Hello all,
I'm building a cheap first time rig from scratch and have parts picked out, but I am unsure about which cpu and motherboard to pick. I've got an MSI 7870 hawk for cheap to go with it.
My budget will only allow ~$150 for the cpu and I have these choices.
FX-6100 - $120
FX-4300 - $134
A10-5800K - $135
I know the 6100 has 6 cores but I also know the 4300 and 5800k are Piledriver which is supposed to be a lot better. I have an am3+ and fm2 motherboard picked out I just dont know which way to go. I need this rig to play games for a couple of years at least. If theres any future cpu upgrades for each socket ill consider buying them if they improve enough so thats another thing I need to consider.
Thanks for the help
edit: I am not considering intel as I'd really like to get some experience overclocking and learn all about it. From what ive read there arent any i can overclock in my budget
I'm building a cheap first time rig from scratch and have parts picked out, but I am unsure about which cpu and motherboard to pick. I've got an MSI 7870 hawk for cheap to go with it.
My budget will only allow ~$150 for the cpu and I have these choices.
FX-6100 - $120
FX-4300 - $134
A10-5800K - $135
I know the 6100 has 6 cores but I also know the 4300 and 5800k are Piledriver which is supposed to be a lot better. I have an am3+ and fm2 motherboard picked out I just dont know which way to go. I need this rig to play games for a couple of years at least. If theres any future cpu upgrades for each socket ill consider buying them if they improve enough so thats another thing I need to consider.
Thanks for the help
edit: I am not considering intel as I'd really like to get some experience overclocking and learn all about it. From what ive read there arent any i can overclock in my budget









