CPU Upgrade?

[seeknothing]

hi guys! new here at LTT. and this is my first topic. so, any advice/suggestion would be appreciated.

 

 

 

on to the topic, i have the AMD A6-5400K and planning to upgrade it to A10-6800K. with a Motherboard: Redfox RF-A55F2M3. would that be better?

 

 

thank you for the help in advance.    :lol: 

 

 

[CubiX]

Hey there and welcome to the forum seeknothing

Well what is your budget in total ? Btw the latest A series from amd is the kaveri A10 7870k which is about 130$msrp...

And i would also probably go ahead and get a more "reliable" mobo like Gigabyte, Asus, msi or asrock 

Also what is your formfactor and do you intend to get a gpu later ? 

[seeknothing]

To be honest, I really dont have that "ideal budget" regarding on this one.

It's a system used by the family actually.

But, I guess $120-below would fit the budget.

Coz I'm really on a "tight budget" right now. HaHaHa.

And it's also my 1st time "upgrading" this system.

 

Regarding the Motherboard and GPU issue, they're out of the question as of right now.

[CubiX]

Well an A10 7870k also is kinda good at games as well... soo if the use is only going to be browsing at the internet you could get away with a smaller, more budget friendly a8 ?

What is your current mobo ? (just to check compatibility) 

[seeknothing]

The Redfox Motherboard I've got  had the FM2 Socket on an ITX formfactor.

And wanted to cling on this mobo also. As I've said earlier, really on a "tight budget" here man.

The CPU upgrade is the only option i can get right now.

[runit3]

If your budget is ~$120 it would make more sense to save that money for a platform upgrade down the road. Chances are another APU isn't going to give you the performance increase you're looking for.

 

What specifically are the issues you have with the current CPU? and what are you trying to achieve?

 

*edit* @seeknothing you can follow your topics for update, above the "Reply to this topic" button (top right). Welcome btw.

[seeknothing]

If your budget is ~$120 it would make more sense to save that money for a platform upgrade down the road. Chances are another APU isn't going to give you the performance increase you're looking for.

 

What specifically are the issues you have with the current CPU? and what are you trying to achieve?

 

*edit* @seeknothing you can follow your topics for update, above the "Reply to this topic" button (top right). Welcome btw.

 

Thanks for the advice man!

 

I really don't have that issues regarding the CPU. Just wondering if "upgrading" into 4core CPU would be good for gaming.

[runit3]

Thanks for the advice man!

 

I really don't have that issues regarding the CPU. Just wondering if "upgrading" into 4core CPU would be good for gaming.

You already have a quad core, the only "upgrade" available is really just a side-grade for $130, which is no small amount of money.

http://semiaccurate.com/2014/01/23/kaveri-versus-richland-performance-per-clock-comparison/

 

To put your APU in perspective the Broadwell and Skylake iGPU's go toe-to-toe with the APU offerings of the past

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/skylake-intel-core-i7-6700k-core-i5-6600k,4252-9.html

 

That $130 gets you more than halfway to a locked Skylake chip, which can be OC'd on an appropriate board. For a total platform upgrade you're looking at ~$350 if you're in the US

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Bzq6CJ

 

You would get better performance running on the iGPU, aside from the platform advances, and once you had saved up enough for a dedicated GPU it would blow pretty much anything out of the water.

 

*edit* if you're really dying for an upgrade now getting the highest RAM kit possible for your MOBO would give you a tangible benefit, as you're running an APU (RAM speed matters)

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/memory-bandwidth-scaling-trinity,3419-4.html

~5-12 FPS depending on the game and clock you can get on the memory. Even high bandwidth DDR3 kits are dirt cheap ATM. Probably the best performance upgrade you can get on that platform.

[seeknothing]

The A6 5400K APU I've got has only 2 Cores. Hence, wanted to change it to the A10 6800K with 4 Cores. And wanted to stick on the mobo i've got with FM2 socket.

[runit3]

The A6 5400K APU I've got has only 2 Cores. Hence, wanted to change it to the A10 6800K with 4 Cores. And wanted to stick on the mobo i've got with FM2 socket.

Sorry, misread OP, thought you already had the 6800k. The sidegrade point really still stands, benchmarks here:

https://youtu.be/6-L2w3kC6Pw?t=1m19s

 

Sorry for the music, IDK why he always puts that shit in his videos.

[seeknothing]

Sorry, misread OP, thought you already had the 6800k. The sidegrade point really still stands, benchmarks here:

https://youtu.be/6-L2w3kC6Pw?t=1m19s

 

Sorry for the music, IDK why he always puts that shit in his videos.

A big thanks for this man. Now, I've got the idea what should be done next. Really appreciate it.    :lol:

[runit3]

A big thanks for this man. Now, I've got the idea what should be done next. Really appreciate it.    :lol:

NP. If it was my system and I wanted to upgrade something, now would be the time to find a nice used DDR3 kit off craigslist or Ebay, everyone's jumping ship to DDR4, 2400MHz kits are fairly common. Just check your board's QVL for compatible RAM beforehand. 5-10% FPS for ~$30 is ridiculous Price:Performance.