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EDT: You would have done better with no iGPU if buying an APU, the iGPU will be auto disabled when using the PCI-E for graphics. You aren't going iTX but mATX, so i'm confused why an APU is even included in this form factor with a dedicated GPU.

He read a guide, probably written by LoL players, and as we know many of these hardcore I-only-play-one-game folks are not hardware savvy. The $70 Pentium G3258 would've given him better CPU performance because of its superior single core performance. LoL only uses 2 cores, so whether he chooses an FX or A8 or A10, the IPC will pretty much yeild the same performance in a game like LoL because of its limited CPU utilization, unless he decides to stream, in which case AM3+ and 8300 would've been the way to go.

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Posted by LSU Coyote

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Posted on 9/2/14 at 5:44 pm to ILikeLSUToo

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The $70 Pentium G3258 would've given him better CPU performance because of its superior single core performance. LoL only uses 2 cores, so whether he chooses an FX or A8 or A10, the IPC will pretty much yeild the same performance in a game like LoL because of its limited CPU utilization, unless he decides to stream, in which case AM3+ and 8300 would've been the way to go.

Yeah, but even the IPC for FX chips is higher than the Richland A8 he picked out.

UltimateHog, if you aren't going iTX, no truely logical reason can be reached using an APU on a full board and dedicated GPU.

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