What would Linus do?

[John S]

Computer shops are quite familiar in our place and I finally have the time and limited budget for upgrade. I have 6 units with this build for almost 4 years now.

 

- AMD A6-6400K

- 4GB RAM

- MOBO MSI F2A68HM-S1

- 500GB HDD

- GT 730 (2GB) Graphics Card

 

Mostly used for potato gaming (DotA 2 and common FPS games in my region). I am thinking of upgrading the units' RAM to 8GB and CPU to AMD A8-7650K. However, I started to consider upgrading the secondary storage, instead of a TRADITIONAL hard disk drive, I am planning to use SSDs for all units and RAM to 8GB. These are the only options I have and I would want to choose one the soonest possible time. I want to keep my customers, although this 'upgrade' doesn't really seem like an upgrade to the majority of you but from where I am right now, it can really help. What would you do, what would Linus do?  thanks for your help! 

[myselfolli]

probably drop it

[John S]

1 minute ago, myselfolli said:

probably drop it

Nice, thanks for your help.

[GOTSpectrum]

RAM and GPU i'd say... 

[John S]

Just now, Ben Quigley said:

RAM and GPU i'd say... 

Thanks for droppin' by. As much as I'd  want to upgrade the GPU, it's really off the table for now due to the lack of budget.

[mikat]

fm2+ is really dated but if you can get the Athlon II X4 8(6/78)0K (quad core cpus) for a cheap price (under $30) then i'd upgrade.

for the gpus the rx 570 is good value but I don't know if it's in your budget.

[voiha]

Personally I would upgrade the RAM and GPU

[GOTSpectrum]

Just now, John S said:

Thanks for droppin' by. As much as I'd  want to upgrade the GPU, it's really off the table for now due to the lack of budget.

If it used for gaming you have a massive GPU bottleneck here and that would be the main thing to upgrade.... 

 

 

[John S]

1 minute ago, Ben Quigley said:

If it used for gaming you have a massive GPU bottleneck here and that would be the main thing to upgrade.... 

 

 

Thanks for dropping by. Could you please elaborate it further? Like possible recommendations (model/ build) of the CPU if in case I want to keep the GPU. Enlighten me

[GOTSpectrum]

Just now, John S said:

Thanks for dropping by. Could you please elaborate it further? Like possible recommendations (model/ build) of the CPU if in case I want to keep the GPU. Enlighten me

Honestly, you wont really see all that much improvement with a new CPU... It wouldnt be worth the cost... If your budget is so tight Id just get my hands on a bunch of GTX660tis or something like that and scrap the ram upgrade.

[John S]

5 minutes ago, mikat said:

fm2+ is really dated but if you can get the Athlon II X4 8(6/78)0K (quad core cpus) for a cheap price (under $30) then i'd upgrade.

for the gpus the rx 570 is good value but I don't know if it's in your budget.

Do correct me if I'm not getting this straight, I can keep the motherboard and change CPU to the quad core CPU then change the GT 730 to RX 570?

[John S]

3 minutes ago, Ben Quigley said:

Honestly, you wont really see all that much improvement with a new CPU... It wouldnt be worth the cost... If your budget is so tight Id just get my hands on a bunch of GTX660tis or something like that and scrap the ram upgrade.

Thanks for this one. I will try to look for GTX 660ti here, I just hope my scrappy A6-6400K handles this 660ti gpu well.

[mikat]

4 minutes ago, John S said:

Do correct me if I'm not getting this straight, I can keep the motherboard and change CPU to the quad core CPU then change the GT 730 to RX 570?

rx 570 would bottleneck it at 1080p, maybe the 1050 or 1050ti would be a better fit but anything lower is teeeeeeeeeeerrible value

used older gpus would work but do look up benchmarks to see what kind of framerates you'll be getting

[John S]

1 minute ago, mikat said:

rx 570 would bottleneck it at 1080p, maybe the 1050 or 1050ti would be a better fit but anything lower is teeeeeeeeeeerrible value

used older gpus would work but do look up benchmarks to see what kind of framerates you'll be getting

Thanks, man. 

[Fasauceome]

What's the used market like over there? Any access to eBay?

[John S]

4 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

What's the used market like over there? Any access to eBay?

Yes, eBay is available but not really wise to get parts from there. Local stores are cheaper, people post used items in a fb group and do meetups.

[Fasauceome]

39 minutes ago, John S said:

Yes, eBay is available but not really wise to get parts from there. Local stores are cheaper, people post used items in a fb group and do meetups.

Oh ok, with a healthy used market like that you should be able to find a quad core processor and a GTX Graphics card. I recommend something like a gtx 750 ti, very low power draw

[Princess Luna]

Realistically speaking, Linus would kill it with fire.

[Crunchy Dragon]

1 hour ago, John S said:

Computer shops are quite familiar in our place and I finally have the time and limited budget for upgrade. I have 6 units with this build for almost 4 years now.

 

- AMD A6-6400K

- 4GB RAM

- MOBO MSI F2A68HM-S1

- 500GB HDD

- GT 730 (2GB) Graphics Card

 

Mostly used for potato gaming (DotA 2 and common FPS games in my region). I am thinking of upgrading the units' RAM to 8GB and CPU to AMD A8-7650K. However, I started to consider upgrading the secondary storage, instead of a TRADITIONAL hard disk drive, I am planning to use SSDs for all units and RAM to 8GB. These are the only options I have and I would want to choose one the soonest possible time. I want to keep my customers, although this 'upgrade' doesn't really seem like an upgrade to the majority of you but from where I am right now, it can really help. What would you do, what would Linus do?  thanks for your help! 

Athlon X4 860K is the best CPU you can get(which isn't saying much, a used 4th gen i5 would be better).

With that, look for a GTX 1050 or 1050Ti. Anything higher will likely be bottlenecked due to the weak CPUs on the FM2 socket.

 

Personally, I would get off of FM2 as quickly as possible. Upgrading the RAM, CPU, and GPU will be a better option than upgrading storage. Reason being is that storage is cheaper and can be more easily upgraded down the road.

[Franck]

1 hour ago, John S said:

Computer shops are quite familiar in our place and I finally have the time and limited budget for upgrade. I have 6 units with this build for almost 4 years now.

 

- AMD A6-6400K

- 4GB RAM

- MOBO MSI F2A68HM-S1

- 500GB HDD

- GT 730 (2GB) Graphics Card

 

Mostly used for potato gaming (DotA 2 and common FPS games in my region). I am thinking of upgrading the units' RAM to 8GB and CPU to AMD A8-7650K. However, I started to consider upgrading the secondary storage, instead of a TRADITIONAL hard disk drive, I am planning to use SSDs for all units and RAM to 8GB. These are the only options I have and I would want to choose one the soonest possible time. I want to keep my customers, although this 'upgrade' doesn't really seem like an upgrade to the majority of you but from where I am right now, it can really help. What would you do, what would Linus do?  thanks for your help! 

You need to change the motherboard too. The A6 is fm2 and the A8 is fm2+. AFAIK you can't put and fm2+ into a fm2.

[Crunchy Dragon]

Just now, Franck said:

You need to change the motherboard too. The A6 is fm2 and the A8 is fm2+. AFAIK you can't put and fm2+ into a fm2.

Some boards have support for FM2+ and FM2.

 

My Gigabyte GA-A68HM-DS2H will take both.

[Franck]

1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Some boards have support for FM2+ and FM2.

 

My Gigabyte GA-A68HM-DS2H will take both.

so the socket have the extra pins of the FM2+ ?

[Crunchy Dragon]

1 minute ago, Franck said:

so the socket have the extra pins of the FM2+ ?

Yes, that's what I meant when I said some boards will take FM2+ and FM2.

[Canada EH]

4 hours ago, John S said:

potato

tbh its not worth it if you spend anything more then $40 because you can buy a space aged 4th gen intel for $150 that will splat that amd like it was nothing. I wouldnt spend more then $20.

[TiresomeToe933]

Dropping? Thats so last year....

 

Now the newest trend is to fire Colton!