Is the AMD a6-6400k a good processor?

[DubimoGT]

I'm doing a gaming pc build is it good?

 

[JOOK-D]

Depends on your budget.

It's an APU, it's not particularly strong compared to other CPUs. However it's internal GPU is quite impressive, if you're not going to use a dedicated graphics card (you really should for a gaming PC).

 

[CTurbo]

No not really. It's more of a home theater cpu or super cheap super entry level gaming cpu meaning it would be alright for low-med setting gaming @ 720p or lowest settings possible 1080p gaming.

Surely you can do better? What's the budget?

 

[DubimoGT]

No not really. It's more of a home theater cpu or super cheap super entry level gaming cpu meaning it would be alright for low-med setting gaming @ 720p or lowest settings possible 1080p gaming.
Surely you can do better? What's the budget?

My budget is 50 - 60

 

[CTurbo]

I meant your budget for the whole thing, or are you upgrading an existing system? If so, what parts do you have?

 

[DubimoGT]

My budget is 250$ this is probably very crazy

 

[CTurbo]

Yep it's kinda crazy. You will definitely get what you pay for, and a $250 "gaming" build is going to be a waste of money. I recommend saving up more.

 

[DubimoGT]

Is there an apu that is better? Also payed alittle more? My motherboard is the Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-DS2 Micro ATX

 

[CTurbo]

I could not possibly recommend this but it's the best you can do for $250


PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3yyBw
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3yyBw/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3yyBw/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD A8-5600K 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI A55M-E33 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($39.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($40.80 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital AV-GP 320GB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($36.89 @ Amazon)
Case: Sentey CS1-1398 PLUS ATX Mid Tower Case ($19.00 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $246.66
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-25 21:47 EDT-0400)

 

[CTurbo]

You already have parts? Why didn't you list them? That's kind of important.

 

[DubimoGT]

I told the mobo
4 gb ram
Graphics card😱n cpu
Windows 7

 

[Zircoben]

I could not possibly recommend this but it's the best you can do for $250


PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3yyBw
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3yyBw/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3yyBw/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD A8-5600K 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI A55M-E33 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($39.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($40.80 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital AV-GP 320GB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($36.89 @ Amazon)
Case: Sentey CS1-1398 PLUS ATX Mid Tower Case ($19.00 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $246.66
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-25 21:47 EDT-0400)

Definitely the A8. On sale now on newegg, so i'd jump on it. Looking over this build, I think everything on there is a great choice. Because you already have your motherboard, I think the money would be best spent on getting better RAM. Get 2133 mhz, 8GB. The GSkill Sniper series is 10% off now, at a price of $72: http://

Good luck!

 

[DubimoGT]

Ok I'm not in serious gaming but if I played with that apu and upgrade the graphics to the 7750 can I play Source games (l4d2,tf2,etc)on high settings? My res is below 1330x750

 

[Zircoben]

I told the mobo
4 gb ram
Graphics card😱n cpu
Windows 7

If you already have RAM, what speed is it? What graphics card? If you already have a good graphics card, I would get the Athlon X4 750K.

 

[CTurbo]

If you are ever intending to buy and use a HD 7750, don't get any apu. It's wasting money. Get an Athlon x4 750k or 760k.

 

[CTurbo]

You can get much better parts for $250 if you don't need to buy a motherboard, RAM, and video card.

 

[Zircoben]

You can get much better parts for $250 if you don't need to buy a motherboard, RAM, and video card.

Unfortunately, for the FM2 socket of your motherboard, you can't get any better than the 750K/760K or the A10 series. Spend you money on the 750K, and maybe a better video card! Maybe some more RAM too.