What CPU should I upgrade to?

[emanueloct97]

Hello, I was thinking of upgrading my build as someone just gave me a GTX 1600 6gb as a birthday gift, but not so sure where should I go from where I am as I'm on budget and still have DDR3 memories, here's my actual builld:

CPU: A8-7600 @3.1GHz
GPU: GTX 1600 6GB
Memory: 2 x HyperX Fury 4GB 1866
Power Supply: EVGA 600W 80+ Bronze
Motherboard: GA-F2A88XM-D3H

So far, I've read that as FM2+ is dead it would be better to upgrade the Motherboard as well, however, if that was the case, I would probably upgrade to this one:

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B350-GAMING-PLUS.html#productFeature-section

But that being the case, I would also need to upgrade the memory

On the other hand, I was recommended by a friend that if I want to keep it Ultra low cost to just upgrade to an Athlon X4 860k

So far that's all I have so I wanted to see other opinions, thanks!

 

[mdd1963]

Any upgrade means CPU/MB/and DDR4 RAM (3200 MHz if possible)as well, so, take your wallet...

R5-2600X/B450 combos are popular right now...(B350 will work with Rzen 2x00 sereis CPU *IF* the BIOS is recent, but, problematic , because if you don't have a current BIOS, you can't flash it. (as all X470/B450 boards came at the time of Rzen 2000 series release, they are good for those CPUs...

 

[Tigerhawk30]

To build on what mdd said...also for consideration, I've recently seen where an R5 2600 should be paired with a B450, where the 2600X should be paired with the X470 due to power delivery. That video (reviewing the MSI Tomahawk B450, specifically) is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAttg37qhUo

 

[geofelt]

Go ahead and install that GTX1060 and see how you do.
You may be ok if you favor fast action games.

If you are cpu limited, there is no good upgrade.

$250 buys you a stronger G5600, 8gb of ddr4 ram and a H310 motherboard.
It can go up from there.

Your A8-7600 cpu has a passmark rating of 5093 and a single thread rating of 1544.
The single thread rating is most important for games.
By comparison, the G5600 has a rating of 5720 and a single thread rating of 2279.

And... the X4-860K has a rating of 5437/1600; not worthwhile.