Should I get a seperate CPU and GPU or just an all-in-one AMD APU

[Pentium]

are you loving kidding me

Athlon II has been obsolete for over 6 years you moron

just loving leave, you don't know anything about computers

Oh my god, I laughed SO hard

You idiots, that's one of the new Piledriver Athlons. It's based on the same architecture as the A-series APU's, and uses the same socket, too. The 750K is exactly the same as the A10-5700 except that it lacks the IGP and has an unlocked multiplier.

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[Axo-Tak]

The A10-7850K has a TDP of 95W, above the i5-4570R's TDP of 65W. The Iris Pro 5200 inside the R-series (i7 CPU probably outperforms the A10's CPU so I compare with a low-end i5) seems to perform similar to current low-end graphics cards (you could probably run low or even medium Blockland shaders at a decent frame rate). The A10 GPU obviously outperforms the Iris Pro, though.

[takato14]

You idiots, that's one of the new Piledriver Athlons. It's based on the same architecture as the A-series APU's, and uses the same socket, too. The 750K is exactly the same as the A10-5700 except that it lacks the IGP and has an unlocked multiplier.

Wait what

I thought it was weird that it used the FM2 socket, holy stuff

My mistake, sorry. I hadn't even heard a damn thing about these until now.

[Wooter]

wtf is APU, i hear about this thing first time in my life

[Headcrab Zombie]

wtf is APU, i hear about this thing first time in my life

It's basically a CPU with an integrated GPU

[devildogelite]

The new Intel Pentium 20th anniversary CPU is pretty loving badass. If you're willing to overclock it to just about the max it'll run games no problem. Unless you're playing a CPU heavy game then it's stuff but it keeps up with mid range gpu's pretty good. It also doesn't put off a ton of heat either so a cheapy aftermarket cooler should work. I think for it and a decent board you're pushing like $150-$200. You'll need a discrete GPU but you should be able to put together a decent computer for around 400-500ish

[Hammereditor5]

AMD's APUs are extremely capable and highly competitive at their price point

Whoever is building a basic system with a Core i3 or Pentium is pretty stupid because you have all these quad-core APU's available which have better graphics than Intel HD. They also run at higher frequencies than their Intel counterparts, which compensates for the lack of single-core power.

whoever said they have poor cooling is extremely misinformed

Even the highest-performing APU has a TDP of 95 watts, which is not much considering it has a R7 250 inside. AMD's new 28nm manufacturing process reduces the heat that you see on the FX's.