I need help

[Fedora]

alright so im trying to upgrade my cpu on a prebuilt pc and i dont understand how can i tell if my mobo is compatable if the mobo name is m52bc which happens to be the name of my prebuilt so should i just buy a cpu and if it doesnt work send it back i am hoping to get a intel i5 or higher but i dont want to have to mess around with compatability give me some advice please

 

[Lord_Karango17]

What is the cpu you have right now? Knowing that will let us know which chipset the motherboard is and we can go from there

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

alright so im trying to upgrade my cpu on a prebuilt pc and i dont understand how can i tell if my mobo is compatable if the mobo name is m52bc which happens to be the name of my prebuilt so should i just buy a cpu and if it doesnt work send it back i am hoping to get a intel i5 or higher but i dont want to have to mess around with compatability give me some advice please

Download a program like speccy, it'll tell you what motherboard & cpu you have. From there you can find out what socket it is and find out what you need to upgrade it.

[Fedora]

i have speecy and it shows the mobo name i search it up and it pulls up my prebuild and my current cpu is a amd fx 8310

[Fedora]

What is the cpu you have right now? Knowing that will let us know which chipset the motherboard is and we can go from there

 

i have speecy and it shows the mobo name i search it up and it pulls up my prebuild and my current cpu is a amd fx 8310

[Fedora]

i have speecy and it shows the mobo name i search it up and it pulls up my prebuild and my current cpu is a amd fx 8310

[Fedora]

Download a program like speccy, it'll tell you what motherboard & cpu you have. From there you can find out what socket it is and find out what you need to upgrade it.

 

What is the cpu you have right now? Knowing that will let us know which chipset the motherboard is and we can go from there

Model M52BC_M32BC(socket 942)

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

Well you have an top AM3+ CPU so there really is no upgrading. Sadly the FX 8--- CPU's just aren't great.

[Fedora]

Well you have an top AM3+ CPU so there really is no upgrading. Sadly the FX 8--- CPU's just aren't great.

so no uprgrading but say i were to get a compatible mobo with a cpu i want would that work i have a pretty big case i think its considered a tower

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

so no uprgrading but say i were to get a compatible mobo with a cpu i want would that work i have a pretty big case i think its considered a tower

Yeah, what's your budget? I'm sure I could recommend something pretty good. 

[Fedora]

Yeah, what's your budget? I'm sure I could recommend something pretty good. 

well i dont know exactly becasue the way i will be getting the money would be from selling my old xbox 360 console and games plus my xbox one controllers and games so lets say like $450 but i have a msi gtx 980 that is clearly being bottlenceck so give me what will cpu and mobo are compatible but will not bottleneck my gpu

[Fedora]

it is ok if you go over that number because a mobo and cpu that keep up with my gpu will be on high end

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

well i dont know exactly becasue the way i will be getting the money would be from selling my old xbox 360 console and games plus my xbox one controllers and games so lets say like $450 but i have a msi gtx 980 that is clearly being bottlenceck so give me what will cpu and mobo are compatible but will not bottleneck my gpu

Do you game only? or do you do video & photo editing too?

[Fedora]

Do you game only? or do you do video & photo editing too?

just for gaming

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

just for gaming

okay, and how much ram do you have?

[Fedora]

16 gb overkill pretty much

[techguru]

16 gb overkill pretty much

so  a new cpu and motherboard and maybe ram for 450$

[Fedora]

so  a new cpu and motherboard and maybe ram for 450$

yes but i need it to not bottleneck a msi gtx 980

[Fedora]

yes but i need it to not bottleneck a msi gtx 980

 

so  a new cpu and motherboard and maybe ram for 450$

if i need to go over that it is ok but that is where i would like it to be but i am willing to pay more so i can finally get good performance

[techguru]

if i need to go over that it is ok but that is where i would like it to be but i am willing to pay more so i can finally get good performance

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($183.89 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Asus H170-PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($105.34 @ Amazon) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($53.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $343.22

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-17 23:34 EDT-0400

[Fedora]

im 

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($183.89 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Asus H170-PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($105.34 @ Amazon) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($53.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $343.22

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-17 23:34 EDT-0400

 

this probably sounds dumb but ddr4 is ram? right

[Fedora]

im 

 

this probably sounds dumb but ddr4 is ram? right

ok forget that question but one more thing are you sure that that the cpu will not bottleneck because the mhz are lower than my current or are the mhz irrelevant

[techguru]

ok forget that question but one more thing are you sure that that the cpu will not bottleneck because the mhz are lower than my current or are the mhz irrelevant

nope..it will be fine

any i5 can keep up with any single gpu card

[techguru]

what are your full system specs currently?

[Fedora]

CPU AMD FX 8310

Memory DDR3 16GB

GPU MSI GTX 980

MOBO M52_M32BC(Socket 942)

PSU EVGA 600W 

 that is about all i got but if you need more info to determine tell me and ill see if i can find out some more