GPU vs CPU/ Gaming Desktop

jmayo

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Feb 27, 2014
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I'm buying this gaming desktop for casual gaming nothing too big and wondering should I upgrade the CPU from an AMD A6-6400K APU to a AMD A8-6600K OR keep the 6400k and just buy an AMD Radeon R5 230 video card to go with it?
 
i agree with suztera... going from one a6 to another isn't going to give you a noticeably better performance. going from a dual cored a6 to a quad cored a8 or a10 will.

Personally, i'd do this...
Buy an Athlon II x4 750k/760k - it's the same quad core that is in all a8-a10 apus; then get a graphics card like a r7-250x/hd 7770... you'll get beter performance out of that combo then you will with a top of the line richland or kaveri a10, for about the same price ($160)