Can the Athlon 5150/5350 be used for AAA Titles with a powerful DIscrete GPU (750Ti)

[DragonBorn1511]

These 2 APU's are SUPER cheap along with SUPER cheap Motherboards.

5150 comes in at £28. 5350 comes in at £37.

They're both Quad cores at relatively low clock speeds.

Games such as The Witcher 3 and Far Cry 4 REQUIRE Quad core CPUs to even run.

WIth a discrete GPU such as an R7 260X or 750 Ti (I've read on reviews the 750Ti starts to get bottlenecked by the 5350), can these 2 APU's handle AAA titles?

Will games such as FC4 and Witcher 3 run on such low speed Quad Cores?

WIll games such as GTA5 run well on this sort of setup?

I'm asking this because I'm looking to build a super cheap Gaming PC.

 

[synphul]

I just don't get the logic, that if a weak quad core like the 860k can actually make a game load (no mention of if it's playable or a slideshow), why not consider something even weaker yet. If they want screenshots of the game as a flipbook I'm sure there are plenty of photos on google without wasting $40. Doesn't even sound like this person is interested in playing games at decent enough frames to be worthwhile or enjoyable. For the price of a dinner out, why not just grab one and see how badly it struggles to load a AAA title if nothing else for the giggles.

 

[LookItsRain]

I just don't get the logic, that if a weak quad core like the 860k can actually make a game load (no mention of if it's playable or a slideshow), why not consider something even weaker yet. If they want screenshots of the game as a flipbook I'm sure there are plenty of photos on google without wasting $40. Doesn't even sound like this person is interested in playing games at decent enough frames to be worthwhile or enjoyable. For the price of a dinner out, why not just grab one and see how badly it struggles to load a AAA title if nothing else for the giggles.

Metro 2033 would load on my pentium d 925, the menu was 7 fps.

 

[CRITICALThinker]

I just don't get the logic, that if a weak quad core like the 860k can actually make a game load (no mention of if it's playable or a slideshow), why not consider something even weaker yet. If they want screenshots of the game as a flipbook I'm sure there are plenty of photos on google without wasting $40. Doesn't even sound like this person is interested in playing games at decent enough frames to be worthwhile or enjoyable. For the price of a dinner out, why not just grab one and see how badly it struggles to load a AAA title if nothing else for the giggles.

Metro 2033 would load on my pentium d 925, the menu was 7 fps.

Menu's are normally lower fps, FC3 runs on my computer 40-60fps(v-sync to keep fans down) but the menu is around 12 max, and source engine loading screens are 1fps as well. it is the engine.

To the OP - the 5350 would not be a good option, because the cores are far weaker than a AAA game would require for the past three or four years, and it lacks the PCI lanes (x4) to feed a more powerful GPU well enough to help. http://www.anandtech.com/show/7933/the-desktop-kabini-review-part-1-athlon-5350-am1/6

 

[DragonBorn1511]

I just don't get the logic, that if a weak quad core like the 860k can actually make a game load (no mention of if it's playable or a slideshow), why not consider something even weaker yet. If they want screenshots of the game as a flipbook I'm sure there are plenty of photos on google without wasting $40. Doesn't even sound like this person is interested in playing games at decent enough frames to be worthwhile or enjoyable. For the price of a dinner out, why not just grab one and see how badly it struggles to load a AAA title if nothing else for the giggles.

I just don't get the logic, that if a weak quad core like the 860k can actually make a game load (no mention of if it's playable or a slideshow), why not consider something even weaker yet. If they want screenshots of the game as a flipbook I'm sure there are plenty of photos on google without wasting $40. Doesn't even sound like this person is interested in playing games at decent enough frames to be worthwhile or enjoyable. For the price of a dinner out, why not just grab one and see how badly it struggles to load a AAA title if nothing else for the giggles.

Metro 2033 would load on my pentium d 925, the menu was 7 fps.

Menu's are normally lower fps, FC3 runs on my computer 40-60fps(v-sync to keep fans down) but the menu is around 12 max, and source engine loading screens are 1fps as well. it is the engine.

To the OP - the 5350 would not be a good option, because the cores are far weaker than a AAA game would require for the past three or four years, and it lacks the PCI lanes (x4) to feed a more powerful GPU well enough to help. http://www.anandtech.com/show/7933/the-desktop-kabini-review-part-1-athlon-5350-am1/6

THank you very much, I appreciate the answer.

I wasn't trolling before, I guess the other guys are too big headed to see that.

I'll probably still use a 5350 but I'm not going near AAA's, I'm only building this PC for Uni, and where I live, break ins are very common, so i'm not taking my proper rig.

 

[synphul]

It's not big headed, it's being honest. You asked about unsuitable cpu's, several people informed you they were unsuitable and why in an attempt to help and you've insisted on going with them. Why ask then? It just seems obvious you wanted to hear 'yes, do it, those cpu's will be great' rather than getting actual advice. It doesn't affect any of us who are trying to help you avoid making a mistake, after all it's your money and you'll be the one using the pc. I don't blame someone for not wanting to risk their investment in an area prone to break ins. I also hate to see people blow x amount of money on something they're unhappy with, end up having to spend an additional x amount for something better and at the end of the day they've spent more than they could have just to get something suitable to begin with.

 

[DragonBorn1511]

It's not big headed, it's being honest. You asked about unsuitable cpu's, several people informed you they were unsuitable and why in an attempt to help and you've insisted on going with them. Why ask then? It just seems obvious you wanted to hear 'yes, do it, those cpu's will be great' rather than getting actual advice. It doesn't affect any of us who are trying to help you avoid making a mistake, after all it's your money and you'll be the one using the pc. I don't blame someone for not wanting to risk their investment in an area prone to break ins. I also hate to see people blow x amount of money on something they're unhappy with, end up having to spend an additional x amount for something better and at the end of the day they've spent more than they could have just to get something suitable to begin with.

Well it's either a 5150/5350 or an A4 6300 Dual core.

I'll be paring it with an R9 270 (because it's just shot down in price) I'm totally aware of bottlenecks for CPU bound games.

I'll be using it to play older stuff like Far Cry 3, Borderlands 2, Fallout 3/NV, Battlefield 3, Titanfall.

I knew AAA titles wouldn't be doable. I was just curious to see if it would be possible even at low res'.

So out of the A4 6300 and 5350 which would you pick?

 

[mlga91]

If i had to choose between those two, i'd save my money until i can get something better, like a 4150, or at least a 860k. Games will run pretty bad on those two that you listed.

 

[DragonBorn1511]

If i have to choice between those two, i'd save my money until i can get something better, like a 4150, or at least a 860k. Games will run pretty bad on those two that you listed.

I appreciate the advice, but as stated before I can afford a 4150, an 860k or even a 4770k right now.

I don't want to spend that much due to where I live and high chance of break ins.

S out of just those 2 (5150/5350 or A4 6300) which would you pick?

 

[CRITICALThinker]

This would probably be a better option, though a pentium G3220 would be a bit better processor to choose from, and the antec one case is also a bit lower priced. I put a 1tb HDD in, because space fills fast, and only 4gb of RAM to keep the price down, 8gb is a good option as well (http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-memory-cml8gx3m2a1600c9)

An OS would ad another $100, but that is still half the price of my rig, while being able to run some game at a higher framerate

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/79LPWZ
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CPU: Intel Celeron G1840 2.8GHz Dual-Core Processor ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($41.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($43.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 270 2GB TurboDuo Video Card ($132.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($22.50 @ Newegg)
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[To all the people that will tell me to put a better PSU in, the 430 is a tier three, and the next tier up was twice the price, and 620W]