Need a Processor..

[MatthewPCGamer]

I am in need of a new processor. What is the best I can get with my motherboard (HP Pavilion P6000 Motherboard? I am looking into the Athlon x4 640, but I want better performance to play games such as CS: GO(If possible) . (My current processor is the AMD Athlon II X2 220.
Thanks

 

[WildCard999]

Pointless to upgrade the CPU on a older outdated socket. What is your budget for upgrades?

 

[R_1]

Pointless to upgrade the CPU on a older outdated socket. What is your budget for upgrades?

agreed even a G3258 will trounce anything that board can handle.

 

[fry178]

Dont invest in it, except for a new gpu, which will have the larger effect on fps (@1080p and above)

Save some money, and wait till ryzen gets released early 2017.
prices will drop for both amd and intel.

 

[MatthewPCGamer]

Could I just buy a better graphics card and the processor? And if so what graphics card?

 

[WildCard999]

Could I just buy a better graphics card and the processor? And if so what graphics card?

What is the most you can spend on upgrades?

 

[MatthewPCGamer]

Sorry forgot to say.. 100$

 

[WildCard999]

Sorry forgot to say.. 100$

Unfortunately that's really not enough for a worthwhile upgrade (CPU/GPU/MB/RAM). Even if you where to put in a budget GPU such as the GTX 1050 2gb which may improve performance that CPU will hold it back and you would still need to make sure the PSU is powerful enough to even run it.

 

[need4speeds]

"Sorry forgot to say $100".

The Athlon220 is not terrible, if you do not need a quad core to run the games you are playing by far getting a used card that is lower wattage like a HD-7850, 7870 or R7-265,270270x,370. Or a GTX 760ti, 950ti, 960 with some molex to pcie adaptors should work.

LOOK UP THE CARD'S WATTAGE FIRST. Your pretty much stuck with either "pitcairn" or one of nvidia's newer cards that are known to be close or less than what pitcairn uses.

 

[need4speeds]

A used HD-5870 or GTX480, 580 ect and a real power supply is also another option. Sure it's a old 350watt card, but it's $40. That leaves $60 to buy a power supply with.

 

[need4speeds]

His OS system is tied to the board so a AthlonX4 or PhenomIIx4 is the best option unless he has $100+ to drop on a new OS.

A cpu upgrade would double the cores and increase the clock speed. True the new i5 and even skylake celeron and maybe even the athlon 5350 is faster, but the OS system kills the upgrade options.

If it's fairly cheap a used athlon X4 would be ok.

Gaming on the onboard Nvidia Geforce 6150 is not so great so almost any card is way better even a old HD-4870.

 

[fry178]

if you definitely want to thro *cough* spend some money...

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/ZJ7CmG/msi-video-card-n730k1gd5lpoc
and even something left to get a decent psu.

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/dTK7YJ/seasonic-power-supply-ssr360gp

 

[Rogue Leader]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from MatthewPCGamer : "Compatible Processor with motherboard."

I need a new processor. My current one is an AMD Athlon II X2 220 Processor(2.8 GHz). I need one that is compatible with the HP Pavilion P6000 Motherboard. I'd like this processor to be fairly decent (50-100$ Range) Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!

What do you want this to do?

While there are faster processors available that may work in that system, They are not a huge performance boost and if you're hoping to play newer games you will be disappointed.

I would like to play CS: Go and Garrys mod. Would this give it a nice performance boost? For future reference my Graphics Card is a Geforce GT 610.

You could go Athlon x4 640 from the searches I did that computer came with that CPU. Honestly though its not gonna make a huge performance difference.

Whats your real budget? You may be better off with a new Pentium G4400 and motherboard, and memory, if you have a real small budget..

My memory is fine. I can't really afford a new motherboard, and my budget is only around 100$.
What options do I have?

My memory is fine. I can't really afford a new motherboard, and my budget is only around 100$.
What options do I have?

Your options are to go on a place like ebay and look for an Athlon II x4 640, they go for around $35. Thats about the best processor that PC will accept.

If you were to upgrade the processor and motherboard as I suggested you would need new memory. But if this is your budget, a used processor like I mentioned is your only option. There is nothing better you can get.

Alright, how much of a boost are we talking?

Alright, how much of a boost are we talking?

Well it has twice the cores, but the cores are only a little faster due to a faster base clock speed. In some programs it will perform exactly the same only slightly better, in programs that can take advantage of the extra cores it will go faster. In terms of the games you play it may help, but its not gonna make a massive change.

Ok, what is the cheapest I can get the memory, processor, and motherboard for?
Also, how difficult will it be to replace?

Assuming you can re-use everything else you have, $200 right here will be WORLDS better than what you have. Not only that, the built in graphics is Better than the GT 610 you have.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($109.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($46.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($47.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $204.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-13 19:52 EST-0500

Across the board improvement.

Now as for how hard, computers go together like legos, your biggest issue is that your case may not have the right mountings for this motherboard, in which case you need to budget another $20 for a cheap case.

 

[Rogue Leader]

We have been down this road already. See merged post above, we just discussed a day ago.

The OS is NOT tied to your hardware, if you've updated to Windows 10 you can create a microsoft account and port it over to your new build.

As discussed, any CPU upgrade to that system is a waste of money.

 

[fry178]

@rogue leader
wouldn another amd (with apu) be a better deal?
could save some cash as well.
doubt the am3+ socket will be an issue here..

 

[Rogue Leader]

@rogue leader
wouldn another amd (with apu) be a better deal?
could save some cash as well.
doubt the am3+ socket will be an issue here..

Not at all. Right now the ONLY thing I would build a system with is Skylake, until Ryzen is available. In his case he has an AM2 socket, thereres literally no upgrade worth spending a penny on for his system.

 

[need4speeds]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125920

$109.99 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1050 2GB $3.99 Shipping, Pick one of three games free with purchase

It should work with your power supply, it doesn't have a pcie power plug on it they run just off the board power.

https://www.amazon.com/AMD-Athlon-610e-2-40-Processor/dp/B0046U68AG/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1481874536&sr=1-1&keywords=cpu&refinements=p_n_feature_fourteen_browse-bin%3A2057441011%2Cp_n_feature_keywords_four_browse-bin%3A7107930011

AMD Athlon II X4 610e 2.40 GHz Processor $25.00 + $3.50 shipping

$115+$28.50= $143.50.

Some others...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMD-Triple-Core-CPU-Phenom-II-X3-710-2-6GHz-Socket-AM3-/172445807368?hash=item2826923308:g:h9sAAOSwMTZWRFwK
http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMD-Athlon-II-X4-630-2-8GHz-Quad-Core-ADX630WFK42GI-Processor-w-Grease-/222157271906?hash=item33b99af362:g:zVwAAOSwMNxXZTNl
http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMD-Triple-Core-CPU-Phenom-II-X3-720-BE-2-8GHz-Socket-AM3-HDZ720WFK3DGI-/182358183879?hash=item2a75650fc7:g:Ms0AAOSwuMFUZ94D

Just some info on the cpu you have now.
https://www.amazon.com/AMD-Athlon-2-8GHz-2x512KB-Dual-Core/dp/B0068J13EY/ref=sr_1_36?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1481875838&sr=1-36&keywords=cpu&refinements=p_n_feature_keywords_four_browse-bin%3A7107930011
The athlonII 220 you have now is actually a athlonIIx4 with 2 cores disabled. On a board with ACC there is a good chance that the extra cores will unlock.

 

[need4speeds]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1050-ti,4787-4.html

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/cpu-charts-2013/-20-Crysis-II,3175.html

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/cpu-charts-2013/-21-Mafia-II,3176.html

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/desktop-cpu-charts-2010/Gaming-Left-4-Dead-2,2433.html

Some benchmarks. The athlonIIx4 does poorly because it has 512kb cache per core and no L3 cache.
To compare your AthlonII 220 the 240e is close. As you see it gets beaten by the celeron and is at the bottom of the chart.

When buying used people often go for more cpu cores and clock speed. If you look at the gaming benchmarks the PhenomII x3 does fairly well compared with the AthlonIIx4.