best fm2 cpu

[james067]

hello there i have my good old ga-f2a68hm hd2 mobo i would like to know what the best fm2 compatible cpu is i know its an old board but i am not looking for someone to tell me to upgrade the mobo this pc cost me a lot back in the day i want to squeeze as much performance out of my pc as i can if you are quite the buff with this sort of thing i ask you to leave your two cents on the best one or top 3 etc even if it still makes like a 5% performance increase i still wanna know about it thanks .. James

 

[madmatt30]

Do you need integrated graphics (an apu) or do you have a discrete GPU installed??

Straight CPU wise , 860k/870k/880k - all pretty much the same with varying clock speeds (the 860k can be overclocked to the same level anyway)

Apu's (with graphics onboard ) -any of the a8 or a10 7***k chips , once again can all be overclocked to the same level.

 

[james067]

hi matt i have a gtx 1060 no real need for integrated graphics hope this helps

 

[delaro]

A 860K is a sweet spot right now for about $50, I paid $40 a few weeks ago for a new one. On a stock cooler you can easily bump it to 4GHZ "880K Stock $80+" without dealing with overheating. Anything more than a 860K and you will need to flash your bios for support.

 

[james067]

hi delaro so would the 860k perform better than the a86600k i have at the minute btw i really dont feel comfortable overclocking really im not experienced enough to know what to watch out for and how to fix any problems that may arise

 

[boosted1g]

If you already have an A8, then no FM2 cpu is going to provide enough boost to be worth the money.
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Athlon-II-X4-860K-vs-AMD-A8-6600K-APU/3265vsm3344

The 860k is still going to heavily bottleneck your 1060.
FM2 is a low end budget platform, it is what it is

Save your money for when you can do a full upgrade.

 

[james067]

i read through the link i see what you mean so my question would now change to what is the cheapest mobo that i could carry my fractical design essance 600w psu my 8gb ddr3 ram and my asus gtx 1060 over to then that would support a i7 7700k

 

[boosted1g]

To support an i7 kaby lake you could just get a b250 board, but to support overclocking you will need z270 which will start at around $100.
Also you will need DDR4 memory. Only very few socket 1151 boards support ddr3 and it is actually the special ddr3l (low power) modules and I use the word "support" very graciously because it does not do a good job.

Also, intel coffe lake (probably looking at Q1-2018) will offer 2 more threads and 4 more cores for around the same price.
For an intel build, I would urge to wait to get more for your money.

 

[madmatt30]

As said , to carry over ddr3 ram you'd need to go has well which is still an old platform.

Go ryzen , 1500x or 1600 (1600 would be the real recommendation)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($197.28 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($73.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($75.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $347.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-01 14:07 EDT-0400


That's my advice .

Your current board ,CPU,ram - sell it as a package - someone will buy it.

Hell even stick it in a cheap case with an included PSU & the hard drive & sell it as a fully working system.

Someone will pay $150-200 for that as a fully working desktop with the integrated graphics.

 

[james067]

thanks for the responses guys guess i need to have a hard think over going intel or amd and i guess i could drop the ddr3 really gives me headway for the future matt would my psu work on the as rock that you recommended i would really like to keep that

 

[madmatt30]

PSU can be reused fine.

 

[james067]

is there a considerable difference between the 1500x and the 1600 standard matt ?

 

[demonesc]

I opted for a used haswell i5 4690k for fifty pounds.
That with a forty pounds H81m-p motherboard ...it's a beast with my 1060 6gb.
And the 1500x is quad core the 1600 is six core.