Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2 AMD3+ motherboard and AMD CPUs.

[theAnti_Virus]

Hello,

For about 4 years now I have been rocking the same gaming PC setup and I have decided that I need a serious overhaul, because at the moment I have the mentioned motherboard, AMD FX6350 Black CPU, GTX 660, 8GB of RAM and 750W PSU.

My question is this: what is the highest possible AMD CPU that my motherboard can support? I feel like this question just makes me out to be a bit of an idiot because I could easily guess that the answer is simply just any CPU with the AM3+ chipset. If so then allow me to ask this, is it worth it upgrading motherboards to support the Ryzen AM4 chipset?

I was looking at GPUs that I could use that won't be bottle necked by my CPU and found that the GTX970 was as far as I could go. While doing this I was looking up other PC parts I needed to stay up-to-date and current, but my knowledge of PC component specs has decayed since I last looked (4 years ago) and now everything just looks alien to me. All I know is that my PC is old and that the motherboard is the part that bothers me most.

What are your thoughts on this? I'm not expecting a huge in-depth response because I imagine that you have better things to do but anything to push me in the right direction will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your time.

 

[Calvin7]

AMD FX-8350
https://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=FX-8350BOX&c=CJ

DDR3-1866MHz memory - You can use a single matched pair

GTX 1050 TI
https://www.superbiiz.com/query.php?s=GTX+1050+TI+

 

[Zerk2012]

Not really worth upgrading the processor.
For the video card not to bottleneck it depends on other factors, the games, monitor resolution and in game settings.
I would sell it and rebuild.

 

[jr9]

Don't look for GPUs that won't get bottlenecked by your CPU. That is no way to build a gaming PC. FX just isn't a platform worth spending money on. I would move up to Ryzen and get a new graphics card as well. This would be a real upgrade. Even the best FX processor you can find would semi-bottleneck a 1050 Ti even.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1300X 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($124.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory ($92.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Windforce OC Video Card ($244.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($71.41 @ Amazon)
Total: $624.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-20 15:25 EST-0500

CPU 25% better in games, 50% faster overall, WAY more efficient and better temps. CPU can easily be upgraded years from now on AM4.
GPU 35% better or you could get up to 130% better if you moved up to a GTX 1060. Never would have to worry about bottlenecks.