The integrated graphics are disabled on these Athlon-branded models though, so £20 cheaper on the CPU and £10 cheaper on the motherboard may not save you anything if you don't already have a spare graphics card.
Plus it's DDR3-only so memory upgrades will be more expensive in future and any budget graphics card isn't going to have the latest features that integrated graphics will offer like a HEVC encoder.
It was worth posting at this price and may be of interest to some but a G4560 is going to be a better choice generally.
moneybag
16 Mar 17#2
As much as I'm an AMD fan boy, even at this price I'd look at a modern alternative
LazybeatX
17 Mar 17#3
At least this CPU is Excavator though, probably take this over the 860k
tahir_owen
17 Mar 17#4
Not too bad, this with a second hand £35 mobo.. stick some cheapo ram....
but tbh, probably better just being a pre-built 5 year old machine from ebay for £100..
tahir_owen
17 Mar 17#5
Actually, this CPU is as fast as the Pentium G4560 (I think), so might be a cheaper alternative to that platform
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Something something Pentium G4560
Still a good price for this slightly older but still capable chip. Not to mention cheaper motherboards too
"Beats a G4400"
http://techfrag.com/2016/04/11/amd-athlon-x-845-benchmarks-surface-beats-intel-pentium-g4400/
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Plus it's DDR3-only so memory upgrades will be more expensive in future and any budget graphics card isn't going to have the latest features that integrated graphics will offer like a HEVC encoder.
It was worth posting at this price and may be of interest to some but a G4560 is going to be a better choice generally.
but tbh, probably better just being a pre-built 5 year old machine from ebay for £100..