AMD A4 Or Athlon II X2 280

[catshannon]

How to make answer as best pickup answer .................

Just click the pick as best solution.. in the down right corner of every comment or answer.

There is no such radio button for this post what to do ?

its a discussion not a solution board so there is no such option

 

[haider95]

Intel motherboards like the one OP has doesn't support CPU control. Overclocking is out of the question.. and no you won't need additional cooling for the A4

 

[technoboyhrishi]

Intel motherboards like the one OP has doesn't support CPU control. Overclocking is out of the question.. and no you won't need additional cooling for the A4

And what about A6 5400k ?

 

[haider95]

Oh my God bro. The stock coolers that come with the CPU are designed to make them run cool. They won't overheat

 

[technoboyhrishi]

Oh my God bro. The stock coolers that come with the CPU are designed to make them run cool. They won't overheat

Bro i know stock coolers are made for cool but some stock coolers are not enough to cool since its APU it will generate more heat if it had more load

 

[haider95]

The APU's dont get that hot :/

 

[flashback_rtk]

If you plan on buying a discrete GPU I'd go for the Athlon. The socket is AM3, if you buy an AM3+ mobo in the future you'll be able to upgrate to an FX processor up to Piledriver and maybe even Steamroller (I don't know if AMD is changing sockets or what). If you want to save in the GPU you can go for the APU, but with an A4 I don't know if it's gonna be that great, and maybe the price difference is not gonna be that different of getting the Athlon and a low end dGPU (which is probably gonna still be better than the iGPU of the APU, and you may even buy a passively cooled one). What's your budget? The Radeon HD 7750 sells for around 85€ (that plus the Athlon would be nice for a budget build), the Radeon HD 6670 for 65€ and the Radeon HD 6570 for 50€, if we go lower you have things like the HD 6450 or HD 5450. (Anyway I see the A4 is 45€ that's hard to beat) In FM2 you also have some Athlons without iGPU. If you go for the FM2 option you can as well buy an FM2+ (there are not so many at the moment) mobo and be able to upgrade to future Kaveri APUs but remember that the FM socket is for APUs and budget processors. Also the A4 most probably has newer tech (like faster memory supported and such) than the AM3 Athlon. Another thing, the APU will perform better the faster you get the RAM. I hope I am not confusing you but I think that's good information to know before you buy. Choose wisely!

PS: btw how do you post as anonimous??

 

[technoboyhrishi]

If you plan on buying a discrete GPU I'd go for the Athlon. The socket is AM3, if you buy an AM3+ mobo in the future you'll be able to upgrate to an FX processor up to Piledriver and maybe even Steamroller (I don't know if AMD is changing sockets or what). If you want to save in the GPU you can go for the APU, but with an A4 I don't know if it's gonna be that great, and maybe the price difference is not gonna be that different of getting the Athlon and a low end dGPU (which is probably gonna still be better than the iGPU of the APU, and you may even buy a passively cooled one). What's your budget? The Radeon HD 7750 sells for around 85€ (that plus the Athlon would be nice for a budget build), the Radeon HD 6670 for 65€ and the Radeon HD 6570 for 50€, if we go lower you have things like the HD 6450 or HD 5450. (Anyway I see the A4 is 45€ that's hard to beat) In FM2 you also have some Athlons without iGPU. If you go for the FM2 option you can as well buy an FM2+ (there are not so many at the moment) mobo and be able to upgrade to future Kaveri APUs but remember that the FM socket is for APUs and budget processors. Also the A4 most probably has newer tech (like faster memory supported and such) than the AM3 Athlon. Another thing, the APU will perform better the faster you get the RAM. I hope I am not confusing you but I think that's good information to know before you buy. Choose wisely!

PS: btw how do you post as anonimous??

ddue instad of athlon why i cannot try Intel G2030 with Radeon 6570/6670 1 GB will be good ? since Intel G2020/32030 are new realse with very good speed just lacks by clock but thats ok 2.9 or 3 GHz will be enough for pc games

 

[mohit9206]

If you plan on buying a discrete GPU I'd go for the Athlon. The socket is AM3, if you buy an AM3+ mobo in the future you'll be able to upgrate to an FX processor up to Piledriver and maybe even Steamroller (I don't know if AMD is changing sockets or what). If you want to save in the GPU you can go for the APU, but with an A4 I don't know if it's gonna be that great, and maybe the price difference is not gonna be that different of getting the Athlon and a low end dGPU (which is probably gonna still be better than the iGPU of the APU, and you may even buy a passively cooled one). What's your budget? The Radeon HD 7750 sells for around 85€ (that plus the Athlon would be nice for a budget build), the Radeon HD 6670 for 65€ and the Radeon HD 6570 for 50€, if we go lower you have things like the HD 6450 or HD 5450. (Anyway I see the A4 is 45€ that's hard to beat) In FM2 you also have some Athlons without iGPU. If you go for the FM2 option you can as well buy an FM2+ (there are not so many at the moment) mobo and be able to upgrade to future Kaveri APUs but remember that the FM socket is for APUs and budget processors. Also the A4 most probably has newer tech (like faster memory supported and such) than the AM3 Athlon. Another thing, the APU will perform better the faster you get the RAM. I hope I am not confusing you but I think that's good information to know before you buy. Choose wisely!

PS: btw how do you post as anonimous??

ddue instad of athlon why i cannot try Intel G2030 with Radeon 6570/6670 1 GB will be good ? since Intel G2020/32030 are new realse with very good speed just lacks by clock but thats ok 2.9 or 3 GHz will be enough for pc games

Yes go for Pentium it will be better paired with a 6670.