Intel I5 4440 or AMD A10 for Gaming

TylorDude

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I am looking to buy a decent PC that I can use for gaming and these are the two ones that I am considering. I do understand that neither of these are high end gaming computers, I am mostly trying to find something good for the price and that is pre-built. The specs are below.

Asus AMD A10 6700, DDR3, 8gb RAM, 1tb HDD, integrated graphics.

Aspire Intel core I5 4440 Intel HD graphics, 8gb RAM, 1tb HDD.

If anyone has any suggestions or answers to which one runs smoother and prettier, or even suggestions for a better, cheap gaming PC, it would be appreciated. Thank you.
 
Solution
The i5 4440 will give you a better upgrade path for a decent high end gaming pc once you add a dedicated graphic card.
Out of the box, the A10 6700 would perform better for gaming than the i5 4440.

hadrianmt

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If you plan to NEVER buy a dedicated graphic card, then go with the A10 (APU), if not then you definitely MUST buy the i5 4440. IMO, any Haswell i5 cpu when paired with a good graphic card is more than enough to play any games you throw at it.

My current PC has i5 4430 and a HD 7870 2GB, and still able to play BF4, Rome 2 TW and GTA V smoothly (high / very high settings) at 1080p resolution.