Best AMD APU for gaming?

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I'm on a real budget and can only get an apu.
Which of these would be the best for gaming?

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AMD A10-7850K 3.70GHz Quad-Core
AMD A10-7700K 3.40GHz Quad-Core
AMD A10-6800K 4.10GHz Quad-Core
AMD A10-6700 3.70GHz Quad-Core
AMD A8-6600K 3.90GHz Quad-Core
AMD A6-6400K 3.90GHz Dual-Core
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $324.97
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-12 18:42 EST-0500)


Far better GPU solution

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CPU: Intel Pentium G3420 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($74.14 @ NCIX US)...
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $324.97
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-12 18:42 EST-0500)


Far better GPU solution

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CPU: Intel Pentium G3420 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($74.14 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-A Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Team Dark Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($74.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 1GB Video Card ($119.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $324.10
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-12 18:41 EST-0500)

 
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Thanks for the reply what can this run over the apu?
 
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Thank you for the link but I guess its a better idea to save up for better processor and an actual graphics card.
 
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Considering the far better GPU, it will run any game better than the APU alone.

For a bit more, you can get a better CPU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($119.99 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-A Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Team Dark Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($74.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 1GB Video Card ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $379.95
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-13 09:37 EST-0500)

AMD option
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CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($117.13 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($59.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Team Dark Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($74.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 1GB Video Card ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $382.09
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-13 09:38 EST-0500)
 
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if you want a good gpu/cpu combo, get a fx 6300 by amd and a gtx 760 if you can. If you want something cheaper, then get the amd fx 6300 along with any gpu you want. Remember, microcenter is giving free motherboards with the cpu as well, so you wont need to buy another motherboard. If you want another motherboard, instead of the free one, they have plenty of combos that can potentially save you alot, so you can spend the extra money getting a better gpu.
 
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Yes, you can get the CPU and motherboard combo I have above for AMD and get the board for free after $10 MIR at Microcenter. There is tax involved, of course, but it should still come out cheaper than above. I wouldn't use the totally free motherboard. The board above is the only "cheap" motherboard I can recommend. You could pocket the savings or maybe use them towards an even better gpu.
 
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Don't believe the hype. The A10-7850 with R7 will play any game out and then some. This is a very nice APU. You can't touch this performance for the money on the INTEL side.

anyone that tells you to get an intel BS CHIP is BSing you. The problem is INTEL does not offer an APU and if they don't change the thinking process they will be clobbered in the years to come. The APU just makes sense and takes out the MB to GPU / CPU bottlenecks.

I am a MCSE and I have been building and testing MB's and Graphics cards for over 15 years.

Regards
KramMan
 
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Pretty bad, I am an MSCA, though I have forgotten pretty much most of what I learned, and I know that much. 😛 I got my cert, worked in IT for like 4 months then got called back to my old job as a Metrology tech for a die cast company. Haven't touched a thing in IT since, that I wasn't already doing before I went to school for it. :lol:



 
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for 1 it has a higher clock speed and a dedicated gpu will be a lot faster and alot better having 1gb vram over a dedicated apu and and individual cpu and gpu will give it more power on a cpu independent game like tf2

 
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Do people not look at the dates before they post? :lol:

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Honestly, anything you all post will help us "noobs" out. Whether or not the post is old as long as it is informative does not really matter. It's late January 2015 and thinking about building my own pc and comparing with what is on the market. Hands down building one is cheaper and it will be much faster than the crap you get anywhere else.
 
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Yeah, it's THIS thread again. Some people just want to have the last word...
The A10 7850k is a capable chip, able to handle some decent gaming when paired with the right ram and motherboard chipset. http://youtu.be/Cv57qDXpEPU

The suggested Pentium G3420 setup would be better, but releasing it as a dual-core was major mis-step by Intel. It's not a problem if you only plan on playing games which utilize just one or two cores, but that would force you to miss out on some newer titles.
 
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I got an 8320 and was just looking into if i should swap it and the Ga99XAUD3 motherboard out for and A10 APU and a FM2 motherboard, as i need a new GPU and my HD7850 seems a bit broken. so from what I have read here i should just get a new gpu and keep the 8320 right?
 
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