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crookey901

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right i'm thinking of upgrading my CPU and mother board.
at the minute my PC specs are :

CPU : AMD A8-5600K
Motherboard : MSI FM2-A55M-E33
GPU : EVGA GEEFORCE GTX 950
Power : EVGA 500W 80Plus

What are my best options for around 150 English pounds
 
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fudgecakes99

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no in gaming the biggest performance gain you get would be from upgrading the 950 into a 970. You will get some bottleneck from the cpu, but the pros outweigh the cons, and if you plan on getting an even better gpu 980 up you're better off upgrading your cpu first as the performance drops you'll get wouldn't be worth the added fps.
 
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i'm not some one who's wanting like the super best you can have i want like a mid range so wouldn't just spending the money on the FX like andrei said make some difference? as the mobo and CPU i have are quite old ?
 
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Oh it'll most definitely make a difference, but not in the way you expect it too. You'll get a stabler frame rate, so when something explodes or a lot of movement on screen with 2 core cpu, you'd get bigger drops so from 60-20 and then it'd shoot back up to 60 after the event. Where as with a newer 4 core cpu, the drops would be less significant or wouldn't exist all together. But their are a lot of factors that go into that. You wouldn't necessarily get a higher frame rate but that could also be the case depending on what you're upgrading up too.



 
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Please for the love of God, get away from AMD and get an intel chip.

Skylake i5 chip: roughly $200 usd
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117563&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

A MOBO: roughly $90 usd
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157642

Then just got a small amount of DDR4 RAM and you're set.

If you wanted to save some more money, you could go with a core i3 skylake processor.
 
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Theirs nothing wrong with getting an amd apu. It may not perform as well as an intel chip but it'll be really close so close it's negilble. Depending on the chip. Just go with whatevers in your budget that you can afford really.
 
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I beg to differ. To say that a 4 year old chip from AMD can compete with a 5 month old chip from Intel is incredibly misleading.
 
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That link isn't working because you linked your shopping cart and we can't see what is in your shopping cart.

Link the item direct link.
 
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Well considering i went from an i7 870 nehalem to an i7 6700k skylake, with little to no difference in fps. Other then stability, i beg to differ. Granted yes, in rendering/vm's their would be a difference in times, but for the most part, unless you're doing very specific tasks, in the world of gaming at least upgrading cpu's doesn't have as big an impact as you'd think. Another thing disregarding an entire line of products just because it starts with an I instead of an A is asinine.

Just because you hear a ton of people poop on a brand of products without any factual reasoning or just because you've never used a brand and therefore is inferior is ignorant reasoning. Each company is not without its respective faults.

And it's not just a comparison of 5 year old tech to 3 month old tech an older i7 would easily outperform a new 2 core. If you look at the data subjectively, the differences between a 5 year old cpu and brand new one aren't as big as you might think.
 
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I've used both AMD and Intel. His original post mentioned nothing about gaming. So to assume he is upgrading JUST for gaming is an assumption on your part.

He is wanting to upgrade. He has a budget. Pick him the best components you can get within his budget. Right now, the BEST is Intel. You can't argue that. I used to be an AMD fanboy back in the day...but can't recommend someone 4 year old hardware on a computer they are wanting to update when there is 4 month old hardware that will fit the bill, perform better overall, and last longer in performance, upgrade path, and support.
 
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No that would not work. The cpu and mobo you picked out are not compatible.

The cpu you picked out is for a motherboard socket 1156

The motherboard you picked out is socket 1151.
 
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"would i see a big difference in how games run and perform with the FX 6350 and the new motherboard?"

Agreed yes right now intel hardware is by far the best on the market, but for 150 pounds, can you really find a motherboard and cpu that can beat the current cpu he has?

I'm not trying to make assumptions or call you a fanboy i'm just saying we should look at both ends of the argument.
 
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Just depends what games he is running honestly. Some pull on the cpu a bit more than others.

And my original post was based on his original post. If he is wanting the upgrade JUST for gaming...that would change some things.
 
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With that budget is just better to stay with AMD rather then buying some crappy dual core from Intel. The FX 6350 and lets say a Gigabyte 970A- UD3P for some overclocking room, will just obliterate any Intel in that price range both in gaming or just browsing.
 
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Try to keep the brand wars out of these threads guys, it's just confusing to new builders, not remotely helpful.

O.P You could go for the i3 6100 as recommended here, but you'd need to upgrade your RAM to DDR4 or DDR3L, along with the mobo, which will take you out of your £150 price range, if you can go a little higher though this would do you nicely.

If not the FX 6300/6350 (the latter being slightly OC'd) is still a perfectly respectable CPU for gaming and day to day use.

Still, if you can spring just a little more money, say £180ish, the i3 6100 would be the more future proof route, I'd be happy to recommend a mobo and ram as well.
 
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so if i did go for the i3 6100 what RAM and Mobo would you say get??

like you said i am new to all this i can see the very slightest stuff in numbers on my values and stuff i just want my pc to be abit more futrue proof and run game better i play all sorts of different games really so cant really say what game cause i play anything i think looks fun haha
 
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