Upgrading my cpu

[playersk8terdon]

Okay I have an a8 6600k, I'm on a budget here, I have a buyer for my Mobo and a8, would getting an Pentium G4560 be a substantial upgrade? And I've already picked a Mobo for it, was looking to get a ryzen 1600 but just can't afford it. I will get the ryzen later on. Also I have an xfx rx 480 8g in the build currently. This is mainly for gaming.

 

[raisonjohn]

The G4560 is 1.3x faster in effective speed compared to the A8 6600K - beats it in all departments: http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Pentium-G4560-vs-AMD-A8-6600K-APU/3892vsm3344

 

[playersk8terdon]

Will I need ddr4? Or are there ddr3 boards for the g4560? Only Intel CPUs I've ever had were in laptops, currently I have 16gb of ddr3 2133mhz

 

[raisonjohn]

Yes, DDR4 is a requirement. Kaby Lake (7th-gen CPUs and motherboards) does not support DDR3.

If you'll be using the G4560 and a B250-chipset motherboard, the max. RAM speed that can be supported is 2400MHz. The capacity depends on your use and budget. I'd get a 16GB (2x8GB) if budget permits, if not, minimum is 8GB (2x4GB).

 

[playersk8terdon]

Okay thank you, I will star off with 8g and then add another 8g when I have the funds.