Upgrading AMD CPU's

[Fury__]

Recently got an RX480 with my AMD A10 7800. As you may expect, there's quite a bottleneck. Thinking of upgrading to an 8350. Do you think that would be better? If not, what's a low priced AMD CPU i can upgrade to?

 

[DSzymborski]

There's no upgrade path with your motherboard. Nor would upgrading to an FX be a good idea considering it's a 2011 platform that wasn't a great performer even back then. If you tell us what your budget actually is, we can give you a much better rundown of what options, if any, you have.

 

[MnMWizard]

You would have to switch motherboards to use an 8350, so if you want to reuse your RAM then I'd get a used 4th gen i5 as it has better performance than an 8350.

 

[Fury__]

There's no upgrade path with your motherboard. Nor would upgrading to an FX be a good idea considering it's a 2011 platform that wasn't a great performer even back then. If you tell us what your budget actually is, we can give you a much better rundown of what options, if any, you have.

Budget would be less than $200.
Open to anything that fits that.

 

[DSzymborski]

There's no upgrade path with your motherboard. Nor would upgrading to an FX be a good idea considering it's a 2011 platform that wasn't a great performer even back then. If you tell us what your budget actually is, we can give you a much better rundown of what options, if any, you have.

Budget would be less than $200.
Open to anything that fits that.

What version of Windows are you using and was it retail or OEM? If you need to purchase a new Windows key after an upgrade, that's going to take up a large chunk of your budget.

 

[Fury__]

There's no upgrade path with your motherboard. Nor would upgrading to an FX be a good idea considering it's a 2011 platform that wasn't a great performer even back then. If you tell us what your budget actually is, we can give you a much better rundown of what options, if any, you have.

Budget would be less than $200.
Open to anything that fits that.

What version of Windows are you using and was it retail or OEM? If you need to purchase a new Windows key after an upgrade, that's going to take up a large chunk of your budget.

Won't need to purchase windows. Just upgraded everything and kept HDD. Windows stayed working and fine after the switch.

 

[MnMWizard]

You can call Microsoft and ask them to transfer your windows key to the new motherboard for free.

 

[Fury__]

There's no upgrade path with your motherboard. Nor would upgrading to an FX be a good idea considering it's a 2011 platform that wasn't a great performer even back then. If you tell us what your budget actually is, we can give you a much better rundown of what options, if any, you have.

Budget would be less than $200.
Open to anything that fits that.

What version of Windows are you using and was it retail or OEM? If you need to purchase a new Windows key after an upgrade, that's going to take up a large chunk of your budget.

You can call Microsoft and ask them to transfer your windows key to the new motherboard for free.

so what would be best option?

 

[Ditt44]

I would suggest a lower powered FX6xxx class. That will get you an overclock over 4.0 and run cooler for between $75-100 USD. That could hold you over until you do a new build from the ground up. Performance with the RX480 should be more than adequate. I am running a 6350 at 4.29 with a GTX 770 on a 60hz 27" 1440 monitor and it's more than enough for Elite Dangerous with custom high/highest settings. It's about budget and how long you'll be happy not being on the latest and greatest.