AMD athlon x4 880 quad core or i7 7700k?

[ethanad937]

I currently have a amd Athlon x4 880k but I am thinking of buying a i7 7700k but I want to know is there much of a difference is it worth the money? same question for a 1050 2gb to a 1070

 

[theonerm2]

Huge difference for both. Go with the Core i7 7700K and GTX 1070 out of those. I'd really rather go with a Core i5 8600K or i7 8700K unless you can find an exceptional deal for the 7700K. I'd even go with an 8400 before going with the 7700K. It's up to you what you do choose though. Remember you'll need a Z270 motherboard for the 7700K and a Z370 motherboard for the 8400, 8600K, 8700, or 8700K.

 

[ethanad937]

Huge difference for both. Go with the Core i7 7700K and GTX 1070 out of those. I'd really rather go with a Core i5 8600K or i7 8700K unless you can find an exceptional deal for the 7700K. I'd even go with an 8400 before going with the 7700K. It's up to you what you do choose though. Remember you'll need a Z270 motherboard for the 7700K and a Z370 motherboard for the 8400, 8600K, 8700, or 8700K.

thanks for the advice, here is my current mother board F2A78M-HD2 will this do the job?
I also found and 7700k for £280 unlocked?

 

[bignastyid]

No Intel cpu will work on your AMD board.

 

[ethanad937]

Isn’t the mother board gigabyte?

 

[bignastyid]

The motherboard is anAMD socket FM2+ board and is not compatible with an Intel socket 1151 cpu or any Intel cpu for that matter.

 

[bignastyid]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from ethanad937 : "Mother board support?"

ATM I have a gtx 1050 2gb and a amd Athlon 880k 4ghz and want to upgrade to an i7 7700k and a gtx 1070 but I want to know will my F2A78M-HD2 mother board support these and what is the minimum psu I should have ?

well... you cannot upgrade to another CPU without having a motherboard that supports it's socket type. In this case it's teh LGA1151. You current socket is AM (varient), which will not work with the LGA1151 >>> this means >>> CPU upgrade comes with Motherboard Upgrade >>> Motherboard comes with newer Ram upgrade.

but you mention 7700k, likely cuz it's getting real cheap. well that's because the 8th gen intel CPU i5 is on par in performance with the i7 of the 7th gen, and it's cheaper!

Here would be your mid range upgrade:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($279.89 @ B&H)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.39 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($156.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: PNY - Anarchy 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($134.99 @ Best Buy)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($88.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $685.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-19 21:48 EST-0500

I included win10 becuase im sure you'll need it, this upgrade could come much cheaper, if you wish to sacrifice:

This is a non-overclockable upgrade, which is still very capable of gaming very well

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor ($199.89 @ B&H)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($121.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - Elite Plus 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($88.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $540.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-19 21:50 EST-0500

again, windows 10 included



If you plan to keep your GTX1050 then even a 400-450W psu will suffice. But generally for having a better GPU in mind later on, you should aim to get a good quality 550 ~ 650 W psu

 

[theonerm2]

I am online now for a short while. I was clear in my last post about which kind of motherboard you'll need. You need a Z370 or Z270 depending on which CPU you get. If you can't afford that then just keep what you have until you can afford it. We can't make miracles happen here. A Core i7... Any Core i7 will not work in your motherboard. You need a different socket and a different chipset to do that. What is your budget? Please tell me your budget and we can figure out what kind of upgrade... If any... you can do.

 

[ethanad937]

My budget is max £700 as I have found a gtx 1070 and an i7 7700k which Borge come to £680 but I guess my upgrade will have to look a little different with that budget
Right now I have these specs:
Gtx 1050 2gb
Amd Athlon x4 880k
16gb ram
1tb ssd
100gb hdd
500 gb hdd
And I have 4 fans in my pc and the mother board as you already know is F2A78M-HD2