Need help getting back into pc gaming

[Joey187]

Hi guys I'm just getting back into gaming on pc again just upgraded the graphics card but I've just realised my CPU isn't as good now so I'm just looking for an upgrade that can match my graphics card and not bottleneck each other only looking to upgrade the CPU not my graphics card or my power supply I'm happy to buy used that dosent bother me all the details are below please help as I'm struggling very very bad aha ↓↓↓↓

Budget (including currency):  £100

Country:  uk

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: will be used for video games such as payday 2, the forest, rust, Minecraft, Sims 4 

parts I have already I have a amd a8 6600k processor, 16gb of either ddr3 or ddr4 or ddr5 can't really remember, I'm running Windows, my power supply is a ATX 500B, and my graphics card is a sapphire HD 7970 vapor X with 3gb of vram it also has a power plug in bit which is an 8 pin plug in 

 

[KhakiHat]

I would just find a CPU that is the same socket type as the A8 6600k(FM2 socket) and find a higher tier used CPU that you can buy for cheap.

 

What country are you buying from?

[CommanderAlex]

Welcome to the forums!!!

 

If you really need to upgrade on that limited budget, get the highest supported CPU that you can fit with the motherboard you are using (which was not included in the post). Otherwise, I'd personally set aside/save money to put to put together a new platform (by new, you can go the used route for parts). 

10 minutes ago, Joey187 said:

16gb of either ddr3 or ddr4 or ddr5 can't really remember

The A8-6600K will be using DDR3. Supported memory is up to DDR3-1866. 

 

3 minutes ago, KhakiHat said:

What country are you buying from?

He said the UK. 

[Joey187]

1 hour ago, KhakiHat said:

I would just find a CPU that is the same socket type as the A8 6600k(FM2 socket) and find a higher tier used CPU that you can buy for cheap.

 

What country are you buying from?

I am buying from the uk

[Joey187]

1 hour ago, SpiderMan said:

Welcome to the forums!!!

 

If you really need to upgrade on that limited budget, get the highest supported CPU that you can fit with the motherboard you are using (which was not included in the post). Otherwise, I'd personally set aside/save money to put to put together a new platform (by new, you can go the used route for parts). 

The A8-6600K will be using DDR3. Supported memory is up to DDR3-1866. 

 

He said the UK. 

I am not sure what motherboard I have and can't find out till tomorrow morning UK time but I will reply with what it is tomorrow all I know about it is that it's a gigabyte motherboard and that it has 2 ram slots and 1 PCI express slot 

[CommanderAlex]

9 minutes ago, Joey187 said:

I am not sure what motherboard I have and can't find out till tomorrow morning UK time but I will reply with what it is tomorrow all I know about it is that it's a gigabyte motherboard and that it has 2 ram slots and 1 PCI express slot 

Ok no worries, I'm thinking possibly a ITX motherboard?? 

[Joey187]

5 minutes ago, SpiderMan said:

Ok no worries, I'm thinking possibly a ITX motherboard?? 

If it is an itx motherboard what CPU would you recommend

[CommanderAlex]

Just now, Joey187 said:

If it is an itx motherboard what CPU would you recommend

I can't really tell you until you have the motherboard make and model so we can give an accurate answer. I know it'll be a socket FM2 but it varies by motherboards. 

 

ITX is just the layout and size of the motherboard. Just like how there is ATX, mATX, E-ATX, EE-ATX. 

[Joey187]

On 2/8/2021 at 2:01 AM, SpiderMan said:

I can't really tell you until you have the motherboard make and model so we can give an accurate answer. I know it'll be a socket FM2 but it varies by motherboards. 

 

ITX is just the layout and size of the motherboard. Just like how there is ATX, mATX, E-ATX, EE-ATX. 

Hi sorry for the very late reply but the motherboard is a gigabyte GA-F2A58M-HD2

[CommanderAlex]

11 hours ago, Joey187 said:

Hi sorry for the very late reply but the motherboard is a gigabyte GA-F2A58M-HD2

No worries, the highest processor you can put in this motherboard (provided that the BIOS is on the latest BIOS revision) is an A10-8750.

Edited February 17, 2021 by SpiderMan
Wrong Processor, do NOT purchase A10-8750.

[Joey187]

9 hours ago, SpiderMan said:

No worries, the highest processor you can put in this motherboard (provided that the BIOS is on the latest BIOS revision) is an A10-8750.

So would my power supply work for all my components including the A10 8750 or would I need a new power supply 

[CommanderAlex]

1 hour ago, Joey187 said:

So would my power supply work for all my components including the A10 8750 or would I need a new power supply 

My bad, you have an A8-6600K, which is Socket FM2, that A10-8750 is Socket FM2+, I overlooked that and the A10-8750 won't work with the motherboard. According to the list for Socket FM2 (which is a completely different than what I posted a photo of earlier, which were FM2+ as they have two charts on the motherboard's support document), you can put a A10-6800K in. This has the same wattage as your A8-6600K so your power supply should handle this just fine. 

 

The only thing I would advise is do not go crazy spending money on a newer processor for this motherboard, as after that point, you're wasting money and I would rather advise you save the money to put to a new platform (DDR4, AMD Ryzen CPU and motherboard).