New CPU and mobo combo comparison

horribad · 22 Feb 2013 at 18:30

I'm upgrading my current machine and have around £130 with which to do it.
I've chosen to upgrade my motherboard and CPU.

I've narrowed it down to two choices:
AMX FX 6100 with Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 mobo
vs
Intel Core i3 2100 with Gigabyte GA-H61M-S2PV mobo

I'm utterly confused as to which is better to my purposes. My purposes being, general gaming, livestreaming, and recording then publishing gaming videos to youtube via Sony Vegas.

Can you chaps let me know which combination is the best, please?
Thanks in advance!

horribad · 22 Feb 2013 at 18:42

Minus the RAM (I have 8gb of 1666mhz at the moment) would the mobo and cpu combo you gave me be better than the two I mentioned?

Cheers again.

horribad · 22 Feb 2013 at 18:47

T345 said:
What is your spec?

I have an 800w PSU, a GeForce GTX 480, and the 8gb 1666mhz RAM. No sound card atm.

horribad · 22 Feb 2013 at 18:49

snips86x said:
Is the RAM you have DDR3? The APU on the A10 needs RAM running at 1866mhz+, I'm not sure you'd get good results with anything less.

Yeh it's DDR3. So I would definitely need the 1866? Could I upgrade later?

horribad · 22 Feb 2013 at 19:46

Ok ill see about purchasing the whole set.
Thanks very much for your help. Question answered.