AMD CPU upgrade (From A8 to A10?)

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moris956

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Now i have that configuration:
CPU: AMD A8-5500
GPU: MSI R9 380 (4Gb)
RAM: 8Gb
PSU: Corsair VS650

Now:

  • CSGO: 60-140fps
    DayZ: 20fps (only on low ~40fps)
    The Crew: 30-60fps
    Crysis 3: 20-50fps
    CoD:AW 20-45fps
    AC:Unity Freezes, not-playable
    Dying Light: 15-60fps (60fps only indoor)
    GTA V: 20-40fps (in city, 60fps in 1st stage)
So i want to upgade my CPU, i think about A10-7870k (FM2 socket). But i dont know about bottleneck with this processor. Should i buy this cpu (or even 860k) or something by Intel (not so expensive)?

 
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If you are going to up your budget, then an Intel i5 is the most cost effective game in town at the moment. Budget to save for that, but when you have the money, see what AMD has available. FX83xx is a significant improvement, but when you allow for the CPU cooler you will need to overclock, and you WILL need to overclock, Intel costs almost the same, and is as good as or better for gaming.
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Going up to an A10 or Athlon x4 880K will do little for CPU power and, since you have a discrete GPU, the better iGPU does not matter. I cannot recommend an A10.

General advice depends on where you are, not in the USA I'm guessing, because relative prices and availability are different.

Go to Intel. Even an i3 will be an improvement.

What's your budget?
 
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moris956

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~180$, also i heard about DualGraphics from AMD, or this will be useless?
P.S.: I am not in USA, but i can buy parts in Germany (in euro)
 
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Yes. Dual graphics is useless for you because your existing GPU is too good to use the A10's iGPU together.

This is about as cheap as I would want to go for Intel.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (€118.70 @ Mindfactory)
Motherboard: ASRock B85M-PRO3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€57.49 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €176.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-10 17:07 CEST+0200

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (€118.70 @ Mindfactory)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D2V Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€48.52 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €167.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-10 17:09 CEST+0200

if that's all you can afford.
 
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moris956

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Ok, i'll think about it.
Also, what about FX-83xx? Or bit to save money and then take starter skylake (like i5-6400)?
 
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If you are going to up your budget, then an Intel i5 is the most cost effective game in town at the moment. Budget to save for that, but when you have the money, see what AMD has available. FX83xx is a significant improvement, but when you allow for the CPU cooler you will need to overclock, and you WILL need to overclock, Intel costs almost the same, and is as good as or better for gaming.
 
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