Need Help About My GFX Card

[Evan Gibbard]

Hey everyone i ask on the fourms yesterday and everyone said i was bottlenecking but i dont know i called up my local Comp shop and they said i wasn't bottelnecking

Here are my main spec:

http://imgur.com/tSQOLKX

So yeah and for some unknow reason i cant get shadow play when i have a better amd then what it says s i dont know if anyone could help me and i would like to know which amd to upgrade so i dont bottelneck anymore.

have the FM2 socket and would like to know which one to upgrade to i dont wanna go intel or have to buy a AM3 mother board.

Thanks for the help and fast replys

 

[rolandzhang3]

You currently have the A4 which is a fairly weak dual core

The best CPU choices for your FM2 socket would be the Athlon X4 750k or 760k

Not sure why Shadowplay didn't have the Geforce GTX desktop option ticked though :S

 

[ewok93]

The 760k would be a big improvement. The guy who said that isn't a bottleneck is an idiot. That A4 is... not good. A 760k is fairly new and runs well, comparable to a 4300 I believe.

 

[rolandzhang3]

That guy from the store would probably have been the one trying to sell op the GTX 660 :lol:

 

[Evan Gibbard]

You currently have the A4 which is a fairly weak dual core

The best CPU choices for your FM2 socket would be the Athlon II X4 750k or 760k

Not sure why Shadowplay didn't have the Geforce GTX desktop option ticked though :S

I live in Australia and all my local stores dont have them ones could u send like a amazon link or ebay link

 

[ewok93]

http://www.amazon.com/AMD-Athlon-Processor-AD760KWOHLBOX-Richland/dp/B00D7BYMB2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1388914921&sr=8-1&keywords=760k

 

[rolandzhang3]

Temporarily out of stock :S

It kinda sucks that they don't sell them here, the 750k is in stock though

http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Devices-AD750KWOHJBOX-Graphics-Processor/dp/B009O412AU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1388915043&sr=8-1&keywords=athlon

 

[Evan Gibbard]

Temporarily out of stock :S

It kinda sucks that they don't sell them here, the 750k is in stock though

http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Devices-AD750KWOHJBOX-Graphics-Processor/dp/B009O412AU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1388915043&sr=8-1&keywords=athlon

Thank dude i just have to save $100 to get it but idk if i have enough PSU to run it i have 600w with a gtx 660 oc would i be able to run it

 

[rolandzhang3]

What's your PSU? it should be fine if it already can handle a 660

 

[Evan Gibbard]

What's your PSU? it should be fine if it already can handle a 660

Idk some old brand but it 600w and can handle a 660 so i think it will handle a new cpu. everyone telling me to to go intel but i just spent $300 on a new gfx card and case so yeh thanks for the cheap but good cpu

 

[ewok93]

Yeah, a 600w is a 600w. Almost. A more expensive/newer PSU is just more efficient and or reliable, but an older 600w will work just like a new one.

 

[rolandzhang3]

Well yeah, a new non FM2 CPU would require a new mobo as well as a fresh reinstall of windows, quite a hassle

Hopefully your PSU has more than 24A on the +12v rail, the manufacturer recommendation (even if a little overstated) is 24A overall for a system with a 660

 

[Evan Gibbard]

Well yeah, a new non FM2 CPU would require a new mobo as well as a fresh reinstall of windows, quite a hassle

Hopefully your PSU has more than 24A on the +12v rail, the manufacturer recommendation is 24A overall for a system with a 660

Um do i have to reinstall windows if u buy new cpu

 

[rolandzhang3]

You'd only need to reinstall windows if you bought a new mobo, so you shouldn't need to reinstall windows in your situation

 

[Evan Gibbard]

You'd only need to reinstall windows if you bought a new mobo, so you shouldn't need to reinstall windows in your situation

okay thanks sorry for all the questions im new to building pcs and that but im getting there

 

[ewok93]

You start picking up on it pretty quickly.

 

[rolandzhang3]

You'll be fine

 

[Evan Gibbard]

You start picking up on it pretty quickly.

yeah my uncle like oh yeh the cpu ur gonna by is top of range when it was $50 lol shady uncles buy yeh if i buy the Athlon II X4 750k i shouldnt bottelneck

 

[Evan Gibbard]

You'll be fine

so if i buy the Athlon II X4 750k i shouldnt bottelneck

 

[rolandzhang3]

With a decent cooler you can overclock it as well, it's quite popular for budget systems

Depends on game frankly, some more CPU intensive games or games not well optimized for more than 2 cores such as Arma 3 won't run too well, but most games should be fine

 

[ewok93]

Shouldn't. People you can trust on computers: Random people on the internet (well... this website), yourself
People you shouldn't: family, salesmen, friends (unless you know they know what they're talking about).

 

[Evan Gibbard]

With a decent cooler you can overclock it as well, it's quite popular for budget systems

yeh i have a after market cpu cooler it pretty good cost me like $30 so i hope its good lol but yeh im gonna OC straight away but i wish i could OC my cpu now but its lock

 

[ewok93]

When you install it the thermal paste should take a couple days to "set". I would break it in over a couple days before you overclock.

 

[Evan Gibbard]

Shouldn't. People you can trust on computers: Random people on the internet (well... this website), yourself
People you shouldn't: family, salesmen, friends (unless you know they know what they're talking about).

yeah true now im not gonna ask my shady uncle for advice gonna come staight on here

 

[rolandzhang3]

Haha shady :lol: