A8 - 6600k for gaming.

MAGP · November 9, 2015

Hi guys well i have a doubt, but first i want to make this very clear. I AM NOT BUYING ANYTHING this is a question of whether should i add something that i already have or just leave it the way it is until I have some spare money to buy actually something better.

"Any suggestion of buying an intel and get something else is OFF TOPIC cause like i said i m not buying".

My GF has a desktop pc i built for her a while ago. She is a world of warcraft gamer and a regular user who just browse and use fb. I know this may not be the best gaming rig and it will be a little more than an entry level pc, but i wanted to try AMD apus and they performed quite decent.

Everything was bought on a DIY upgrade kit so it was good for $$$ budget.

System Specs:

CPU: AMD A8 - 6600k @ 3.9ghz (stock speed) FM2

MOBO: ASUS A88XM-A FM2+ AMD A88X

RAM: HyperFury Black 8gb 1866 DDR3

HDD: WD Black 1TB.

Cooler Master Seidon 120

15" LG LED Screen (cant remember the specs) Yes it is very small lol.

She is running 1600 x 1200 in Good in World of Warcraft Draenor

I know an Athlon x4 860k would have been much better with a decent card that was some extra money i didnt have so i m not buying anything else for the time being. Also the FM2 cpu will not benefit from the FM2+ when adding a card.

So finally the question. Her CPU has integrated graphics HD 8570D. I have a R5 230 Powercolor 1GB that i bought a long time ago and I am not using it at all.

Will she benefit Graphically speaking other than a little more fps and the ram that it will offer after disabling the internal gpu? Like going High or something a little beyond Good (Personalized) or will this card decrease the graphics.

Thanks and sorry for the long question. It is better to be very specific.