worth upgrading CPU?

[i_build_nanosuits]

well i only have enough for a new case and a new motherboard i guess, so i guess ill get a new a88 board and a sexy case

what?! man...why a new motherboard for that APU theres no future on the FM2 socket for you...you already have outgrown it why would you want to drop more money into a motherboard you already have one of these...save your money for an i5, keep your case that won't change anything and buy a better GPU down the road once you have the i5 and intel board..

 

Stay focused...if you want a better gaming experience this is what you need to buy so you are better start saving money instead:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($169.99 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($43.89 @ SuperBiiz)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($239.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $453.87

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-17 15:32 EST-0500

[SoftenButterCream]

WAIT FOR SKYLAKE. Or get 860k and save money

[the jolly roger]

what?! man...why a new motherboard for that APU theres no future on the FM2 socket for you...you already have outgrown it why would you want to drop more money into a motherboard you already have one of these...save your money for an i5, keep your case that won't change anything and buy a better GPU down the road once you have the i5 and intel board..

 

Stay focused...if you want a better gaming experience this is what you need to buy so you are better start saving money instead:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($169.99 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($43.89 @ SuperBiiz)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($239.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $453.87

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-17 15:32 EST-0500

i am going to the USA (i live in south america) in a few weeks, i hate having to use mini itx, the cable management makes me wanna vomit.... i dont want to live with this board anymore, it has  only 1 fan header so 2 out of 3 fans are running at 100% off of the PSU, loud as fuck. so a new board will solve all of this

 

oh and my CPU cooler blocks the first DIMM slot so im running only 4gb out of the 8gb kit i bought

 

[the jolly roger]

WAIT FOR SKYLAKE. Or get 860k and save money

i think my a10 is the same as it..

[i_build_nanosuits]

WAIT FOR SKYLAKE. Or get 860k and save money

the 860K is the CPU that he already has in is 7850K APU...and we have no idea if/when/how skylake will launch and if it's even worth waiting for...i won't often see bad post from you but this is certainly not your best

[i_build_nanosuits]

i am going to the USA (i live in south america) in a few weeks, i hate having to use mini itx, the cable management makes me wanna vomit.... i dont want to live with this board anymore, it has  only 1 fan header so 2 out of 3 fans are running at 100% off of the PSU, loud as fuck. so a new board will solve all of this

 

this is called a fan splitter it's worth 3$ with that you can control as many fans as you want from the motherboard header...

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812162026&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwordsCA-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwordsCA-PC-_-pla-_-Internal+Power+Cables-_-N82E16812162026&gclid=Cj0KEQiA8MSkBRCP5LaRlcOAusMBEiQAiqldkkhDki20xOS2MPLfWoYWD2PcO3LfYiKmxquIwl1JHpcaAhLk8P8HAQ

 

i understand you need a new case as well why have you bought that piece of crap in the first place...get a mid tower ATX case the cheapest will do.

[the jolly roger]

this is called a fan splitter it's worth 3$ with that you can control as many fans as you want from the motherboard header...

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812162026&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwordsCA-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwordsCA-PC-_-pla-_-Internal+Power+Cables-_-N82E16812162026&gclid=Cj0KEQiA8MSkBRCP5LaRlcOAusMBEiQAiqldkkhDki20xOS2MPLfWoYWD2PcO3LfYiKmxquIwl1JHpcaAhLk8P8HAQ

 

i understand you need a new case as well why have you bought that piece of crap...get a mid tower ATX case the cheapest will do.

read the edit i just did

[i_build_nanosuits]

read the edit i just did

i did...keep using the machine has is until you can afford the parts i have suggested or similar and dont buy a ''sexy'' case buy a ''cheap'' case that is big enough to fit your parts in without breaking the bank as i understand you are pretty short on cash.

[the jolly roger]

i did...keep using the machine has is until you can afford the parts i have suggested or similar and dont buy a ''sexy'' case buy a ''cheap'' case that is big enough to fit your parts in without breaking the bank as i understand you are pretty short on cash.

and use only 4gb of ram, nope

[i_build_nanosuits]

and use only 4gb of ram, nope

use the stock heatsink and 8gb of ram mate.

no wonder how you've ended up with an APU and an r9 270x cramped into a miniITX case mate...with a corsair 750w psu.

[SoftenButterCream]

the 860K is the CPU that he already has in is 7850K APU...and we have no idea if/when/how skylake will launch and if it's even worth waiting for...i won't often see bad post from you but this is certainly not your best

Lmao, just finished finals, too lazy to read the whole thing.

[the jolly roger]

use the stock heatsink and 8gb of ram mate.

no wonder how you've ended up with an APU and an r9 270x cramped into a miniITX case mate...with a corsair 750w psu.

my case is micro atx, the corsair 750w PSU was the only psu they had in stock to the only PC part store in all of the city, and the 270 same as the PSU

 

and i lost the stock heatsink

 

and i bought the APU wayyy back, when it launched i think, the  270x is recent, 2 months ago

[i_build_nanosuits]

my case is micro atx, the corsair 750w PSU was the only psu they had in stock to the only PC part store in all of the city, and the 270 same as the PSU

 

and i lost the stock heatsink

fair enough...so you don't have the heatsink laying around...ok...then i guess you should (when you visit USA) buy a zalman cpu heatsink they are worth 7$ and get the fan splitters at the same time... that way you don't need a new motherboard...your micro atx case will do you'll just have to select a slightly smaller GPU...easy enough...and intel chipsets offer very good microATX motherboard.

 

this is good:

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/arctic-cooling-cpu-cooler-acalp64gt

or this one:

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gelid-solutions-cpu-cooler-ccsiberian01

[the jolly roger]

fair enough...so you don't have the heatsink laying around...ok...then i guess you should (when you visit USA) buy a zalman cpu heatsink they are worth 7$ and get the fan splitters at the same time... that way you don't need a new motherboard...your micro atx case will do you'll just have to select a slightly smaller GPU...easy enough...and intel chipsets offer very good microATX motherboard.

 

this is good:

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/arctic-cooling-cpu-cooler-acalp64gt

or this one:

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gelid-solutions-cpu-cooler-ccsiberian01

slightly smaller GPU? my 270 fits with tons of room to spare

[i_build_nanosuits]

slightly smaller GPU? my 270 fits with tons of room to spare

great...see...so you don't need another case this one is just fine.