Will this CPU work with my current Motherboard?

[Curso428]

I currently have a Gigabyte GA-M68MT-S2 motherboard and an HD Radeon 7950 3gb video card. I have an AMD FX-4100 CPU now, and want to upgrade to an Intel Core i5-3570k. I was hoping you guys could tell me if the new CPU would work with my Motherboard/ GPU. Thank you.

Here's a link to the CPU I want: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504

 

[swilczak]

You can't put an Intel CPU into a AMD motherboard, however you should be able to put a much better AMD CPU in your system. Your motherboard support the AMD fx 8120 which you can buy from newegg or other retailers and it a huge upgrade from what you have.

http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?pid=3967
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103961

 

[Curso428]

You can't put an Intel CPU into a AMD motherboard, however you should be able to put a much better AMD CPU in your system. Your motherboard support the AMD fx 8120 which you can buy from newegg or other retailers and it a huge upgrade from what you have.

http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?pid=3967
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103961

So if i'm upgrading from the amd 4100, which is would not bottleneck my hd 7950? The amd 8120 or the amd 8350?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103961
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113284

 

[swilczak]

You can't put an Intel CPU into a AMD motherboard, however you should be able to put a much better AMD CPU in your system. Your motherboard support the AMD fx 8120 which you can buy from newegg or other retailers and it a huge upgrade from what you have.

http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?pid=3967
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103961

So if i'm upgrading from the amd 4100, which is would not bottleneck my hd 7950? The amd 8120 or the amd 8350?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103961
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113284

It will for sure solve any bottleneck problems. Your motherboard does not support the 8350, the 8120 would be the best you can use, look in the link I posted above and it will tell you the exact CPU's you can use

 

[Curso428]

You can't put an Intel CPU into a AMD motherboard, however you should be able to put a much better AMD CPU in your system. Your motherboard support the AMD fx 8120 which you can buy from newegg or other retailers and it a huge upgrade from what you have.

http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?pid=3967
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103961

So if i'm upgrading from the amd 4100, which is would not bottleneck my hd 7950? The amd 8120 or the amd 8350?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103961
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113284

It will for sure solve any bottleneck problems. Your motherboard does not support the 8350, the 8120 would be the best you can use, look in the link I posted above and it will tell you the exact CPU's you can use

Oh ok I see now, thank you very much for your responses. One more thing though, if i did get the 8120, would it be fine at stock speeds, or would i need to overclock?, because i have no idea how to do that lol. i was also wondering about cooling, people say it gets really hot, and i dont have any watercooling crap

 

[swilczak]

The 8120 would be fine at stock speeds, overclocking might give you a few extra frames per second but only on CPU intensive games. The cooler that comes with the 8120 will work okay but it's probably going to be loud while gaming. You don't need a water cooler buy something like this zalman cooler. I use it with my fx 8320 and it keeps everything cool and quiet plus it's very easy to install.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118223

 

[Curso428]

The 8120 would be fine at stock speeds, overclocking might give you a few extra frames per second but only on CPU intensive games. The cooler that comes with the 8120 will work okay but it's probably going to be loud while gaming. You don't need a water cooler buy something like this zalman cooler. I use it with my fx 8320 and it keeps everything cool and quiet plus it's very easy to install.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118223

sweet thanks, and that goes right on top of the cpu to replace the heatsink i assume?

 

[swilczak]

The 8120 would be fine at stock speeds, overclocking might give you a few extra frames per second but only on CPU intensive games. The cooler that comes with the 8120 will work okay but it's probably going to be loud while gaming. You don't need a water cooler buy something like this zalman cooler. I use it with my fx 8320 and it keeps everything cool and quiet plus it's very easy to install.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118223

sweet thanks, and that goes right on top of the cpu to replace the heatsink i assume?

Yes it does