https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-F2A68HM-HD2-Motherboard-Socket-Express/dp/B00TFUERRS
Can you upgrade from an APU to CPU with this motherboard?
Can you upgrade from an APU to CPU with this motherboard?
Can you upgrade from an APU to CPU with this motherboard?
- Thread starter zova
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Yes. You can find a list of supported CPUs here: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-F2A68HM-HD2-rev-10#support-cpu
Edit: Without knowing what APU you currently have, and what CPU you have in mind (and for what cost), we can't tell you whether such an upgrade is a good idea though.
Edit: Without knowing what APU you currently have, and what CPU you have in mind (and for what cost), we can't tell you whether such an upgrade is a good idea though.
- Oct 17, 2011
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Short answer: "technically"....but really "no"
Long answer: "Technically", yes, those Athlon X2 & X4 chips listed on the CPU support link @TJ Hooker provided are considered "CPUs" vs. "APUs", because they don't have integrated graphics on the chips & require a dedicated GPU. However...those Athlon X2/X4 CPUs are, in fact, A-Series chips that have had the onboard graphics 100% disabled (not sure of the exact method, but pretty sure that if it's not 'we burned out the iGPU on them', it's some other hardware-based solution that prevents them being activated). From a computing standpoint, the Athlon X4 870K (2nd-most powerful of the CPUs listed) is identical in actual CPU power to the A10-7870K APU listed there (same 2C/4T architecture, same 3.9GHz base/4.1GHz Turbo speeds, same 2x2MB L2 cache, etc.), with the 880k (most powerful CPU listed) sandwiched between the A10-7870K & 7890K in capabilities.
Long answer: "Technically", yes, those Athlon X2 & X4 chips listed on the CPU support link @TJ Hooker provided are considered "CPUs" vs. "APUs", because they don't have integrated graphics on the chips & require a dedicated GPU. However...those Athlon X2/X4 CPUs are, in fact, A-Series chips that have had the onboard graphics 100% disabled (not sure of the exact method, but pretty sure that if it's not 'we burned out the iGPU on them', it's some other hardware-based solution that prevents them being activated). From a computing standpoint, the Athlon X4 870K (2nd-most powerful of the CPUs listed) is identical in actual CPU power to the A10-7870K APU listed there (same 2C/4T architecture, same 3.9GHz base/4.1GHz Turbo speeds, same 2x2MB L2 cache, etc.), with the 880k (most powerful CPU listed) sandwiched between the A10-7870K & 7890K in capabilities.
- Jan 1, 2013
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On that socket the only practical option is an 860k
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B01BIWKNAK/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1520960385&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=860k&dpPl=1&dpID=41k1ogJP2jL&ref=plSrch#nav-search-keywords
At £47 , as long as you're coming from a dual core apu or one of the locked 45w quads it's a good upgrade & worth the money.
Obviously you need to be running a discrete gpu to use it.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B01BIWKNAK/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1520960385&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=860k&dpPl=1&dpID=41k1ogJP2jL&ref=plSrch#nav-search-keywords
At £47 , as long as you're coming from a dual core apu or one of the locked 45w quads it's a good upgrade & worth the money.
Obviously you need to be running a discrete gpu to use it.
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