Do I need to get a new motherboard?

ryguybuddy · Jul 3, 2016

Hello forum readers, I am looking to upgrade my store-bought PC. I am getting into gaming and would like a custom PC. Here are the parts I will be re-using:

The PC (as it is now): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883221202

-HDD: 1TB 7200 RPM

-RAM: 12GB DDR3

-Optical Drive: DVD-RW

Other Specs:

Motherboard: https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/F2A55M/specifications/

Processor (CPU): A10-6700 (3.70 GHz) 4MB Cache

Graphics: Integrated AMD Radeon HD 8670D

I hope to get a new graphics card (suggest please?) and an Intel i5 (Suggestions?) and I have a ~$350 dollar budget for these 2 things.

So, would I need to buy a new motherboard, and is it even possible to make a build like this?

These are all the specs I have right now.

chizrah · Jul 3, 2016

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($33.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($188.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $383.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-03 10:36 EDT-0400

Here's what I'd go with. If you can sell the old Mobo, CPU and RAM you should be able to fit this into your budget.

ryguybuddy · Jul 3, 2016

Thanks chizrah, but will the i3 handle games like Battlefront and Overwatch on decent settings? If it helps, i like watching videos a lot as well.

chizrah · Jul 3, 2016

The i3 will do just fine in those titles. Very few games actually use more than 2 CPU cores. Also it will do perfectly fine for media playback. Also I'd check if the video card fits. If not, Gigabyte have a 4gb ITX 960.

ryguybuddy · Jul 3, 2016

Chizrah, can I take my old AMD A10 and use it? Is it more powerful? And could i re-use my RAM?

chizrah · Jul 3, 2016

You could, but it'd most likely bottleneck anything higher that a 970. Also you'd have to buy a different Mobo if you wanted to use DDR3 on Skylake, which I wouldn't recommend as that would lock you into using DDR3. The i3 is a more powerful CPU, so I'd just sell the A10 if I were you.

ryguybuddy · Jul 3, 2016

Thanks, so what should I sell the components at (CPU, RAM, MoBo)

Or should I sell the PC as a whole?

And could I use the DDR3 RAM with the MoBo you suggested?

Should i I get a new case as well?

chizrah · Jul 3, 2016

The Mobo I suggested only supports DDR4. I'd sell the APU, Mobo and RAM together. You can reuse the Hard Drive, Case, PSU etc.

ryguybuddy · Jul 3, 2016

Dumb question, what's a PSU and ASU?

chizrah · Jul 3, 2016

No question is dumb. PSU = Power Supply Unit
APU = Accelerated Processing Unit. That means that there is a powerful GPU built onto the CPU die. That's what your A10 is.

ryguybuddy · Jul 3, 2016

How much should I sell the bundle for? And I would need to buy a new power supply?

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