Need desperate ASAP for a prebuilt desktop! Looking for really cheap builds.

[ElfinHilon10]

Yes and... no. Wow has a lot of threads, but really only utilizes 2.5 to any effect. The i3 supports 4 threads, which is already more than WoW will utilize in a per-thread debate. More cores on the A10 does not equal more performance. The intels are simply better (with WoW specifically).

That said.. MOST games don't use more than 1 or 2 threads, the exception is Battlefield 3. AMD falls behind in almost every gaming aspect, except when it comes to rendering or streaming. I don't think AMD does better in any price category, except in the ultra-low end (sub $100) area.

Basically, TLDR: Whatever you choose, pick the Intel.

So then I really should go with the i3 then? The AMD A10 is worthless?

[chazus]

I wouldn't call it 'worthless'. Simply 'not as good as'.

[ElfinHilon10]

Yes and... no. Wow has a lot of threads, but really only utilizes 2.5 to any effect. The i3 supports 4 threads, which is already more than WoW will utilize in a per-thread debate. More cores on the A10 does not equal more performance. The intels are simply better (with WoW specifically).

That said.. MOST games don't use more than 1 or 2 threads, the exception is Battlefield 3. AMD falls behind in almost every gaming aspect, except when it comes to rendering or streaming. I don't think AMD does better in any price category, except in the ultra-low end (sub $100) area.

Basically, TLDR: Whatever you choose, pick the Intel.

Ahh yeah I see what you are both saying now. Now I am really torn.. If I got with the AMD set up, I get 2 free games, where as with the Intel set up I don't get the free games. They come out to be the exact same price.. The games are SimCity and Dirt: Showdown. Of course given all the disaster with SimCity... I'd just like to try it out, even more so since it'd be getting it free, and Dirt likes a really fun game. So I'm getting more for free there. Do you guys think it's worth it go with the i3 and not get the free games?

One other thing I did also realize, is that I can upgrade the i3 later with an i5 or i7 as time goes on. The A10 I can't.

Last EDIT I promise: Yes, I am going with the i3. I just watched a video comparing the A10 and an i3 with the exact GPU I have, and while they almost exactly the same, the power consumption was far lower, and on top of all of that, I mention earlier, I do have the option to upgrade to an i5 or even an i7 later. I will be going with the i3. Thanks so much for the help guys! Really really really appreciate the help you guys have given me!

[chazus]

I wouldn't sacrifice gaming performance on everything to get a couple meh games.

[ElfinHilon10]

I wouldn't sacrifice gaming performance on everything to get a couple meh games.

That's very true, and there always other ways to get it free...

Thanks a bunch guys for the help. I really do feel very confident in my purchase and I think it was the right way to go. Thanks again!

[chazus]

In the meantime... wanna ship your i5 over so I can fix it? >.>

I really feel that it seems a waste not to just fix that one, but you would know better what work has gone into it.

[slasher0161]

If you aren't going to do anything with that old rig sell it, if it wouldn't cost such a mint to get it to australia I would buy it.