Is upgrading to athlon 860k from a8 7600 a good choice?

Toto_Samonte · Dec 5, 2016

Hi, I got a8 7600 and i'm using gtx 960 as a descrete card. Will An athlon 860k be a good choice for huge upgrade? If yes, can you give me a link of an easy guide on how to oc athlon 860k. Im using ga-f2a68hm-s1 board. 2x4gb(8gb) hyper x fury 1866 ram and a frostflow 240l cpu cooler. I'm using 600 watts psu. Help please.

RCFProd · Dec 5, 2016

Would be a poor and insignficant upgrade. The A8-7600 already has a similar Athlon X4 processor onboard, plus your motherboard isn't a stronger contender for overclocking. Keep the A8.

Wolfshadw · Dec 5, 2016

No. It would not be an upgrade. Processing power would be about the same, just without the graphic component.

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Toto_Samonte · Dec 6, 2016

How about getting the athlon 880k? Would it be much better?

Toto_Samonte · Dec 6, 2016

also can my board handle a Gskill trident X tridentX 8gb 2x4gb 2400MHz ddr3 ram? Thank you for the help.

RCFProd · Dec 6, 2016

Athlon 880K wouldn't be worth it either. Only upgrade the CPU if you're getting a new motherboard.

Perhaps don't buy the RAM either and wait for AMD Zen which is releasing in a few months.

Toto_Samonte · Dec 6, 2016

hi sir, my friend just gave me his 2x4gb 2400 ddr3 ram. I installed it and it's giving me boot failure after enabling XMP. Is there any way to use it to 2400mhz? By default, it's just giving me 1600mhz.

RCFProd · Dec 6, 2016

Might need to overclock the CPU for it to work. You can't OC, so try to set it to 2133 or 1866 and see if that works.

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