Embedded APU or not? Console or not?

So I know what your thinking out there... reading this now... is it best to buy and all in one solution motherboard and built in APU such as ASUS AMD Zacate E350 E35M1-M PROor is it better to go old school and buy the motherboard and CPU seperate like the good ol days

Well I can tell you that whatever your thinking it is possible as your probably already know, but I am now thinking from the perspective of my HTPC mini itx build, now I am building this machine on a budget and not as a games machine, I have a Xbox 360 for that

(Boooo, Hisssss.....)

I can hear this from you while I type this, but hear me out - if its a cheap HTPC you are after you can do yourself a lot of favours by keeping the two ideas seperate!
For one thing you dont have to worry about the struggle of achieving that perfect frame-rate (or better than perfect framerate if you are so inclined as I know some of you do) and you can keep the costs of your system way down and so have the best of both worlds, this means no more tinkering with settings just to get that game to run, and yet you can fire up your HTPC to play that bluray or ripped movie with ease which the console cannot! Not to mention internet related frolics!

Just a little thought for you all to think on - do you REALLY need the power of a behomoth games PC? You decide!