Trying to beef up existing computer. Need help determining what I can use.

Justin Armstrong · Dec 30, 2014

Hey guys! I hope this is in the right place, but I bought a relatively cheap desktop recently to play World of Warcraft. As you guys may know it's not a very graphically demanding game, yet I still have some issues in a large group setting. Where to be honest I need it most. It's a highly customizable PC, but I"m not 100% sure what I can do with it considering the graphics are integrated.. I just don't know jack about this stuff! Below you can see my specs. Any suggestion as to what I can do to up the FPS, I would sincerely appreciate. Thank you

OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name PC-PC
System Manufacturer MSI
System Model MS-7721
System Type x64-based PC
Processor AMD A4-6300 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics, 3700 Mhz, 1 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. V30.2, 2/21/2014
SMBIOS Version 2.8
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.17514"
User Name PC-PC\PC
Time Zone Pacific Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 3.95 GB
Available Physical Memory 1.08 GB
Total Virtual Memory 7.89 GB
Available Virtual Memory 3.56 GB
Page File Space 3.95 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

Chicano · Dec 30, 2014

Is this your motherboard?

A55M-E33
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/A55ME33.html#hero-specification

Install HWiNFO if you're not sure of the motherboard model.
http://www.hwinfo.com/

If the answer is yes, the socket is FM2+ and you can upgrade the APU to a FM2+ AMD Athlon X4 860K CPU, add 4GBof RAM, and add a PCIe x16 Video Card... the card brand and model would depend on your budget.

unksol · Dec 30, 2014

No. Just no chicano. An APU is a CPU. That is not an upgrade. It is a down grade. If he did so he would have no graphics. At all. There is no such thing as an "upgrade" from an APU to a CPU.... they are the same thing plus one has built in graphics.

If he has issues in large group settings he is probably CPU limited. Nothing but an upgrade to a better APU will fix that. Potentially a better APU and dedicated GPU

EDIT: LMAO chcano at updating after you were wrong. I should have quoted you

Chicano · Dec 30, 2014

What are you talking about... I did not even see your response... I pressed the wrong key and posted before finishing the answer... I should be LMAO at you for jumping to conclusions so quickly... Read my profile and see if I would make such a dumb mistake on purpose. You're only fooling yourself.

EDIT: Check the posting times; I posted initially at hour:46:35PM, added what I previously had in mind at hour:50:34PM... You made the ridicule at hour:52:43PM and edited at hour:57:08PM.... LOL

Chicano · Dec 31, 2014

unksol :

Well?... still waiting for you to finish lecturing me... If you had quoted me on time, I still had this to prove I knew exactly what an APU is and the difference to a CPU before you tried "teaching me" the difference... and still have more threads to prove my point.. (actually known it for years)

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2447995/computer-build-turn-signal-beep-post.html

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