Why are you typing with a CPU?

Terrible comment, why would anyone take any notice of this?

My suggestion for a budget gaming build based around this deal:

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/M8frHN
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/M8frHN/by_merchant/

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£34.49 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£27.48 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Novatech)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 4GB SOC Video Card (£159.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£15.98 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£38.44 @ CCL Computers)
Other: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£39.99)
Total: £354.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-08 09:25 BST+0100

If you want to overclock:

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/89V3Cy
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/89V3Cy/by_merchant/

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£26.99 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£34.49 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory (£32.18 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Novatech)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 4GB SOC Video Card (£159.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£15.98 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: EVGA 600W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£42.98 @ Novatech)
Other: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£39.99)
Total: £390.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-08 09:27 BST+0100

Wat.

i3 6100 does duff this up and uses about the half the power while doing it. Even G4400 is a better bet if you building a cheap budget system, because at least it has an upgrade path.

But obviously so much here hinges on what board you have. This is really like an end of the line upgrade for those with obsolete boards, FM2+ is a dead end. For this price for those specific people, it's a no brainer.

Should be roasting hot, great CPU for the price!
If only the G3258 was this price too :disappointed:

Yeah, when it was £55 the G3258 was a better prospect. Way better power consumption, general better gaming performance, good overclocking potential, built-in (though limited GPU) and wide upgrade path. But £40 is good for what it is.

Absolutely, if i didnt have a H97 board i would be all over this. I need a G3258 (and waiting for a price drop) but most people will suit this

If you're brave enough you can get a used G3258 from CeX for £38 plus £2.50 delivery. Note it doesn't come with a cooler as a new one would.

Regarding Athlon great price and super find.

Fantastic price. This bad boy is still running the latest games. I use it with the Asus A88X-Gamer. I actually believe the CPU will live longer than the MB.

Mega heat added. (Which is 6)

I have one of these. works pretty good for the price

"A quick gross comparison puts it into the same general league as a lower level i3"

Hardly. There's not a faster i3. Lower level i5 more like.

What is it?

That's maybe not that clear-cut. i3 6100 scores about the same on Passmark, a wee bit less on multi-core for Geekbench 3 but more in single-core tasks. I haven't researched it thoroughly, but if you have any gaming benchmarks to post, it would be useful for other HUKDers.

would this be a good replacement for an AMD x4 phenom II black on a am3+ mobo?

You'd need to replace your board, as this is FM2+.

I'm in roughly the same position as you, by the sounds of it. If you can hold out, I'd wait and see what Zen does to the market.

You would need an FM2+ MOBO to use this. It's about a third faster than a 965 and 30W less peak power usage

Go team Red!

Priced at Celery level and beats them hands down. Hot.

Stick a Evo 212 Cooler on one of these and you have a budget gamer rig winner when paired with a decent GPU and Mobo. Mine has been running at 4.5Ghz stable for a year now. Tears through my RAW files from my DSLR as well in editing. Looking at recent i3 level performance ie better than Sandy Bridge and about as good as Haswell. I advice to chuck the stock cooler back in the box or the bin as it's utter rubbish! Also if your overclocking don't cook your VRM by accident with too much voltage.

paired with an r9 380x will this do well with most games?

Wat.

i3 6100 does duff this up and uses about the half the power while doing it. Even G4400 is a better bet if you building a cheap budget system, because at least it has an upgrade path.

But obviously so much here hinges on what board you have. This is really like an end of the line upgrade for those with obsolete boards, FM2+ is a dead end. For this price for those specific people, it's a no brainer.

this deal is as hot as this CPU on idle

Pound for pound the 860k is better here but It's not faster than the i3 by any stretch of the imagination.

Yes but do you have a suitable motherboard already? As many have said, it's a great CPU for the money but it leaves you with no upgrade path at all​

Got both an AMD A8 6600 and an i5 2500k (2 desktops, yes. the AMD is a backup) and theres really no comparison, even with the price difference.
But it does the job, and a very good deal - hot from me.

Unfortunately, this is a dead end purchase. New CPUs from AMD coming out in few months will not be compatible.
As a brand new PC build on a budget right now it is viable, but if you can wait a few months do wait for new releases. As an upgrade option - I don't see what can one possibly upgrade from on FM2 socket.
I'm sure there are lots of AM2/3 CPUs that can benefit from single threaded performance increase, but this CPU is not compatible with AM2/3 sockets.

I'm typing this reply using the very same CPU :smiley:

Why are you typing with a CPU?

My suggestion for a budget gaming build based around this deal:

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/M8frHN
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/M8frHN/by_merchant/

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£34.49 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£27.48 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Novatech)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 4GB SOC Video Card (£159.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£15.98 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£38.44 @ CCL Computers)
Other: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£39.99)
Total: £354.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-08 09:25 BST+0100

If you want to overclock:

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/89V3Cy
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/89V3Cy/by_merchant/

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£26.99 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£34.49 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory (£32.18 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Novatech)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 4GB SOC Video Card (£159.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£15.98 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: EVGA 600W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£42.98 @ Novatech)
Other: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£39.99)
Total: £390.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-08 09:27 BST+0100

CPU / Processor "brains" of a computer.

Wonder would it be worth replacing a fx-4100 with this in a htpc?

Edit : I know id need a new motherboard so the upgrade would cost around £70

Thought I'd have to finally move over to Intel until the other day when I saw that they'll be doing an FX AM4 processor. Till then my FX8370 AM3 can hang on in there :smile:

Voted hot for a processor ideal for budget builds

Wait a fewmonths until the new APU's come out

Good price. My old AM3 Phenom II X4 is still going strong (long after I thought it would be unusable), but struggles a bit when it comes to things like video editing. But as Waterboy8535 says, I'll hold fire to see what happens with the AM4. Otherwise for power saving if nothing else, I'll make the jump to Intel.

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Not at all

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Good list but I'm pretty sure the evo won't fit in that case

You should get an i3 from CEX

Have you seen this posted not so long ago. Might be a consideration since you wouldn't have to upgrade your motherboard
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/amd-fx-6300-free-patriot-blast-ssd-89-98-scan-2460747

95W!
£ouch

It's tight but it does just fit.

Mines in a Z3 Plus with plenty of clearance, I've got a ZM-T4 housing a intel i3 build in my living room and fan clearance is rather tight for tower coolers.

how often are you going to max out all cores? under normal circumstances this will use around 50w if not less.

I think it would be unwise to invest in a midrange video card when the 480X is about to drop.

Here is a list of parts that I bought for my friend, turned out to be amazing PC, in my opinion no better component is required for a satisfying 1080p experience. Overclocked @ 4.1ghz 24h stable and gpu was pushed another 6%, resulting in at least 10fps increase.

AMD Athlon II X4 860K FM2+ 3.7GHz 4MB Black Edition Dispatched £53.39
Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-D3H Motherboard FM2+ Dispatched £48.62
Corsair CP-9020097-UK VS550 ATX/EPS Vs Series 80 Plus Power Supply Unit Refunded £31.84
Arctic Freezer Xtreme Rev. 2 Cpu Cooler
HyperX FURY Series 8 GB Memory Module Kit - Red Dispatched £30.15
Crucial 240GB BX200 2.5" 7mm (with 9.5mm adaptor) SATA 6Gb/s SSD
AMD Radeon R9 380 NITRO 4GB GDDR5 PCIe Graphics Card from DABS for £139.99

everything else is from Flubit

If anyone around West Yorkshire is looking for a used 1080p 24inch LED monitor for best ROI for the above mentioned build give me a shout.

Edit: Very important note, do not want to pair a more powerful GPU than 380 (I dont hink 480x will be sub £150) because CPU won't utilize it.

I'm about to upgrade and old PC (can't remember what the specs are but it has 2GB of DDR2 memory and isn't suitable for Windows 10).

Would the AMD 860K FM2+ and the Gigabyte F2A68HM-HD2 Motherboard be a better prospect than an Intel Pentium G3260 and a GIGABYTE INTEL LGA1150 H81 2*DDR3 2*USB3.0 6*USB2.0 GBE LAN DVI HDMI Micro-ATX MOTHERBOARD?

I have a GTX750Ti but not looking for a gaming rig as such.

If you gaming is not a priority 860K is better than ANY pentium and G3258 in my opinion including.

Character Putting-in Unit. Also known as a keyboard.

(I'll get my coat.)

I have this running with a Asus K7 260 , 16meg ram and a an asus A88 motherboard. Can handle BF4 no problem.
The AMd 860 is a great processor but it does rely on the graphics card for all graphics processing so as others have said try and get a good graphics card. there are plenty of good memory deals posted on here.

Is 880k not the better option? ​

​It fits

great price cpu

No idea what a camel is, but gives me the hump..

​Toe be so miserable

Nice deal!!
I was thinking about getting this CPU and making a low end gaming computer for girlfriend to play basic games like LoL,Heroes of the Storm,L4D etc. I have some spare bits that are laying around...( Radeon 6450, Corsair Vengance 2x4gb DDR3, 500gb hybrid HDD) . If I get a mobo like the Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 linked before would that be alright?
Is this mobo the best choice for the money?
I will also need a good case (smaller the better) anyone know of any that are not too expensive?

I see what you did there.

(It was very visible)

Terrible cpu , why would anyone purchase this ?

Terrible comment, why would anyone take any notice of this?

To anyone worried about a dead end platform, bare in mind very few people upgrade their CPU once installed. Doing so will normally limit your choices and for the sake of a new £30 mobo in budget PCs it really isn't worth worrying about. You can always stick the old bits on eBay or the trading forum here when you upgrade the lot.

this is best cpu £40 can buy, check out other ones that cost £80 and they benchmark the same.

Cheers! Ordered this, the mobo and an 8GB stick of RAM :sunglasses:

Go go AMD! Hopefully their 2016 products (RX 480/470 graphics cards and Zen desktop CPUs) bring much needed competition in the discrete GPU and CPU market being monopolized by Nvidia and Intel, respectively.

I'll second that!

Only £30 for a mobo though so not that bad

Indeed, this CPU would be roasting hot without an effective CPU Cooler! :smiley: Cannot fault this for the price though, being a fraction more expensive than a Celeron and Pentium!

Cheers I went for it now time to buy that £30 mobo for it:)

I wouldn't even worry about the 95W TDP if you have a semi decent heatsink, even one of the AMD branded heatpipe ones is more than sufficient to cool this quietly and you'll hardly notice the extra electricity used over something 65W anyway :wink:

Have you done/seen a build using this case and Hyper 212 evo? According to Zalman website:
The height of the cooler must not exceed 140mm from the motherboard.
PSU should not exceed 250mm (without SSD installed).

Also on pc part picket reviews one guy mentions it doesn't fit.

Reason why I'm asking is I'd be very interested in this case for my son's pc if I could fit that cooler. Otherwise no point in swapping the case.

This is new cpu architecture, 4 actual cores and good speeds, team it up with a graphics card such as an Nvidia 960 GTX or AMD equivalent for just over £100 and guess what, you have a very capable gaming rig that will play all modern games on respectable settings! £39.99 is a steal for a solid quad core cpu. I have the Kaveri version with built in GPU (graphics processor), however, as I have a dedicated graphics card, the GPU section never gets used, I would of been better off saving my £90 i payed for the Kaveri APU and purchasing this CPU which is faster!

Looking to upgrade my server (old N36L microserver) and I plan on using this CPU

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/fYKZLD

This build good enough?

This is quite a power-hungry component for an always-on server, but it depends on what you want to use it for. I can have a couple of VMs running quite happily under Virtualbox. Looks quite posh for a small server replacement. You could definitely save money by getting cheaper MOBO etc.

Plus, I guess you're running it headless with no GPU Listed there.

Could you please explain this to me?
I wanted to buy a Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 motherboard and 550w PSU and a put in a GTX 670 that I have laying around but I am worried by your comment, do CPUs limit a GPUs power?

Some applications are very CPU-intensive and can't supply the GPU with enough information to keep it running at full capacity.

You will not have any problems pairing this CPU with GTX 670 or 680