Getting a AMD Athlon for my mother's computer. What should I expect? Should I just get a intel instead?
>>54771595
5 rupees to you Pajeet
>>54771480
What does your mom need to do? If it's only web browsing, I'd go with an i3 or Athlon X4 and 4gb RAM.
>>54771643
She's a web UI designer, believe it or not. Uses Photoshop a lot.
I plan to pair the AMD up with a R7 250 I have laying around, 8GB DDR3 RAM, and 1TB of storage.
skymeme pentium would probably perform better than the salvaged athlon chips desu
>>54771707
Get a ssd. Or don't you love your mother?
>>54771480
Just get a 5350 man, they're like 30 bucks and only have a 25W TDP
>>54771707
Then just get an 845 with a low end FM2+ board and 16gbs of RAM if you just want a cheap quad core
Some atom x/mini PC from Intel is really good.
>>54772185
Or this, with 4gb ram + 1tb HDD is good OP. Don't forget bigger display and backlit keyboard.
Wait for Bristol Ridge
>>54772274
>Wait for Bristol Ridge
I'm trying to chimp out on paying a lot. Could just get a dual core i3 and 16gb.
Would that be good for photo editing and web use?
No intel is trash especially for normie use.
I would get the A8-7600 APU instead though.
>>54771707
>>54772009
What this guy said. That'll be more than enough for a basic Facebook machine
But if she's doing a lot of Photoshop look for something with more cores/threads
Fuck even a fx 83xx chip might do
>>54772347
Then the A8 APU I mentioned is the perfect choice. An i3 will cost twice as the A8 and have a shit iGPU. The iGPU can be used for hardware acceleration (ie photoshop). It can also be used to play most modern vydia at medium- high 720p settings too.
Also the A8 iGPU has almost the same performance as an R7 250.
Used xeon
Used 8350e
Cheap mobo, no overclocking
16 gigs dirt cheap ddr3
That r7 250 seems good
Also PS id optimized for amd's hardware
>>54772425
Might just go with this
Thanks for the help guys.
Do you all like what CPU your using now?
>>54771480
If buying Athlons, get X4 845, that is the Excavator one (65W).