well the AMD has the faster GPU and since you want to game on it: go with the AMD.
For minecraft i looked at this http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Hardware_performance
it doesn't show the performance for the hardware you specifically requested, but from the results of the hardware shown in the table, the GPU seems to be limiting factor.
My recommendation is going to be the AMD, with the requirement of populating both ram slots with 1866 DDR3 modules: I would go with a 2x 4gb 1866 DRR3 kit.
If you want grunt - intel G3258 then oc it. Add to that a cheap gpu - 2nd hand 650ti etc
If you want weak computational performance and mild graphics - a6 - just add some high speed ram and a board that supports high speed ram.
Funny, how toms avoided 6300 in their last build off. Uses a much weaker athlon in the budget class with a budget that would allow a much stronger showing.