Right now in my PC i have an AMD A8 6600K. I was wondering if an upgrade could be postponed for a year or two, or if i should upgrade to an FX-6300 right now. I have a GTX 960 and I need to know if my current system would be able to handle AAA games at medium to high settings at 1080p for the next year. Any advice would be appreciated, thanks.
Should I upgrade my A8-6600K?
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ShadyHamster
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There's no point in upgrading to the FX6300 as that would require a new motherboard as well, you would be better off upgrading to an Intel cpu/board.
geofelt
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No.
You made an unfortunate choice if you ever intended to upgrade.
You buy a APU for the excellent integrated graphics.
But, there are no real good upgrades, particularly for a gamer.
If you install a superior discrete graphics card, you will have thrown away the big advantage of the APU.
Then, you are left with a relatively weak cpu. Most games depend on only a few fast cores.
The possible upgrades are to more cores, but few games will use more than 2-3 cores so 6+ cores are not very helpful.
Bottom line.....
What you get with a APU is what you will live with forever.
FX-6300 would buy you two more threads, but few games can use more than 2-3 threads.
And the FX cores are even a tad bit slower than yours.
If you need a cpu upgrade, I suggest Intel i3-6100 since you have dedicated graphics.
Here is a review.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/10543/the-skylake-core-i3-51w-cpu-review-i3-6320-6300-6100-tested
You made an unfortunate choice if you ever intended to upgrade.
You buy a APU for the excellent integrated graphics.
But, there are no real good upgrades, particularly for a gamer.
If you install a superior discrete graphics card, you will have thrown away the big advantage of the APU.
Then, you are left with a relatively weak cpu. Most games depend on only a few fast cores.
The possible upgrades are to more cores, but few games will use more than 2-3 cores so 6+ cores are not very helpful.
Bottom line.....
What you get with a APU is what you will live with forever.
FX-6300 would buy you two more threads, but few games can use more than 2-3 threads.
And the FX cores are even a tad bit slower than yours.
If you need a cpu upgrade, I suggest Intel i3-6100 since you have dedicated graphics.
Here is a review.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/10543/the-skylake-core-i3-51w-cpu-review-i3-6320-6300-6100-tested
geofelt
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A i3-6100 will be about $125. you would also need a lga1151 motherboard, starting at $50 or so.
a 8gb kit of ddr4 ram will be about $35.
Games are limited by either the cpu or graphics card.
Your rig would be considered mid range with a good balance between cpu and gpu.
I do not know your desired settings or games.
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