apu buying advice

[Deku Deku]

I'm trying to put together a system for myself and I want to know with my 600 dollar budget would it make sense to go with a 80+ gold psu from either corsair or seasonic or stick with a corsair cx series psu if I intend to make this my permanent rig? The psu I was considering in going with would either be seasonic x series or corsair rm650, the reason being is because I want to have a silent psu. Also, kinda new to this site "or forums in general" so if I'm doing something wrong, let me know lol

one last thing, I've been wondering if pcie 3.0 should be of any concern if I decide to go with Richland instead of kavari, I heard that the only reason pcie 3.0 is relevant if I decide to do crossfire and I'm not seeing myself as a dual gpu kinda guy, I've had some experience with apus in general like a6's and a8's and even an a10 at one point and I feel comfortable playing games the way I was when I was using the a8 5600k back in 2013

I currently don't own a pc, and I'm borrowing an inspiron 1525 from a friend which is extremely slow and is notorious for over heating at least in my experience... kinda desperate to start having my own things, and I like going with an apu "for the integrated graphics" would help me for now.

I also welcome any other suggestions for cpus and discrete graphics card within a reasonable budget though, thanks in advance

 

[vrumor]

APUs are pretty cool, and they are getting better. But dont expect performance equal to that of an FX chip or an i3 or i5 plus a discrete card. I use a 6800k in my HTPC. The 7730 I bought on open box for it is much more powerful than the integrated. For like 720p gaming or below id say have at it. But anything over that, even on stuff like TF2 and CS:GO, it probably wouldnt be a satisfying experience.

Guess I should have read it completely. If you are satisfied with the 5600k , the newer APUs would probably work pretty good for you. I dont game on my HTPC, I have emulators and stuff for the GF and a Lego game, but that runs off the 7730. The 7850k when it came out came with a voucher for BF4 with it, so id assume it would be at least playable at 720p on medium or high, not sure about multiplayer though.

 

[rockie_]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($121.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($64.78 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($77.99 @ Best Buy)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($156.00 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $565.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-16 08:08 EDT-0400

 

[Deku Deku]

APUs are pretty cool, and they are getting better. But dont expect performance equal to that of an FX chip or an i3 or i5 plus a discrete card. I use a 6800k in my HTPC. The 7730 I bought on open box for it is much more powerful than the integrated. For like 720p gaming or below id say have at it. But anything over that, even on stuff like TF2 and CS:GO, it probably wouldnt be a satisfying experience.

Guess I should have read it completely. If you are satisfied with the 5600k , the newer APUs would probably work pretty good for you. I dont game on my HTPC, I have emulators and stuff for the GF and a Lego game, but that runs off the 7730. The 7850k when it came out came with a voucher for BF4 with it, so id assume it would be at least playable at 720p on medium or high, not sure about multiplayer though.

that's cool, heheh. the only games I normally end up playing would be emulators anyway, and the only games I have struggled with on the a8 5600k was resident evil 5 and 6, and possibly even 4 "with all the mods" I still have the game disc but I wouldn't dare put it in this laptop it might just die on meh lol - celeron 550 is what I'm running atm

I tried the dolphin emulators too, and I kinda struggled playing those too before and some PS2 games. I'm pretty old school when it comes to games, and I do have some friends wanting me to try some newer games but it sucks having to turn them down all the time especially now since I don't have a PC right now of my own.

I miss playing some old mmo's aswell, like Maple Story and Rumble Fighters (grew up with those two games on my old gateway desktop) anyways, thanks again for giving me some of your advice on this subject. I still have some time to really think about what I want to get outta my new computer, just carefully picking out the parts as I go ahead and buy them.

 

[Deku Deku]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($121.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($64.78 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($77.99 @ Best Buy)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($156.00 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $565.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-16 08:08 EDT-0400

nice, dude!

 

[rockie_]

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($121.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PERFORMANCE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($90.91 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($77.99 @ Best Buy)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($156.00 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $591.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-16 08:14 EDT-0400

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($174.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock B85 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($56.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($156.00 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $612.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-16 09:24 EDT-0400