[SOLVED] Needing CPU upgrade advice

[Tom_160]

Hello all.
needing some advice on a CPU upgrade, to run video games smoother as well as able to render videos (university film and TV student.)
I'm currently using a 'gigabyte f2a68hm-hd2' motherboard and an 'AMD A8-7650K Radeon R7' CPU.
Any advice on what I should upgrade it to?
Tom

 

[damric]

Even the low end new processors are going to be light years faster than that old FM2 processor you have. Unfortunately you will need a whole platform upgrade, CPU+mobo+RAM, so be prepared to drop some dough. What is your budget and what purpose is this computer? Are you planning on using a discreet graphics card or integrated graphics again?

 

[Tom_160]

Even the low end new processors are going to be light years faster than that old FM2 processor you have. Unfortunately you will need a whole platform upgrade, CPU+mobo+RAM, so be prepared to drop some dough. What is your budget and what purpose is this computer? Are you planning on using a discreet graphics card or integrated graphics again?

the purpose is for video games / video production. and yeah i'm looking at a gtx 1080. my budge is about £300. I want to stick with AMD CPU's

 

[ishaan.iks]

Hi,

Can u save a bit more and make ur budget like 600-700 euro?

Thank you,
Ishaan

 

[maddogfargo]

You could upgrade your platform for around 300:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600X 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor (£122.40 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI - X370 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard (£74.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£123.46 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £320.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-07 14:26 GMT+0000

You will NOT get good performance out of a 1080 on your current platform. So I would wait to upgrade the GPU until AFTER you have a good platform for it.