New CPU and mobo combo comparison

horribad

horribad

horribad

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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!
 
Can you stretch it at all?

Neither of those would be any good. If you wanted an FX chip, you'd be looking at the FX 6300 or Intel would be the i3 3220. The FM2 Trinity is a fantastic all rounder which would suite your needs.

This would be a better investment:

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A8-5500 3.20GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD5500OKHJBOX) £77.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1866C10DC) £39.95
1 x MSI A55M-E33 AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £38.99
Total : £167.72 (includes shipping : £9.00).



CPU has integrated graphics which will play most games on med/high, depending on the resolution of the monitor.
 
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 said:
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.
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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.
 
horribad said:
Yeh it's DDR3. So I would definitely need the 1866? Could I upgrade later?
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You could upgrade later, but you would have issues with the graphics if you decided to start playing games. The trinity relies of fast RAM to ensure you get the highest frame rates. If the RAM is slowing it down, you'll get stutter & a bad gaming experience.
 
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