New CPU for Prebuilt HP

[tully.slatter]

Hi everybody,
About a year ago I purchased a prebuilt HP desktop tower.

The reason I want to upgrade is because of the GTX 750 TI being massively bottlenecked by the current CPU. The motherboard I currently have does not allow me to install the CPU I was hoping to get. (i7 7700K)

If I buy a new motherboard and CPU will I be able to install all this without any worries?
Will I need a new cooling system?
If it is more cost effective to start a new build, can I rescue the GPU from the HP?

Thanks in advance to anyone who contributes, I know there's a lot of stuff here.

https://support.hp.com/au-en/document/c05281287

Every part of the tower can be found here

 

[zoltan.boese]

Based on the product page and this info https://hardcoregames.azurewebsites.net/amd-promontory-fch/
you can upgrade with an AMD processor with socket AM4, so Ryzen 5 or 7 for instance.

 

[tully.slatter]

Based on the product page and this info https://hardcoregames.azurewebsites.net/amd-promontory-fch/
you can upgrade with an AMD processor with socket AM4, so Ryzen 5 or 7 for instance.

Thanks for this,
Do you think buying the A-12 9800 will be enough to stop the bottleneck?
I use FL Studio and play CSGO mostly, and even these kill my computer (100 fps on csgo and quite laggy in FL sometimes)
I don't really know how CPU's work, but going from 3.1 ghz to 3.8 ghz doesn't sound like much of a difference

 

[rgd1101]

Processor upgrade information
TDP: 65 W
Socket type: AM4
Motherboard supports the following processor upgrades:
Processor
TDP
Integrated Graphics
AMD A12-9800 (Bristol Ridge) 3.8 GHz Quad Core
65 W
Radeon R7
AMD A10-9700 (Bristol Ridge) 3.5 GHz Quad Core
65 W
Radeon R7
AMD A8-9600 (Bristol Ridge) 3.1 GHz Quad Core
65 W
Radeon R7

.7Ghz different? that 22%

 

[zoltan.boese]

Based on the product page and this info https://hardcoregames.azurewebsites.net/amd-promontory-fch/
you can upgrade with an AMD processor with socket AM4, so Ryzen 5 or 7 for instance.

Thanks for this,
Do you think buying the A-12 9800 will be enough to stop the bottleneck?
I use FL Studio and play CSGO mostly, and even these kill my computer (100 fps on csgo and quite laggy in FL sometimes)
I don't really know how CPU's work, but going from 3.1 ghz to 3.8 ghz doesn't sound like much of a difference

According to this thread not even the duo core A6 7400 should bottleneck your graphics card. You have a better CPU in your system.
Answering your question, the AMD A12-9800 would be a good upgrade in case you are sure the cpu is the bottleneck.