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factory100023

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I am building a budget gaming PC and i am looking for a good low cost processor.

For the first 3 months i am going to game using the integrated graphics while i save up for a good GPU, i was going to get the A8-7600 but i heard from many people that AMD overheats and won't last more than 3 years... iv had this problem before but in 2005. Are AMD's processors unreliable? Should i get an intel Processor? Please help
 
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The A8 setup would be fine. The only better option would be to wait the 3 months until you can afford the video card and get everything at once.
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This is what you had in mind?


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A8-7600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($107.98 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($69.99 @ NCIX)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($59.88 @ Canada Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.95 @ Vuugo)
Total: $295.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-20 23:47 EDT-0400
 
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CTurbo

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Here is the only Intel option I could recommend

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($135.95 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: ASRock H81 Pro BTC ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Memory Express)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($59.88 @ Canada Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.95 @ Vuugo)
Total: $303.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-20 23:56 EDT-0400
 
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geofelt

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If you buy an apu, you buy it for the superior integrated graphics.
But, when you add a discrete graphics card you negate that advantage.
Even then, you are left with a slow cpu that can only be upgraded to more slow cores.
Games usually need a few fast cores.
If you build with a apu, you should plan to live with it forever.

I suggest a $70 G3258 if you are willing to overclock.
You get two of the fastest cores around. That will handle many games.
You then have many upgrade choices from i3 to i5 and even i7.
 
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