[SOLVED] Can i upgrade my APU to a normal CPU?

[Tubbster45]

I currently have a AMD A6-6400K APU and i want to upgrade it to a AMD Athlon X2 340. Will i be able to do it without a dedicated graphics card?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Motherboard?

 

[scout_03]

you will need a gpu and does your motherboard support the new cpu without bios update .

 

[Tubbster45]

Motherboard?

CPUz says my Mainboard is a Gigabyte F2A68HM-HD2

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-F2A68HM-HD2-rev-10#support-cpu
Yes you can it's on the bottomn of the list ^

 

[Tubbster45]

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-F2A68HM-HD2-rev-10#support-cpu
Yes you can it's on the bottomn of the list ^

Wicked, thank you very much

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Glad to help!

 

[justin.m.beauvais]

You can use a non-APU CPU of the same socket type with your motherboard, however, you will need a video card if you aren't using an APU. The APU has a built in graphics processor that a non-APU lacks.

Now, the Athlon you've picked isn't much of an upgrade over your current A6. It is in the ballpark of 10% You'd have much better luck upgrading to an A8 6600K (a 62% performance increase) or even an A10 7890K (a 75% performance increse). Either of those would be an upgrade in your video processor capability as well since they are higher tier APUs.

 

[bigmak1969]

I currently have a AMD A6-6400K APU and i want to upgrade it to a AMD Athlon X2 340. Will i be able to do it without a dedicated graphics card?

Keep the a6-6400k and just get a dedicated gpu. Looks like you would be down grading cpu http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/4/AMD_A6-Series_A6-6400K_vs_AMD_Athlon_X2_340.html