[SOLVED] AMD A6-3500 gaming performance ?

[starspazattack]

Working on a pc for someone looking to start out gaming, since I don't have much experience with older hardware, does anyone know the viability of using an amd A6-3500 paired with a gtx 950 as a beginner build for light gaming ? 950 should be fine but wasn't sure about performance paired with the older apu. Plans for system are borderlands and Minecraft so far. any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[Lutfij]

You might want to scrub the idea of giving that poor fella that APU, if anything he'll wish he didn't have a computer to begin with. In 2021, a tri core processor is not going to cut it. Not when quad core processors are struggling. Simple answer, try a 4th Gen i3 or an i5.

 

[Nem1x]

Gtx 950 is overkill for that cpu . A6 3500 is ment for basic usage such as word or power point . Also that CPU has integrated graphics . I reccomend pairing GTX 950 with something like i5 3rd gen or an i3 if you are on budget .

 

[DSzymborski]

What's the budget and what's the long-term plan for the build? There are almost certainly better ideas than an entry-level APU from a decade ago in any use case and if there are plans to upgrade, it makes more sense to make a budget light gaming build with parts that aren't complete dead ends.

 

[Deleted member 14196]

A series is anemic. As stated above the person will wish they didn’t even have a computer with that APU

 

[starspazattack]

The long term plan is to upgrade basically the entire system down the line, new mobo, ram and cpu, the only reason I wanted to get more info on the apu's gaming performance was because the apu is already in an old prebuilt the person has and I wanted to check with others whether they would be able to get by with just a gpu upgrade for now then upgrade later down the line, I know there are a lot of older cpus that are fairly competent at gaming though I do understand that the chip is a tri core and like ancient by now but they've given me a pretty tight budget to work with. thanks for the responses by the way

 

[starspazattack]

probably going to upgrade to ryzen 3 or older gen ryzen 5 later down the line though.