[SOLVED] What is the best processor to get to replace the AMD A8-6600K?

[Eamonn100]

Hello,

I have a AMD A8-6600K processor with a AMD 580 GUP. What is the best processor to get to replace the AMD A8-6600K?

Are there any restrictions to my motherboard taking new/more modern processor? My computer is from 2014.

Thanks.

 

[hang-the-9]

Thanks,

How furture proofed would these 3 be? Can I add any processor to that motherboard? Or are there restrictions to a motherboard like that.? Maybe a bigger motherboard now would save in the long run?

if I wanted 5+ times more performance what 3 things would you suggest?... as I can spend more than $230. Although it is good to know that I can double my performance for a little investment.

Look in the systems forum section, there are tons of build suggestions for all sorts of money. Even the cheaper of those in the $500 range will be a lot faster than your current system. Without knowing what you want or how much you want to spend there is no way to suggest anything. We can give you 60 different combinations but that is just wasting time for everyone. Your programs will run on many setups, question is how fast do you want them to run vs how much you want to spend and how many years you want them to hopefully run for as the programs get harder to run. Without a budget, just do a search for "high end computer build" and you will find all the components you need. Also go through some how to build computer videos, those are usually easier to understand than reading books or magazines since those tend to get into a lot more details about the history and how things actually work vs just buying parts and connecting them.

 

[Eamonn100]

Your board supports only CPU with FM2 socket... So you can't Install different socket CPU on that board...

Gigabyte GA-A520 is AM4 socket Board.. that supports AMD Ryzen Processors.. from AMD A8 9600 to AMD Ryzen 5000 series...
So you can select upto 20 different processor that can run on your motherboard...

Best I can say you can run AMD Ryzen 5 5600.. on that Gigabyte GA-A520 board which I am suggesting...
If you can spend more.. then get a Gigabyte or MSI B550 board.. those boards can overclock AMD Ryzen CPUs and can extract more performance.. like 5-10% more...

While A520 chipset boards are basic boards.. you can use that board for Casual Setup...
But People who want good performance.. they always choose overclockable boards..
And those boards can easily run Ryzen 9 5950X (16 core 32 thread CPU) which is a monster of performance..


As for you if you can spend total 250$ and you don't have dedicated Graphics Card now... I suggest you to use following upgrade.

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G (it is Ryzen APU with integrated AMD Radeon Vega Graphics)

Kingston Hyper-X Fury 2x8GB or 1x8GB (depend on your budget) DDR4 3000Mhz RAM

Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite (cheapest B550 board, atleast in my country)
Msi B550 Tomahawk max (Best and very popular B550 motherboard)


(Choose your motherboard according to your budget.)

And that combo will provide you very good performance.. as you will upgrade your 7 year old CPU to almost a year old CPU...

And Number of Cores are same but Threads per cores are doubled.. with generation difference...

I can say you will be able see 2-3time better CPU performance and 3-4times GPU performance...

All and all you will get good performance after CPU Mobo RAM upgrade...

(Quick note may be you need to replace your Power supply if that power supply don't have a 8 pin EPS connector (that powers CPU) but that is also available at fairly cheap price like 30$ or so.. )
So even after spending on PSU your total cost will not exceed 270-280$...

When we talk about future proofing... That system can run I think 95% games at low to medium settings at 1080p and in future if you can install Good Graphics Card like GTX 1660 super.. that system can serve you like 5 years..
Without GPU, you can use that system, I think 3 years without any further upgrades...

Hi again,

after other projects intervened, it's getting close to my upgrading. After a little reading, I have a question.

I've read that the B550 boards are not compatible with the AMD Ryzen 5 3400G, like you've suggested above? Have I miss read something or is this the case?

Again thank you for all your earlier information.

 

[Eamonn100]

Look in the systems forum section, there are tons of build suggestions for all sorts of money. Even the cheaper of those in the $500 range will be a lot faster than your current system. Without knowing what you want or how much you want to spend there is no way to suggest anything. We can give you 60 different combinations but that is just wasting time for everyone. Your programs will run on many setups, question is how fast do you want them to run vs how much you want to spend and how many years you want them to hopefully run for as the programs get harder to run. Without a budget, just do a search for "high end computer build" and you will find all the components you need. Also go through some how to build computer videos, those are usually easier to understand than reading books or magazines since those tend to get into a lot more details about the history and how things actually work vs just buying parts and connecting them.

Yes thank you, I will. I've also I've got "PC simulator" to start to begin to play around with. It should help with what combos of components work best, etc?

Asking questions here hasn't been a waste of my time as I've found that it really helped to get my questions answered directly. Struggling with computers, asking direct questions is a more foolproof and faster way for me, personally, to fully understanding what I'm reading/researching, (I'm Dislexic and sometimes I can not fully pick up on things I read).

Here an expert can answer my question and I can then confidently read something about it somewhere else, using the information here as an anchor, for furture growth, and understanding of the PC/computer building world.

I'm sorry if my posts have been a waste of others time.