I am a huge gamer and have a decent laptop for playing games (Acer Aspire V3-551-8469)
I plan on building a $1400 gaming pc in the near future so i dont need anybody commenting saying "just build a desktop", just need to know if the compatibility will work and if the cost is worth the upgrade. so on to the post!
I want to make my laptop a bit faster in addition to building my gaming rig in the future. in the acer i have already upgraded the ram from 4gb of 1200 to 8gb of 1600, and am looking into getting a 250gb or 500gb SSD.
the current CPU is a AMD A8-4500M (trinity) FS1 (socket) and i want to get the beefiest/best/fastest processor available.
here is a list of processors that are compatible with the FS1 chipset:
http://us.hardware.info/products/445/6976-socket-fs1-processors
so on the list i chose the AMD A10-5750M (richland) because it was substantially better, but upon further inspection, it is an FS1R2 (socket).
so after reading countless pages about these sockets people are saying that Yes they are compatible as long as i update the bios, and countless people saying NO they are different sockets, and some people saying that you cant remove the chipset out period.... so i want to know a definite answer to if i can use the an FS1R2 processor in an FS1 socket.
so the next part of my question is if that will not work.
if i am strictly limited to the FS1 socket, then the 2nd best option, in the list I linked above, is the AMD A10-4600M (trinity), which is also FS1 socket and same generation (trinity). will this work in my laptop and what will i need to do to make this work? will i need to update the BIOS? and is it even worth upgrading the cup from my A8 to the A10?
here is the comparision of my current CPU (AMD A8-4500M) to the AMD A10-4600M:
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/AMD-A8-4500M-vs-AMD-A10-4600M
to summaries... the AMD A10-4600M benefits are:
More than 20% higher clock speed
Around 15% higher turbo clock speed
More than 30% better overclocked clock speed (Air)
Around 20% better PassMark (Single core) score
More than 20% better overclocked clock speed (Water)
i currently have my laptop hooked up to a second monitor and use both screens for everything, from youtube, using photoshop, rendering youtube videos, playing games such as dayz, counterstrike, arma, crisis, league of legends, to list a few, also streaming on twitch. so i really want to get this computer as beefy as i can make it, for obvious reasons.
I plan on building a $1400 gaming pc in the near future so i dont need anybody commenting saying "just build a desktop", just need to know if the compatibility will work and if the cost is worth the upgrade. so on to the post!
I want to make my laptop a bit faster in addition to building my gaming rig in the future. in the acer i have already upgraded the ram from 4gb of 1200 to 8gb of 1600, and am looking into getting a 250gb or 500gb SSD.
the current CPU is a AMD A8-4500M (trinity) FS1 (socket) and i want to get the beefiest/best/fastest processor available.
here is a list of processors that are compatible with the FS1 chipset:
http://us.hardware.info/products/445/6976-socket-fs1-processors
so on the list i chose the AMD A10-5750M (richland) because it was substantially better, but upon further inspection, it is an FS1R2 (socket).
so after reading countless pages about these sockets people are saying that Yes they are compatible as long as i update the bios, and countless people saying NO they are different sockets, and some people saying that you cant remove the chipset out period.... so i want to know a definite answer to if i can use the an FS1R2 processor in an FS1 socket.
so the next part of my question is if that will not work.
if i am strictly limited to the FS1 socket, then the 2nd best option, in the list I linked above, is the AMD A10-4600M (trinity), which is also FS1 socket and same generation (trinity). will this work in my laptop and what will i need to do to make this work? will i need to update the BIOS? and is it even worth upgrading the cup from my A8 to the A10?
here is the comparision of my current CPU (AMD A8-4500M) to the AMD A10-4600M:
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/AMD-A8-4500M-vs-AMD-A10-4600M
to summaries... the AMD A10-4600M benefits are:
More than 20% higher clock speed
Around 15% higher turbo clock speed
More than 30% better overclocked clock speed (Air)
Around 20% better PassMark (Single core) score
More than 20% better overclocked clock speed (Water)
i currently have my laptop hooked up to a second monitor and use both screens for everything, from youtube, using photoshop, rendering youtube videos, playing games such as dayz, counterstrike, arma, crisis, league of legends, to list a few, also streaming on twitch. so i really want to get this computer as beefy as i can make it, for obvious reasons.