Is This Motherboard compatible with Ryzen CPU

[kanewarriors]

Hi Guys.

Can anyone tell me if my motherboard if compatible with the Ryzen CPU's?

Here is my setup.

BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. F3d, 5/05/2015
SMBIOS Version 2.7
Embedded Controller Version 255.255
BIOS Mode Legacy
BaseBoard Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.


Processor AMD A10-7860K Radeon R7, 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G, 3600 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)

 

[Barty1884]

No motherboard that is compatible with an A10-7860K will support a Ryzen CPU.

A10-7860K is an FM2+ socket CPU
Ryzen use AM4

 

[kanewarriors]

No motherboard that is compatible with an A10-7860K will support a Ryzen CPU.

A10-7860K is an FM2+ socket CPU
Ryzen use AM4

Thanks for your reply Barty.
I was hoping that would not be the case. Would my ram work with an AM4 motherboard? I have 16GB of DDR3 ram.

 

[boju]

Both Amd and Intel have moved to DDR4, these motherboards have different dimm slots. DDR3 has become obsolete sorry to say.

 

[Barty1884]

No, all Ryzen/AM4 CPUs use DDR4.

 

[kanewarriors]

Both Amd and Intel have moved to DDR4, these motherboards have different dimm slots. DDR3 has become obsolete sorry to say.

That is going to get very expensive then :-( I would need a new motherboard, ram and CPU.

Basically I am looking to upgrade my CPU so it can handle playing some recent video games (from 2016 onwards).
My CPU is often maxed out playing these games. I also run Skype and Photoshop nearly continuously which puts a lot of strain on the CPU.
Also my video card is outdated - GTX750. Which do you think is more important to upgrade. The CPU or GPU?

 

[boju]

Whats your motherboard model?

 

[kanewarriors]

Whats your motherboard model?

I opened up my PC case and found these details on the motherboard.
Gigabyte - GA-F2A78m-HD2.

 

[boju]

Cpu side of things there's nothing you can do. Perhaps look at getting a 1050Ti slot powered not needing a 6pin. Your board will be compatible.

 

[kanewarriors]

Cpu side of things there's nothing you can do. Perhaps look at getting a 1050Ti slot powered not needing a 6pin. Your board will be compatible.

Great, thanks for your advice boju. Would a 1060 also be compatible?

Also is there a better CPU than the A10 that I currently that would work with my motherboard? Or is the A10 the highest it got to before it changed to Ryzen?

 

[boju]

880k is best but not worth the slightly faster performance.

Gtx 1060 is compatible but won't get the most out of it with any fm2 cpu. It'll still be faster then a 1050Ti though so upto you.

 

[kanewarriors]

880k is best but not worth the slightly faster performance.

Gtx 1060 is compatible but won't get the most out of it with any fm2 cpu. It'll still be faster then a 1050Ti though so upto you.

Ok great. Thanks for help. It is much appreciated.

 

[kanewarriors]

Sorry to bother everyone again. Which of these cards would be best for my set up?
One is a 1050ti 4GB the other is a 1060 3GB. Both are very similar in price (NZ dollars).

https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/VGAGBV11059/Gigabyte-G1-Gaming-GeForce-GTX1060-Graphics-Card-3
https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/VGAGBV11057/Gigabyte-G1-Gaming-GeForce-GTX1050Ti-Graphics-Card

 

[boju]

1060 is faster despite being 3gb the 1050ti doesn't have enough legs to use 4gb of vram properly anyway.

 

[kanewarriors]

Great, thanks!