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I am panning to build a budget gaming PC soon and want a cheap quad core processor. I think AMD is the way to go but don't know much about them. Could someone recommend a good amd cpu with an ATX motherboard for around $200 total?
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Then you should not be looking at AMD and instead be looking at toms 600 dollar budget build with the 3550p. The whole machine is 600 bucks, and is a pretty solid rig.


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Indeed great deal on the mobo. But don't take the 4300 since 6300 is being priced the same.



Tried to keep it under 200$, thou.
 
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Jip, forgot about that.
 
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Cheap MSI motherboards have a history of using weak VRMs that pop under load. There's a Googledocs spreadsheet listing the board with a history of problems. I can't access it at work, but the G43 is on it.
I agree with Spentshells that Intel is the way to go here. If you can, get a better motherboard. I'd rather start out with an i3 on a Z77 or H77 or even a B75 board than an i5 on a cheap H61; the CPU can be upgraded later.
 
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If you are not overclock or doing much with USB 3.0 you really can't go wrong, even with biostar they have been around 20 plus years so it may not have all the bells and whistles but it will house an ivy bridge cpu and provide 16 lanes of pci-e 2 and it will outperform the other options by a worthwhile amount.
 
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Back in the LGA775 days I bought three Biostar boards. All of them failed, in whole or in part (e.g. its NIC died) within months, not years. None were overclocked or otherwise stressed. While that's a miniscule sample size, I personally don't trust the brand. In the absence of stellar reviews, I'd choose something else. ASRock is usually inexpensive. They can be very thin, but I don't recall one ever failing.
 
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I agree. I have had unending frustration from Biostar... I can not recall ONE board from them lasting as long as I or anyone else needed it too.
 
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I have an old duron on a biostar board (soldered in LOL) it still runs like a top but I personally wouldn't buy one unless I was strapped for cash,

I am underwhelmed with i3 SB and IB and would avoid it and go for an older phenom 2 or the newer AM3+ board and fx chips.
 
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http://secure.newegg.com/Shopping/ShoppingCart.aspx?submit=ChangeItem

Combo of:
1) FX-8320 (up to 4GHz Turbo; 8-core CPU)
2) GIGABYTE GA-970A-DS3

*Now that the new x86 consoles (PS4 XB1) are using 8-core CPU's we should see future games that utilize 8-core CPU's far better than currently. Even in many current games like BF3 and Skyrim this CPU would perform better than an FX-6300.

I'd recommend at least an HD7870 2GB if your budget can handle it.
 
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Wow, I am going to enjoy it so much when this pure speculation is proven wrong...
 
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Then you should not be looking at AMD and instead be looking at toms 600 dollar budget build with the 3550p. The whole machine is 600 bucks, and is a pretty solid rig.


 
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It's not really speculation, it's more common sense.

The new consoles use x86, 8-core CPU's. Games will start coming out for XBOX ONE, PS4 and PC at the same time. The programmers will obviously be designing games that use multiple cores better than they do today. Last-gen consoles had a big part of holding back game design. Newer console game design will improve not only multi-core support for cross-platform games but also the GPU side (tessellation etc.).

http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/06/16/how-amds-hardware-in-next-gen-consoles-will-affect-pc-gamers/

"If devs can get their game engines running efficiently across multiple threads then the more value-oriented AMD chips, even down to the six-core £100/$140 CPUs, are going to be able to suddenly offer serious gaming chops."

My original point was that we'll eventually see games eventually be able to benefit more from the FX-8350's eight cores and I think you'll find game developers would completely agree. Whether there's a better CPU is not the point. It's a value proposition so it's worth considering the FUTURE value of the CPU especially when you can find it bundled with a motherboard for a competitive price.

Is the i5-3570K a "better" CPU for gaming today? Yes.
Will the FX-8350 be a better CPU for future games that utilize all it's cores better? Probably.

What CPU do I own? An i7-3770K
 
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Common sense would also dictate that PCs as we enthusiasts know them are dying, that does not mean they will die. Assumptions are a dangerous thing. I did not say it's wrong to assume that though, just that it is too early assume that.
Besides the main thing holding consoles back was never CPU power, mostly RAM and GPU power, RAM has caught up but GPU strength is still lacking.
 
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