can this cpu fit in my motherboard?

jason_165

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So I have a wa550g from walmart and im already going to upgrade my psu and gpu but I was wondering if the AMD X8 FX-8350 could fit in its motherboard right now i have a FX-4300 and just dosent do. Thank you for your time! also im going to upgrade the psu to exactly 500w one and gpu to 1050 ti will this run gta 5 and overwatch on normal settings with 60 frames?
 
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From what I can find your motherboard is limited to 95W thus the 125W 8350 is a bad ideal. This said 8300 is an 8 core 95w for a lower price. Then you can try overclocking to see if the motherboard can handle the higher watt draw. I suggest you add the savings and get the 1060 3GB for GTA 5 if your PSU has a 6pin PCIE power plug..
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8300 3.3GHz 8-Core Processor ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $99.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-14 12:32 EDT-0400
From what I can find your motherboard is limited to 95W thus the 125W 8350 is a bad ideal. This said 8300 is an 8 core 95w for a lower price. Then you can try overclocking to see if the motherboard can handle the higher watt draw. I suggest you add the savings and get the 1060 3GB for GTA 5 if your PSU has a 6pin PCIE power plug..
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8300 3.3GHz 8-Core Processor ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $99.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-14 12:32 EDT-0400
 
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jason_165

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i have thought about upgrading my motherboard but i just think it will be very hard to do and i dont wanna break anything.
 

Yup I understand plus that also ends up costing more for RAM as new motherboards only support DDR4 on AM4.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8300 3.3GHz 8-Core Processor ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB GAMING Video Card ($188.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $288.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-14 12:47 EDT-0400