Upgrading an AMD A6-3670 APU

[sturmkrieg]

Hey everyone!

Here's the deal, I've had an AMD A6-3670 APU with onboard graphics for 3 years now. 2 weeks ago, I upgrade to a geforce GTX 750ti and everything has been operating extremely well. I'm still slightly in shock considering I was living in the dark ages with my crap graphics. My life is divided into two halves; before the 750ti and after! Anyway, I'm wondering if my cpu is bottlenecking my rig at this point. If it is, I would appreciate any upgrade suggestions. I'm a noob when it comes to this and would appreciate any help. Thanks a lot.

 

[clutchc]

Probably no bottleneck with the GTX 750 Ti. At least nothing major. But list your system's other components and the resolution of your monitor.

 

[CTurbo]

Depending on which motherboard you have, you could potentially overclock that A6. There really is not other cpu you could get on that old platform that would be a worthwhile upgrade. The other option is to upgrade to a newer platform.

 

[sturmkrieg]

Probably no bottleneck with the GTX 750 Ti. At least nothing major. But list your system's other components and the resolution of your monitor.

8 gigs of ram
windows 7 x64
monitor is 1920x1080
500w power supply
Its an Asus motherboard, I dont know the specifics of it at the moment.

 

[sturmkrieg]

Depending on which motherboard you have, you could potentially overclock that A6. There really is not other cpu you could get on that old platform that would be a worthwhile upgrade. The other option is to upgrade to a newer platform.

Buying a whole new motherboard etc?

 

[FreshRestart]

A new platform: Motherboard+ Processor. May as well go with an Intel rig. But I don't see the point if you don't feel like your APU is bottlenecking the performance. What kind of games do you play?

 

[sturmkrieg]

A new platform: Motherboard+ Processor. May as well go with an Intel rig. But I don't see the point if you don't feel like your APU is bottlenecking the performance. What kind of games do you play?

Low intensive games usually, like counter strike go, heroes of the storm, diablo 3. However, I would like to play the witcher 3, and I dont think my cpu can handle it. Plus I want to be able to run other games in the future.

 

[FreshRestart]

Do you have a budget for the CPU+Motherboard?

 

[sturmkrieg]

Do you have a budget for the CPU+Motherboard?

Not really. Nothing too crazy though. A range of 300 - 600 is reasonable. I don't go all out on my gaming rigs.

 

[FreshRestart]

Dollars? Euros? Rubels?

 

[sturmkrieg]

Dollars? Euros? Rubels?

Haha my bad. US dollars 600 max.

 

[FreshRestart]

Well 600 $ can get you a very good processor and motherboard. Do you plan to overclock in the future?

 

[sturmkrieg]

Well 600 $ can get you a very good processor and motherboard. Do you plan to overclock in the future?

I've never overclocked before. I dont know how to do it and I doubt I will do it in the future. Maybe you can recommend a new platform in the 300 - 400 range? I'd have to get a new windows license as well.

 

[FreshRestart]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($166.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($71.10 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $238.09
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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