help with cpu upgrade

[aaronwolfy]

hello fellow pc geekers.

 

i have recently built a amd apu build on the fm2+ socket my current cpu is a a8-6600k which is fm2 (my motherboard supports fm2 and fm2+) and i have just upgraded my psu to a evga 500w psu and my gpu from a sapphire hd 7790 1gb to a evga gtx 960 4gb card and i was to know what would be the best cpu upgrade for the fm2+ socket am toying with the a10 7850k apu but i would like some advice if this would be the right choice.

 

thanks 

[manikyath]

1: this shouldnt be in build logs.

2: it'd be in place to swap mobo when looking towards a better processor. (leaving the AMD/intel argument open to the fanboys here, but an APU isnt the right choice)

[Mug]

The A10 7870k is slightly better, but also more expensive.

[aaronwolfy]

right what page should this be in.

 

thanks

[aaronwolfy]

from what ive read the 7850 is acctually better than the 7870k ?

[Morgan MLGman]

The best is the A10-7870k I believe right now, but I do not think you need it.

There's not really much you can upgrade to in terms of the CPU power on that FM2+ socket, Athlon II X4 860k is a cheap option but you won't feel much of a difference basically, and you don't need an APU cause you've got a dedicated GPU ;-; The CPU part of A10-7850k/70k is around the same as the X4 860k and it's like twice as expensive.

No point in getting an APU, get an X4 860k if you don't want to change your motherboard, however I'd recommend getting a new motherboard and a new CPU.

[themaniac]

dont bother with apu's if you have a dgpu, just get an athlon 860k and you'll be fine

[aaronwolfy]

the only reason i havent upgraded is cause i dont know if i can get my serial key back