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Wow, do I even want to interject here?
In which case this begs a question... why suggest him buy A4-6300 if he will have to buy a Graphics Card anyway?
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Its a 40 dollar CPU, you get what you pay for. Its an APU just like ALL of Intel's CPUs have been for years. Under your logic I could say "why buy an i7 when you're just going to buy a graphics card anyway"? Good lord dude, cool your jets.

And why not buy some actual half-decent CPU without integrated GPU crap AND a graphics card?
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Because you pretty much can't avoid integrated "GPU crap" anymore as I said already. Both major CPU manufacturers have clearly demonstrated this continued integrating feature as being the industry standard.


Now to get to the OPs question, no...
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Unless it has a K after it then it's not unlocked. I think you need an A6 series, I have an A6-6400K in my HTPC and that is unlocked. It's also a really good processor I'm very impressed with it for my needs.
 
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Can i overclock locked cpu?
 
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yes, you can overclock it, but you have to unlock the multiplier yourself. Unfortunately, that's something I personally can't help you with at the moment, but you can easily find the information online. Per the first response, K does signify a processor with an already unlocked multiplier. http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/processor-product-names-decoded/
More information on the naming scheme for AMD processors in the link if you so desire.
 
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It's not the best option for gaming, but if you get a good graphics card, you should be able to run nearly any current game out there. Even being only a dual core, a CPU at 3.7 GHz is pretty good. I honestly wouldn't worry about overclocking it because of it's base frequency. Plus, it only increases by .2 GHz, which will increase performance, but overclocking can cause overheating more easily and can decrease the life expectancy of practically any computer component, and the very slight increase is IMHO not worth it. Not able to answer your question about BCLK overclocking, however.
 
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People are too nice... I'll be less nice, I'm good at it...

Basically A4-6300 is a dogshit CPU that is only good for HTPCs, it's gaming performance is abysmal and you will not have any sort of playable framerate anywhere except for the lowest resolution (think 1368x768, low quality). Old games might fare better, but not by that much.

Overclocking it (even if you will succeed such a feat to any significant extent, which is doubtful) will be just as helpful as adding a 5th wheel to an electric vehicle thing used by elderly people to ride around in the park.

Basically - set your expectations low...


Here is a good video demonstrating this APU handling Bioshock Infinite benchmark at low with sub 768p resolution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-7RwGgY24A


Apart from GPU - CPU-wise it's about as good as mid-range Intel CPU from 7-8 years ago, so adding a more powerful graphics card is a fool's venture since this CPU will simply drag down anything besides "higher end" entry level cards.

Basically, unless you have no other choice whatsoever and your budget only allows this - don't buy it.
 
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Yes, Intel is proven to be a better processor manufacturer, but the OP is asking about the A4-6300. I personally own an A-10 7850K, and minus overheating caused by the stock AMD heatsink/cpu fan, it is a great CPU. Also, the APU by itself, without any additional graphics card, is, yes, "a dogshit CPU" for gaming. So is any CPU with integrated graphics. Integrated graphics are not designed for heavy gaming. However, if you add a GPU peripheral, the performance improves greatly, as it does with any system. Yeah, it's not a great CPU, but as I said, even with two cores, at 3.7 GHz, it'll run a lot of programs with ease. Will he or she be able to run everything on Ultra or Very High? No. But they will be able to nearly any game.
 
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Intel was just an example... By no means I start silly brand wars here.

I just see here a bunch of people saying this... thing... is good and I am somewhat stunned at this. This CPU (A4-6300) is horrible and the onboard GPU is horrible.

A10-7850K is on a whole other level, it's actually decent. A4-6300 is absolutely horrible - it's like 40% of what A10-7850K is for all intents and purposes, half the CPU cores, 1/3 of Shader Units...

Seeing how OP intends to play games on it and not exactly tetris there, I see absolutely no correlation between reality and people even mentioning that A4-6300 is "good"...

I mean really? The guy said - he wants to play games and just some facebook games - I see CoD:AW, I see Far Cry 4... I say - it simply won't happen, unless you consider 20FPS on low @ 768p as "gaming".

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Update: I mean really look at this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRUp4ldS9NI

Advanced Warfare - lowest settings - 1024x600 - you want to tell me this gaming here? It manages to stutter even with those settings...

Bottom line - don't feed OP false info, because he will just go and buy this pile of shit, plug it in and then curse the whole world.
 
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Wow, I think that was a little pompous to say that bad stuff about the a4 6300, coming from somebody with a haswell i7 and an r9 290x in their sig. that gameplay video you linked on the iGPU of the a4 playing Bioshock Infinite looks pretty much as good as xbox 360/ps3 graphics, which for an iGPU is really nice. If that's all the OP can afford then it's not the end of the world. Not everybody can afford nor needs a haswell i7 or 290x.

Obviously if the guy is considering gaming on an a4 their expectations are low, and none of the games he wants to play are very demanding.


3.7ghz dual core will run the majority of stuff ever made. Still beats the requirements for the majority of games EVER made.

The a4 appears to be locked, but even at stock it'll run most stuff, just keep your expectations low, and try to pair it with at least 1600mhz ram. Hopefully faster, but I understand this is on a budget. 1866 is a nice middleground.

As long as you're fine with 30fps at xbox 360/ps3 graphics then you're fine OP.

What's your whole budget though?

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php/754562-AMD-A4-6300-Beginners-guide-to-overclocking

edit, advanced warfare is a horrible PC port and the population plummeted after release. It runs choppy even on my i5 3570k and hd 7950 pc.
 
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The CPU by itself, using onboard graphics, is impossible to use for gaming. That's why you get a graphics card to go with it and have the graphics processed from the GPU. Any onboard graphics are decent at the very best. I'm not trying to start a brand war either, but I always see people shitting on AMD when they are actually a decent brand. Not great, but decent. My bad, I got defensive. 😛 Anyways, yes, if you were to try and run a game with just the onboard graphics, you wouldn't be able to run a game well enough. For graphics, it's a piece of shit, I agree. But that's why you pair it with a GPU so that the central processor can focus less on graphics processing.
 
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I recently had the opportunity to extensively test a 7850k. Yes it is impressive for what it can do but IMO it is the most pointless CPU currently on sale. The GPU is powerful for what it is but not powerful enough to replace a discreet card. It runs way too hot, it's not too bad efficiency wise I'll give it that. But to make it do anything well you need to buy an expensive board, expensive RAM and the CPU itself isn't exactly cheap. By the time you make it run to it's full potential (which is slower gaming wise than an R7 250x) you've spent a flipping fortune. The only gaming option on the FM2 platform really is the Athlon coupled to a decent GPU. I AMD APU's are great for HTPC's I use one myself but for gaming they are currently a marketing gimmick at best.
 
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I agree I think the 7850k is a waste, with all that money and expensive ram somebody could of just gotten an athlon x4 860k or 750k and a real gpu with cheap ram and been better off.


The iGPU in the APU's are better than the hd4000 in my i5 3570k and I gamed just fine on that on 720p low on any game I wanted before I got my GPU.


This is like......telling somebody they have to buy expensive steak out to eat someplace when all they can afford is a peanut butter sandwich though....if all he can afford is the 3.7ghz dual core APU that's all he can afford. Unless you guys want to give him the money for an expensive intel pc there's nothing we can do. It'll play the majority of stuff on 720p low.
 
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Well, it's a 4-core that runs at 3.7Ghz/core. It's gonna generate a good amount of heat. AMD fumbled the stock cooler for the processor. If you want it to run somewhat cool, and not have the BSOD (It gets really annoying, trust me), then you'll want to get a way better CPU cooler than the stock. It's not entirely pointless however. If you don't have enough money for a GPU, then this is a great alternative for mid-level gaming. No onboard graphics are designed for high-end gaming, though. It's just a fact we all have to face. I never got to play games withe the integrated graphics because I didn't have the right drivers downloaded I guess, but having R7 graphics isn't that bad for, as I said, mid-level gaming. And for AMD, it's their most expensive CPU marketed toward the general population. But AMD is a good $100 cheaper than a slightly better Intel on any given day.
 
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Funny enough... the A4-6300 is about $45. So if that's all he can afford, I don't think he should be spending money to build a computer right now. And I agree actually, the Athlon 680k does look really nice. It's sold out on Newegg (my site of preference), but it has a pretty decent cache size and the speed is pretty good.
 
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Actually Zetto that's my point. The 7850k is possibly the worst option for mid level budget gaming you can buy. The best budget cards are the AMD R7's 250x and above for sure. But couple that with an Athlon, or a haswell i3 and you will spend less than the 7850k and it will be faster... and not just faster in gaming faster in everything else! Have you ever heard the saying jack of all trades master of none? That is the 7850k, I might let them use that as a tag line.

Don't mistake this for Intel fanboyism. My HTPC is an A6 AMD, my server is an AM3 Athlon. AMD can make sense for certain applications but they just make some frustrating decisions that just annoy me. I wish they could bring out some direct competition for Intel like the good old days when 'I' was an AMD fanboy.
 
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Nah, I know it's not Intel fanboyism. I'm a big fan of Intel myself. And I bought an Asus R290X DC2OC so I could play games, so I knew I wouldn't be relying on integrated graphics. I honestly bought the 7850K because it had the most cores and the highest frequency of that core number, while still maintaining the 8 iGPU core count. It wasn't the best buy I probably could've made, but it's served me well enough, minus the POS cooling.
 
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In which case this begs a question... why suggest him buy A4-6300 if he will have to buy a Graphics Card anyway?

Didn't you think that maybe A4-6300 is not a good choice because he will pay for a shit GPU he won't use in this case?

That's my problem right here... people suggesting to buy A4 and then "lol buy a graphics card and it's all good"... I mean, is this for real?

And why not buy some actual half-decent CPU without integrated GPU crap AND a graphics card? Isn't it making more sense?

And to some guy above... you will struggle getting 30FPS out of this thing, as you have seen in Bioshock Infinite benchmark.

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Basically, people, your suggestions make no sense, all I see here is following opinions:

1. A4-6300 is great and will be good for gaming! BZZT!! It's not and it will suck even on low at low resolutions and it's a well documented fact.
2. Buy A4 and then buy a dedicated GPU! BZZ BZZZT!! What's the point of buying crappy APU then, pray tell?

Of course if OP has no choice, then meh... but who said he has no choice?


Dear OP, do you have no other choice but to buy that A4-6300 junk?
 
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Thank for help, I wanted to upgrade parent's pc from 2005, but I will save up and get something better, because they want to play games.
 
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Smart choice, with a bit of saving you can lump together a much better system. Budget systems are very sensitive to budget changes even something as little as 100 extra bucks already opens up a lot of possibilities and will be a big improvement.
 
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