Upgrading My Motherboard

[Sakumags]

Hello, I currently want to upgrade my motherboard but I don't know if all motherboards are the same or will I have to see if the new motherboard is 100% compatible with my already built pc. Is it even needed to upgrade it?

Forgive my bad english...

Current Motherboard: http://
MOtherboard I would like to get: http://

 

[weberdarren97]

The board you have now has the AM3+ socket. The board you're looking at buying has the AM4 socket on it. They are not the same. Your CPU will not fit that X370 board.

What are your current specs?

BTW, I think your English is fine.

 

[Sakumags]

Thanks... My current specs are Gtx 950 dunno how many gb 8 gb of ram Amd-fx 8370 550w power supply... The reason why I don't know much is because I bought it from best buy... I know ... I <mod edit> up big time...

 

[weberdarren97]

Thanks... My current specs are Gtx 950 dunno how many gb 8 gb of ram Amd-fx 8370 550w power supply... The reason why I don't know much is because I bought it from best buy... I know ...

That system doesn't meet my recommendations at all, but there are parts that can be reused.

Your hard drive can likely be reused. How wide is the cable that connects it to the motherboard?

Your current graphics card can be reused. It's not the most powerful card by modern standards, but if you play with your game settings to tune for performance, you should be able to drive a good 1080p 60Hz monitor with it.

Is this list affordable for you?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($59.48 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock B250M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($61.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($55.45 @ OutletPC)
Case: VIVO CASE-V06 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $261.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-29 21:39 EDT-0400

Please don't harp about losing 6 CPU cores. You're really only losing two, and the performance of each core in this CPU is much faster than your current CPU.

Here's why your machine doesn't game very well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgejkSWzvNs

I'm assuming this is why you're looking to upgrade...

 

[Sakumags]

Thanks for taking your time! You really helped me. I will work on builduing a new pc. Althought May I ask why this pc doesn't meet your recommendations?

 

[weberdarren97]

Thanks for taking your time! You really helped me. I will work on builduing a new pc.

You're welcome. My G4560 (the CPU I put in your list because of its impressive price/performance) maxes out my GTX 670 while remaining below 50% usage. This CPU will have no issues driving your 950.

Although May I ask why this pc doesn't meet your recommendations?

Yes you can.

Simply put, FX is dead. AMD made many mistakes when they released these chips, and the biggest one was that they simply added a crap ton of cores instead of focusing on making each core run quickly. Intel believes that 4 powerful cores are plenty for gaming, and showed AMD that 8 weak cores (like your CPU) cannot keep up in games.

There is also the issue that Windows is only able to use 4 of the 8 cores within your current CPU. The way each pair of cores are packed into "modules" and share a floating point unit (number cruncher part of the CPU), means that each pair of cores is recognized as a single core and an extra thread. This greatly reduces Windows' ability to take full advantage of these already inferior cores.

You never answered my question about your hard drive. Would you mind to take a picture of the cables connected to it, upload them to imgur, and link them here? If your drive is SATA, it can be reused with the new board. If it's IDE, it will need to be replaced to a newer drive that's compatible with newer boards.