I need a new CPU

[Guest]

Hello. I built a low budget PC 9 months ago. I have a integrated radeon R7 graphics card 1 gb ddr3. I have a bad CPU. What upgrade can I get.

Motherboard: A68HM Grenade
Graphics: Integrated Radeon R7 1 gb ddr3
Processor: AMD A8-7650K
PSU: Win Power +plus 550W PSU
RAM: 8GB ram
Case Fan: 3-4 ok sized fan
Case: CiT Vantage Blue
Optical Drive Type: 24X DVD / CD - RW Dual Layer Optical Disc Drive
OS: Windows 10

 

[Agathor]

What's your budget?

 

[Dunlop0078]

As said above what is the budget? And what do you plan to use this PC for?

 

[Guest]

As said above what is the budget? And what do you plan to use this PC for?

My budget it £100-£150 and I want to use this for gaming.

 

[madmatt30]

just stick a 100 quid rx 460 in it mate,thatll give you a big performance boost,is a decent pairing for that cpu & will manage on that downright crappy quality psu you have there ok.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-Technology-11257-00-20g-460%C2%A01750%C2%A0MHz-GDDR5%C2%A0PCI/dp/B01J1J7WPG/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1475414021&sr=1-1&keywords=rx+460

youll be good for medium setting gaming on new titles then.

 

[madmatt30]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/DEEPCOOL-GAMMAXX-300-Heatpipes-processor/dp/B007JEMX4Q/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1475414150&sr=8-2&keywords=deepcool+gammaxx

drop another 20 quid on the gammaxx 300 & youll get 3.8/4ghz on that 7650k easily oncve you have the integrated graphics disabled should you wish to.

 

[Guest]

just stick a 100 quid rx 460 in it mate,thatll give you a big performance boost,is a decent pairing for that cpu & will manage on that downright crappy quality psu you have there ok.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-Technology-11257-00-20g-460%C2%A01750%C2%A0MHz-GDDR5%C2%A0PCI/dp/B01J1J7WPG/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1475414021&sr=1-1&keywords=rx+460

youll be good for medium setting gaming on new titles then.

Should I upgrade my PSU?

 

[Guest]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/DEEPCOOL-GAMMAXX-300-Heatpipes-processor/dp/B007JEMX4Q/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1475414150&sr=8-2&keywords=deepcool+gammaxx

drop another 20 quid on the gammaxx 300 & youll get 3.8/4ghz on that 7650k easily oncve you have the integrated graphics disabled should you wish to.

If I get the fan will it stop my PC from overheating. Is that fan for overclocking???

 

[madmatt30]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/DEEPCOOL-GAMMAXX-300-Heatpipes-processor/dp/B007JEMX4Q/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1475414150&sr=8-2&keywords=deepcool+gammaxx

drop another 20 quid on the gammaxx 300 & youll get 3.8/4ghz on that 7650k easily oncve you have the integrated graphics disabled should you wish to.

If I get the fan will it stop my PC from overheating. Is that fan for overclocking???

your 7650k apu currently uses 2gb of your system ram & around 15w of its tdp to run the integrated graphics.
dropping a rx 460 in there instantly gives you your full ram usage back,& leaves you clear headromo for overclocking the cpu portion if you want to.
The gammax is a budget cooler but a very very good one mate.
Itll run silent 90% of the time,itll keep that cpu 55c or lower 90% of the time too - overclocked or not.
Its there to give you the option to if you want to .

your cpu running at 3.8ghz with a rx 460 will let you game at medium settings on new titles at 40-50fps.
That is honestly the best your going to do with a 150 quid budget regarding your current components.
Itll be money well spent & I cant see you being disappointed coming from integrated graphics at all.

PSU - pretty poor quality but its not going to be under any undue stress with a rx 460

 

[Ecky]

I agree 100% with madmatt30. You'll see the most gain by adding a GPU, and not using the integrated one. Your CPU is still rather weak, but it should do alright so long as your expectations aren't really high. When it's time to replace, expect to spend at least $250, because you'll need a new motherboard and RAM too.

 

[madmatt30]

http://www.ebuyer.com/749347-gammaxx-300-cpu-cooler-gammaxx-300

http://www.ebuyer.com/753954-sapphire-radeon-rx-460-2gb-graphics-card-ebuyer-com-11257-00-20g

cheaper from ebuyer if youre prepared to wait for the free 5 day delivery (I have amazon prime with free next day so I tend to buy amazon)

14 quid for a gammaxx 300 is astounding value for money.!!!

 

[Guest]

I agree 100% with madmatt30. You'll see the most gain by adding a GPU, and not using the integrated one. Your CPU is still rather weak, but it should do alright so long as your expectations aren't really high. When it's time to replace, expect to spend at least $250, because you'll need a new motherboard and RAM too.

I understand the new motherboard, but why new ram

 

[Ecky]

Intel's Skylake CPUs are really the only good choice in most cases right now, and they use DDR4. No new CPUs from here on out (or, from a year ago actually) will use DDR3, and production on it is dropping to match the changing market.

 

[madmatt30]

get a little overclock on that cpu & this is the kind of stuff youll be looking at mate.



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