(04-30-2014, 02:04 AM)AnyOldName3 Wrote: A) The wind waker benchmark will make things look faster than they are, as it's a really light game, and the benchmark build is 3.0, which is faster than current builds, but much less accurate, so has many more bugs.
B) If you don't do anything really stupid, overclocking won't cause any damage to your system that you'll ever notice. It might drop your CPU lifetime from 20 years to 15, but there's no way a current computer will be particularly useful in 15 years. There are plenty of guides explaining how to do it safely, and it's the only way to run the most demanding games.
C) In many benchmarks, the i5's HD 4600 graphics are within 1FPS of the A10-5800K's 7660D. If you were saying the 5800K might be sufficient, then it's likely the i5's will be too, and you'll also be able to get dolphin working well. Either of these integrated GPUs will be just about enough for games, as they're similar to midrange graphics cards, and should be able to tide you over if you try and save up some money to get something better later. That's probably the best option for your budget.
#1. I'm not going to "save up" later. This computer is for gaming, that's retarded to buy it and then buy the graphics card later.
#2. The cheapest i5 I can find is literally like $80 more than the A10-5800K, so you want me to pay $80 more for only 1FPS more? Also the motherboards are double the price. I already said this.
I'm leaning towards AMD BECAUSE THE MOTHERBOARDS ARE CHEAPER. I'm on a very tight budget, I am not buying half a computer and then saving up for the rest.
It's either all now or nothing. I won it in a competition.
#3. I cannot wait for Pentium or whatever, I have to send the request in at a certain time.
I am trying to explain to the best that I can here... The Intel CPUs are already way more expensive than AMD CPUs, and the motherboards are literally double the price, so that means I have to remove the graphics card in order to be below $600, and then that's not much of a gaming computer at all!