With which CPU can I upgrade my PC?

legend1717 · Oct 18, 2017

My pc now: Proccesor: Amd A8 7650k, Gpu: Gtx 1050 Ti G1 Gaming Gigabyte, 16 GB Ram DDR 3 1600–1833, 1 TB HDD, MotherBoard: Msi A68HM GRENADE and 650W power supply. I will get soon The Cpu i7 6700 for free. Does it will be good with My PC? I can buy a new MotherBoard with the Socket for the i7 6700 and a new case. The question is, does it will be better than now or i can get another cpu to upgrade my pc?

uguv · Oct 18, 2017

The i7-6700 would be a huge improvement over the A8. You will need a new motherboard and RAM. Any H110, B150, B250, H170, H270, Z170, or Z270 motherboard will work with the i7-6700. You'll need DDR4 RAM.

For your current motherboard, you could upgrade it to an A10, but I don't think you'll notice much improvement. (CPU support list: https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/A68HM-GRENADE#support-cpu)

vapour · Oct 18, 2017

For your I7-6700, get this combo and you will be fine:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($0.00)
Motherboard: ASRock - B250M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Tactical 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($73.95 @ Amazon)
Total: $118.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-18 15:18 EDT-0400

vapour · Oct 18, 2017

It will be a huge boost for the CPU and you don't need to upgrade CPU for a while until maybe canon lake.

geofelt · Oct 18, 2017

Your Amd A8 7650k has very weak processor cores.
There is NO cpu upgrade that is available for your motherboard that would be a meaningful improvement.

Yes, a I7-6700 will be a nice jump.
However, not only will you need a lga1151 motherboard, buy you must also buy ddr4 ram.

What is your case?
I would imagine that you could reuse that without issue.

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