Hi guys,
I was planning to build a gaming PC in time for the release of Dragon Age: Inquisition and also to eventually play Witcher 3 too. Being a student studying Biotechnology, I really dont have much knowledge on Computer hardware and components. So I got a friend of mine who's a Computer Engineer to help me out.
So we were discussing my options at a budget and we are at a stalemate and I was hoping you guys could tell me if his rationale is correct.
He suggests I get an AMD A-10 7850K, and get a R7 series gpu.. I was reading reviews of the processor and everywhere they say the CPU power of the APU is underwhelming and has just 4 usuable cores. I was looking at buying an i5/fx series processor and a cheap GPU instead.
My friend says that for gaming the A10 is more than sufficient and buying a more powerful processor is pointless as no game can possibly use more than 4 cores at once and unless one is looking to multitask while gaming, there's no point in investing in a more powerful CPU with more than 4 cores.
Also he says (he's not a 100% sure on this) getting an R7 series GPU to boot with the A-10 shouldn't dilute its performance and they should technically work together using crossfire as the iGP on the A-10 is also of the R7 series.. Lot of reviews I read say that pairing a GPU with A-10 is not going to help much as the APU is not that powerful as a processor and that's better off to run it without a GPU as it strength lies in the much iGP than the CPU.
That's a long post but I hope what I'm saying makes sense.. My main worry is that will game released says 6 -12 mo ths from now work well with the A-10 APU, and if i was looking to improve performance, would adding a new GPU be good enough or would I need to buy a new CPU as well?
I was planning to build a gaming PC in time for the release of Dragon Age: Inquisition and also to eventually play Witcher 3 too. Being a student studying Biotechnology, I really dont have much knowledge on Computer hardware and components. So I got a friend of mine who's a Computer Engineer to help me out.
So we were discussing my options at a budget and we are at a stalemate and I was hoping you guys could tell me if his rationale is correct.
He suggests I get an AMD A-10 7850K, and get a R7 series gpu.. I was reading reviews of the processor and everywhere they say the CPU power of the APU is underwhelming and has just 4 usuable cores. I was looking at buying an i5/fx series processor and a cheap GPU instead.
My friend says that for gaming the A10 is more than sufficient and buying a more powerful processor is pointless as no game can possibly use more than 4 cores at once and unless one is looking to multitask while gaming, there's no point in investing in a more powerful CPU with more than 4 cores.
Also he says (he's not a 100% sure on this) getting an R7 series GPU to boot with the A-10 shouldn't dilute its performance and they should technically work together using crossfire as the iGP on the A-10 is also of the R7 series.. Lot of reviews I read say that pairing a GPU with A-10 is not going to help much as the APU is not that powerful as a processor and that's better off to run it without a GPU as it strength lies in the much iGP than the CPU.
That's a long post but I hope what I'm saying makes sense.. My main worry is that will game released says 6 -12 mo ths from now work well with the A-10 APU, and if i was looking to improve performance, would adding a new GPU be good enough or would I need to buy a new CPU as well?
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