Pc Upgrade Possabilities...

[luke_2bossly]

Right now in my mini itx rig I have and amd a6 fm1 apu and a gtx 660....

Obviously the cpu bottlenecks my gpu so what options should I chose???

I dont really wanna spend more than 100-150$

Should I go with which of these two options... I will have an h100 fo OC

ASRock AMD FM2A78M-ITX+.... 760k


Msi B85i.... I3 4130

[Wtalk2]

Right now in my mini itx rig I have and amd a6 fm1 apu and a gtx 660....

Obviously the cpu bottlenecks my gpu so what options should I chose???

I dont really wanna spend more than 100-150$

 

1. Keep my fm1 mobo sell the apu and upgrade the cpu to a 651k get an h100 and OC

2. Sell my my mobo and apu and go to intel i3 or i5

 

What should I do guys??? Any other ideas???

Save up a bunch more and then get a H97/Z97 motherboard and a i5 4690/K which will give you very good CPU performance for a long time or get a 970/990FX/X AMD motherboard and a FX-6300 or FX-8320 which will perform a bit worse than it's Intel counterpart but is a bit cheaper.

[luke_2bossly]

Save up a bunch more and then get a H97/Z97 motherboard and a i5 4690/K which will give you very good CPU performance for a long time or get a 970/990FX/X AMD motherboard and a FX-6300 or FX-8320 which will perform a bit worse than it's Intel counterpart but is a bit cheaper.

Dont wanna save a bunch of money... Also i am mini itx....

[luke_2bossly]

Dont wanna save a bunch of money... Also i am mini itx....

Dont need an i5 4690 lol I have a 660....

[flibberdipper]

Sell everything, get an FM2+ board and an Athlon X4 750K/760K.

[Wtalk2]

Dont wanna save a bunch of money... Also i am mini itx....

New APU with FM2+ A88X motherboard? You can't really get much of a 'Upgrade' for that budget.

[luke_2bossly]

Sell everything, get an FM2+ board and an Athlon X4 750K/760K.

Would a 760k bottleneck a 660 or 760???

[luke_2bossly]

might get an msi 760 gaming

[Wtalk2]

Would a 760k bottleneck a 660 or 760???

A 760K overclocked should be fine with a 660/760.

 

This should be a great combo that won't bottleneck either of those graphics card and will allow for upgrading.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($84.74 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard  ($99.69 @ Amazon) 

Total: $184.43

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-08 22:20 EDT-0400)

 

PS: It is a little over budget but will allow for future upgrades also.

[flibberdipper]

Would a 760k bottleneck a 660 or 760???

If you overclock it should be perfect.

[luke_2bossly]

A 760K overclocked should be fine with a 660/760.

 

This should be a great combo that won't bottleneck either of those graphics card and will allow for upgrading.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($84.74 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard  ($99.69 @ Amazon) 

Total: $184.43

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-08 22:20 EDT-0400)

 

PS: It is a little over budget but will allow for future upgrades also.

so you say no intel like I3 and mini itx

[i_build_nanosuits]

If you want to get the best performance out of your GTX 660 i would sell FM2 kit and get AM3+ 970A-UD3P with FX-6300 or FX-8320 with an hyper 212 CPU cooler (29$) and overclock...and then future upgrade could be r9 280x

[luke_2bossly]

Sell mb and apu and dont get i3 fx 6300 performs much better and has 6 physical cores and i5 costs more get like fx 6300, 8320, or 8350 unless have more money get i5 3570k or 4670k

 

 

If you want to get the best performance out of your GTX 660 i would sell FM2 kit and get AM3+ 970A-UD3P with FX-6300 or FX-8320 with an hyper 212 CPU cooler (29$) and overclock...and then future upgrade could be r9 280x

I HAVE FM1!!!!!! I am MINI ITX I CANT GET AM3+ GUYS!!!

[i_build_nanosuits]

I HAVE FM1!!!!!! I am MINI ITX I CANT GET AM3+ GUYS!!!

then sell everything you can't do much with that stuff...get a mini ITX intel board cheap and core i5-4430 or sell everything including case and get beafier components if you want more performance.

[dragoon20005]

whats you max budget you can go?

[Recon-UK]

--snip--

This is factually wrong, research before spouting.

[i_build_nanosuits]

This is factually wrong, research before spouting.

wtf is that quote you made this guy didnt even posted in this thread?!

[Recon-UK]

wtf is that quote you made this guy didnt even posted in this thread?!

He did, his crap must have been deleted.

[i_build_nanosuits]

He did, his crap must have been deleted.

oh i see...great then...mods usualy only edit the comment and says ''comment deleted by a moderator'' or similar...this time he wrote ''snip'' lol

[harrynowl]

my suggestion is to sell your current bits and get an i5 4460 and h81 itx:)

[Recon-UK]

oh i see...great then...mods usualy only edit the comment and says ''comment deleted by a moderator'' or similar...this time he wrote ''snip'' lol

Rare happenings

[luke_2bossly]

Save up a bunch more and then get a H97/Z97 motherboard and a i5 4690/K which will give you very good CPU performance for a long time or get a 970/990FX/X AMD motherboard and a FX-6300 or FX-8320 which will perform a bit worse than it's Intel counterpart but is a bit cheaper.

 

 

Sell everything, get an FM2+ board and an Athlon X4 750K/760K.

 

 

If you want to get the best performance out of your GTX 660 i would sell FM2 kit and get AM3+ 970A-UD3P with FX-6300 or FX-8320 with an hyper 212 CPU cooler (29$) and overclock...and then future upgrade could be r9 280x

 

 

He did, his crap must have been deleted.

 

Should I go with which of these two options... Also Can I OC both options???

 

ASRock AMD FM2A78M-ITX+.... 760k

 

Msi B85i.... I3 4130

[i_build_nanosuits]

can't overclock the core i3, but it does outperform the 760K even at stock speed...i would pick intel.

Better would be FX-6300 + AM3+ 970 mobo...cheap as hell on top of that!

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU:  AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($117.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard:  ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $177.97
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-09 15:24 EDT-0400)

[luke_2bossly]

can't overclock the core i3, but it does outperform the 760K even at stock speed...i would pick intel.

I can OC the 760k... I have an h100

[i_build_nanosuits]

I can OC the 760k... I have an h100

can't tell for sure, but even overclocked to the bone it wont come close to the core i3 or the FX-6300...you should forget this option you will be disapointed