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AMD Athlon X2 370K Socket FM2 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor @4.2Ghz.

A Celeron G1620 will perform a bit better in single-threaded tasks, significantly better in multi-threaded tasks, and consume less power. Single module Piledriver chips are something you'll generally want to avoid.
 
Quite a niche product considering it has no IGP. Most people who have or plan to have a dedicated GPU would be much better off with the x4 versions of the modern Athlon line.
 
Celeron G1610 makes more sense, faster and cheaper...

this is single module trinity/richland with no IGP, for $60... no thanks.
 
AMD Athlons X4 are very good deals.

AMD Athlons X2 are NOT and better to take G1610 then.

Simple as that.
 
At this point in time dual core is beginning to not be quite enough for gaming. Even i3 (dual core + HT) is beginning to be lacking. That is less than a dual core (Module penalty) and so I would recommend a celeron/pentium.
 
Athlon X2 +discrete 6670 costs about the same or more than an A10. Once you go into 7850 or higher territory, the GPU is probably going to be bottlenecked. Sure, a 7750, 7770, or GTX 650 Ti could be paired with it. Despite its clockspeed, the performance per clock of the Athlon probably just on par with a Celeron G1610 or maybe slightly better.
 
Torn Mind said:
Athlon X2 +discrete 6670 costs about the same or more than an A10. Once you go into 7850 or higher territory, the GPU is probably going to be bottlenecked. Sure, a 7750, 7770, or GTX 650 Ti could be paired with it. Despite its clockspeed, the performance per clock of the Athlon probably just on par with a Celeron G1610 or maybe slightly better.
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Without looking at benchmarks, I'd peg that Athlon as performing somewhere similar to a Core2Duo E8xxx (overclocking included). I'm not sure I'd even want to pair a 7770 with it.
 
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So are Celerons and Pentiums. 4-thread is minimum for gaming.
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Still diffrence between X2 and even a lowly G1610 Celeron is staggering. Enormous. While Athlon X4 are nice processors, X2 are preety bad. They lose in all scanarios I can think of. Office, gaming, NAS, microserver, etc Actually losing in gaming most.
 
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I got 1 a month or so ago to play around with. Got it to 4.8ghz with a strong boost in voltage. Its not dirt slow at all. With an ssd drive there is no big difference between it and my Intel Quad doing the things most people do with a computer. Nothing wrong with the cpu at all at its intended market. A breeze to overclock. I also used it on an $25 Biostar board. 🙂
 
Having no IGP its intended market is pretty much budget gaming for which it isn't a very good option. I suppose its true intended market is to try to sell the dies with not only a bad module but a bad iGP rather than trash them.
 
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I got 1 a month or so ago to play around with. Got it to 4.8ghz with a strong boost in voltage. Its not dirt slow at all. With an ssd drive there is no big difference between it and my Intel Quad doing the things most people do with a computer. Nothing wrong with the cpu at all at its intended market. A breeze to overclock. I also used it on an $25 Biostar board. 🙂
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It may not be slow, but relative to other CPUs, it is slower and provides less than similarly priced CPUs. You have pony up cash for a discrete card yet buying a video card that costs over $60 doesn't make sense because you can get an A10-5800K for $120 instead.
 
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