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PC Purpose: I want to play games like minecraft, csgo, left 4 dead 2, at more than 60fps nothing new basically. From time to time I will use this pc to code applications and such. I don't mind using Medium settings.

Screen Resoultion: 1360x768 nothing higher.

I have $190 left, and going the FX-6300 route would use up all of that, while the A6 Route would leave me with $80 to like buy games or a new keyboard. Is it worth using it all up for the fx-6300?

PC #1
HDD: 1TB Western Digital Green 64MB 5400rpm (purchased)
CASE: MicroATX MidTower Xion 310_bk (purchased)
PSU: Antec EA-350watt Bronze+ 88% efficiency (purchased)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5Ghz Six-Core
RAM: G.Skill 2x4GB 1600Mhz
GPU: R7 240 2GB

PC #2 (I was going to build this first.)
HDD: 1TB Western Digital Green 64MB 5400rpm (purchased)
CASE: MicroATX MidTower Xion 310_bk (purchased)
PSU: Antec EA-350watt Bronze+ 88% efficiency (purchased)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GAF2A68MDS2H A68H MATX
CPU: AMD A6-7400K 3.9Ghz Dual Core
RAM: G.Skill 2x4GB 1866mhz
GPU: None (I think this APU has a GPU Equivalent to the R7 240)

 
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I would recommend this. If you feel like upgrading down the road get a new PSU and grab a GPU. The R7 240 and 250 are bleh. The CPU performance from the i3 6100 will far exceed the FX 6300 and it has build in graphics.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WwdNCJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WwdNCJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($124.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($38.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $213.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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That antec 350 isn't going to cut it mate. You'll need something like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151094

You should go with intel. At first sight, amd seems better because of more cores and a higher clock rate, but intel is still better for the money.

Don't go with an apu, use a discrete gpu. Also, $190 isn't going to get you very far. Try this:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($66.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $241.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-03 02:43 EST-0500
 
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PC #3
HDD, CASE, PSU - same
Motherboard - h110 ddr4 motherboard (many options)
CPU: Intel i3-6100
RAM: some 2x4gb DDR4 2133mhz
GPU: integrated hd 530
The integrated is really fast due ot the ddr4 at dual channel and has lower power consumption, compared to the AMD.
 
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I don't think igpu would work very well....
 
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You have $190 left and that is including the cost of cpu, mobo, ram and gpu? I would recommend against both CPUs personally. The 6300 will be the better of the two but I would recommend something a little more future conscious. With a 350w PSU you won't be able to get a strong GPU but I would highly recommend Intel here as the games you want to play are going to be very CPU hungry and the AMD cpus will be a bottleneck here with their lower single thread performance. With my FX 8320 and GTX 770 Minecraft struggles to maintain above 60fps with max settings (32 chunks view distance I believe). I float around 200fps then in the open it drops down to below 30 fps and I don't mean in the huge biomes. I just mean above ground looking into the distance.

Get an i3 6100 if possible. It will be the best as it is a dual core cpu with hyperthreading so you can take advantage of the stronger single threaded performance and even give it a slight overclock as if my understanding is correct, Skylake cpus can be overclocked regardless of the K series.
 
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Actually I wasn't planning to play with everything maxed out in minecraft I was going to do the opposite since I know these are low end parts. I was going to only have render distance up to 8 with everything else off. I just need something better than my shitty AMD E-300 laptop. Would PC #1 Be good for this? This video shows decent fps with these parts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j63xR7uJczk so I was guessing it was good for minecraft
 
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As long as you're aware that's what's important. Do you plan to grow your system at all? I don't want to tell you to go for the fx 6300 if you're going to be able to put another 100-200$ into it in 3 months or so. Going with an Intel 1150 or better yet 1151 socket mobo will give you more headroom for expansion. As far as a GPU goes, the 750ti seems to still be the king of low end cards. Depending on your budget, again, I would recommend an Intel and you can always run with Intel HD until you buy a GPU. The FX 6300 will perform good enough and you will be able to have a lot of programs running with 6 cores but your single core performance is going to be low since a lot of games (plus background programs) will be using 2-4 cores.

As others have pointed out, that PSU isn't going to get you too far and if you plan on putting a GPU in there I would recommend a new PSU. Also stay away from the r7 240. It just isn't worth the fps/$.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html The intel HD 530 is rated higher than the R7 240.
 
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Yeah I don't ever use any resolution higher than 1360x768, but will my current psu be good enough for a R7 250 then? PC PartPicker was at 244watts with the FX-6300 and R7 250. Also I will not be upgrading this pc in the future if I do then it'll most likely be like 1-2 years later. I don't know if I took it wrong but is my PSU bad for what the specs I listed on PC #1?
 
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I would recommend this. If you feel like upgrading down the road get a new PSU and grab a GPU. The R7 240 and 250 are bleh. The CPU performance from the i3 6100 will far exceed the FX 6300 and it has build in graphics.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WwdNCJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WwdNCJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($124.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($38.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $213.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-03 03:37 EST-0500
 
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This goes over my budget, but I'm going to try to get more money before doing this, and try to get the I3-6100. I Didn't know this CPU existed with better GPU performance than the r7 240. Thanks so much for your help! :)
 
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