Still Life In Older AMD Athlon Processor?

[sjamz]

Hey guys

Found an old AMD Athlon ii x3 460 in my attic attached to an old gigabyte mobo.

I use my PS4 mostly for bigger titles so would be looking to use this processor in a low end build for “other” titles. (Fortnite perhaps, emulations, cs:go, maybe battlefield etc)

Is there still life in an old girl like this?

What GpU could I top out at?

 

[stdragon]

Can you upgrade? Sure. Should you? Well, that depends on what kind of gaming you wish to do. If you're looking to play old games, all you need is a GPU upgrade. Depending on the MB, a 1030 or 1050 should suffice for games circa 2008 - 2012.

If you're looking into running more advanced games, you're probably looking at needing a new PSU for the GPU, and more RAM. At some point, it might be looking better to just build a new rig.

 

[WildCard999]

It would be ok with 8gb of RAM and a 1030 at under 1080P resolution.

 

[ikaz]

That could be nice arcade emulation box if the PC is almost complete, you could probably go as far as a 1050/ti through probably not really worth more than going to a GT 1030 or even better if you can pick up a nice older user GPU (assuming you have decent PSU).

 

[sjamz]

Well I’ve got a 450w psu and 8GB ram already!

(I have an r7 250 somewhere too!)

Much advantage to unlocking 4th core on processor?

 

[mdd1963]

it will do fine as a Linux file and print server somewhere!