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I have an AMD A-10-5800K APU 4.2 and i'm tired of it bottlenecking my 7970 is there a decent socket FM2 that's not an APU for Under $200 . Motherboard Asrock FM2A85X Extreme4
 
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That's not an upgrade over an A10-5800K. In fact it's a slight downgrade, since the otherwise identical cores in the 750K or 760K have slightly lower stock clocks (all of them can be overclocked though, and then stock clocks are meaningless).


A 6800K would be a waste of money. If you just overclock the 5800K by 2-300 MHz, you have exactly the same CPU performance. The CPU cores...
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the way i am looking at things is that the desktop is dieing, looks like there [amd,intel] into the tablet / laptop/ cellphone areas and that desktop is an afterthought and the desktop is just for you to guinneypig parts there going to want to use in mobial products. i mean when you read a review on a desltop chip and they talk about how well it should work in a moble applacation kinda tells me somthing . your now a beta tester for there products for what they want to try to use in a moble device. why do i want to build a nice desktop and be stuck with a chip thats aimed at that moble market? thats just how i feel its going. its sad but true.
 
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The Athlon x4 760k for $90 is your best bet. It would only be a minor upgrade from your A10, but it will overclock a good bit higher assuming you have am A75 or A85 chipset, and a good aftermarket cooler. I know the 6800k usually overclocks a lot better than the 5800k so the 760k should overclock pretty well too.

But honestly, you have picked a bad platform for a 7970
 
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That's not an upgrade over an A10-5800K. In fact it's a slight downgrade, since the otherwise identical cores in the 750K or 760K have slightly lower stock clocks (all of them can be overclocked though, and then stock clocks are meaningless).


A 6800K would be a waste of money. If you just overclock the 5800K by 2-300 MHz, you have exactly the same CPU performance. The CPU cores are identical in the 5800K and 6800K.
 
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The Athlon X4 760K has the same CPU cores as the A10-5800K, but at lower clocks. You're telling him his best upgrade is a downgrade.
 
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Well I agree he is not on a very good platform and doesn't have any good options from here, but Richland overclocks a LOT better than Trinity. I can get 4.7ghz x4 EASILY with my 6800k. 5.0ghz is attainable probably. The 760k is Richland like the 6800k, and will overclock a lot higher than his 5800k is capable of.
 
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Originally I Crossfired the APU with a 6670 but it didn't really get the performance I needed... I uses the standard overclock 4.2
I'll probably get the 6800k i guess and a good aftermarket cooler and a new power supply.
thanks guys for your advice
 
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didn't say anything. I answered his question. I didn't try to sell him something. If I did try to sell him something it wouldn't have been a lousy 6300.
 
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