AMD A12-9800 APU upgrade

[icutthraot_tc]

So, I'm planning on upgrading to an AMD A12-9800 APU and I wanna know if it's ''future-proof'' and whether I can upgrade in the future with an AM4 CPU if I want to.

THANKS GUYS,
have a good day

 

[TJ Hooker]

Yes, that CPU uses the AM4 socket, which means you can upgrade to Ryzen so it has a good upgrade path. That APU itself is pretty weak though, with the CPU cores being based off AMD's old, weak CPU microarchitecture. The next generation of APUs (Raven Ridge) will be based off the new Zen architecture and should be much better, and I believe are scheduled for release first quarter to first half of next year.

 

[rgd1101]

what the motherboard?

 

[icutthraot_tc]

Yes, that CPU uses the AM4 socket, which means you can upgrade to Ryzen so it has a good upgrade path. That APU itself is pretty weak though, with the CPU cores being based off AMD's old, weak CPU microarchitecture. The next generation of APUs (Raven Ridge) will be based off the new Zen architecture and should be much better, and I believe are scheduled for release first quarter to first half of next year.

I don't know whaty's the Raven Ridge and the Zen architecture... Thank you so much

 

[icutthraot_tc]

what the motherboard?

What do you mean ?

 

[icutthraot_tc]

Yes, that CPU uses the AM4 socket, which means you can upgrade to Ryzen so it has a good upgrade path. That APU itself is pretty weak though, with the CPU cores being based off AMD's old, weak CPU microarchitecture. The next generation of APUs (Raven Ridge) will be based off the new Zen architecture and should be much better, and I believe are scheduled for release first quarter to first half of next year.

Will a GTX 1050 Ti bottleneck the A12-9800 ?

 

[TJ Hooker]

Raven ridge is just the codename for AMD's next generation of APUs/Athlon CPUs that's scheduled to be released. They should be a significantly better than the current ones.

If you're going to get a graphics card, you don't need to get an APU with integrated graphics. You can get an Athlon X4 cpu for cheaper.

 

[icutthraot_tc]

Raven ridge is just the codename for AMD's next generation of APUs/Athlon CPUs that's scheduled to be released. They should be a significantly better than the current ones.

If you're going to get a graphics card, you don't need to get an APU with integrated graphics. You can get an Athlon X4 cpu for cheaper.

Okay thanks !

 

[madmatt30]

You should just buy a ryzen 1200 , its performance is some 40% better than the x4 athlons & the apu's.

 

[icutthraot_tc]

You should just buy a ryzen 1200 , its performance is some 40% better than the x4 athlons & the apu's.

Yeah, that's true. THANKS

 

[icutthraot_tc]

Raven ridge is just the codename for AMD's next generation of APUs/Athlon CPUs that's scheduled to be released. They should be a significantly better than the current ones.

If you're going to get a graphics card, you don't need to get an APU with integrated graphics. You can get an Athlon X4 cpu for cheaper.

I know but I'm not buying it from the beginning, I will just buy it if I cannot play only with the APU's iGPU. THANKS

 

[madmatt30]

You can game with the current am4 apu's but maybe at 720p low to medium setting.

They'll do a job but theyre not goimg to impress massively.

But yes the platform itself is robust future proofing wise ,the apu itself is not at all - its based on old tech with new socket & ddr4 ram compatibility.

As TJ Hooker has already mentioned the raven ridge look much more promising & will be in essence a ryzen 1200 with gpu performance somewhere between a rx550 & rx560.

Whatever you do don't go with the lower end a320 boards , pay the extra for a b350.

 

[icutthraot_tc]

You can game with the current am4 apu's but maybe at 720p low to medium setting.

They'll do a job but theyre not goimg to impress massively.

But yes the platform itself is robust future proofing wise ,the apu itself is not at all - its based on old tech with new socket & ddr4 ram compatibility.

As TJ Hooker has already mentioned the raven ridge look much more promising & will be in essence a ryzen 1200 with gpu performance somewhere between a rx550 & rx560.

Whatever you do don't go with the lower end a320 boards , pay the extra for a b350.

What's the difference between the boards ? And how can I understand that the mobo can handle overclocking ?

 

[madmatt30]

All b350 boards can handle overclocking to some point.
At a minimum they support upto 95w tdp stock chips & many of the lower end ryzen & all the apu's are 65w so there is plenty of potential headroom there.

The a320 boards do not support any overclocking at all.

 

[icutthraot_tc]

All b350 boards can handle overclocking to some point.
At a minimum they support upto 95w tdp stock chips & many of the lower end ryzen & all the apu's are 65w so there is plenty of potential headroom there.

The a320 boards do not support any overclocking at all.

And the a320 supports up to how much tdp ?