[citation][nom]Forde3654Eire[/nom]It doesn't really make much sense to buy an APU. Might as well get an entry level CPU and a dedicated graphics card for the same price.[/citation]
You can't get the same performance for the money that way anymore. Let's use Llano as an example since Trinity isn't out for desktop yet.
A8-3850 can be had on newegg, new, for as little as $90. With 1600MHz memory, it's almost as fast as the 6570 with a slightly higher CPU performance than an Athlon II of the same core count, cache capacity, and CPU frequency. The Athlon II alone would be almost as expensive as the A8 and with even a Radeon 5550, it's significantly more expensive. Not even a Celeron G530 from Intel, priced at about $50 and having half the core count of the A8, can fit with the 5550 at the same price point. So, you're going for a more expensive yet inferior performing setup if you go with the Celeron plus Radeon 5550. There's no getting around this for most people. Trinity is probably going to continue this.