What motherboard and a cpu should i buy?

[dionsp32]

I now have an asrock fm2a88m extreme4+ with a amd a8-5600K boxed and someone recently gifted me a evga gtx 660. Now my cpu is always at 100% and my gpu 30%. Is it worth buying a new motherboard with cpu or a new fm2+ cpu? If yes how much would it cost?

 

[Nirmith Akash Anawarathne]

It's not worth upgrading the whole system just because that 660. Because any modern system will bottleneck by that GPU. So if you can buy something else.. i mean like A10 7850K.. it will be fine and no point of upgrading further if you wish to stick with the same GPU.

And also i feel like there's something wrong with your system because i have seen 660s perform well even with those Sky lake budget CPUs (G4400).

 

[WildCard999]

@Nirmith Akash Anawarathne, I would not recommend putting any money into that outdated socket unless it's free.

@dionsp32, Depends on how much you can afford but even something budget such as the Ryzen 1200/B350 or B450 MB & 8gb (2x4gb @3000mhz) would be a massive upgrade over your current system and you will see a big bump in FPS and GPU utilization. Plus this puts you on a newer platform with a much better upgrade path, into 2020 per AMD.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1 GHz Quad-Core Processor ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350M-DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($66.95 @ Amazon)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($60.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $217.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-31 10:31 EST-0500


Even the 200GE would be an improvement.
https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Athlon-200GE-vs-AMD-A8-5600K-APU/m592714vsm1766


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Athlon 200GE 3.2 GHz Dual-Core Processor ($59.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350M-DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($66.95 @ Amazon)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($60.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $187.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-31 10:33 EST-0500

(May need to make sure the BIOS is updated for the 200GE).

 

[Nirmith Akash Anawarathne]

@Nirmith Akash Anawarathne, I would not recommend putting any money into that outdated socket unless it's free.

@dionsp32, Depends on how much you can afford but even something budget such as the Ryzen 1200/B350 or B450 MB & 8gb (2x4gb @3000mhz) would be a massive upgrade over your current system and you will see a big bump in FPS and GPU utilization. Plus this puts you on a newer platform with a much better upgrade path, into 2020 per AMD.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1 GHz Quad-Core Processor ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350M-DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($66.95 @ Amazon)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($60.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $217.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-31 10:31 EST-0500


Even the 200GE would be an improvement.
https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Athlon-200GE-vs-AMD-A8-5600K-APU/m592714vsm1766


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Athlon 200GE 3.2 GHz Dual-Core Processor ($59.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350M-DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($66.95 @ Amazon)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($60.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $187.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-31 10:33 EST-0500

(May need to make sure the BIOS is updated for the 200GE).

There will be a budget line up in upcoming AMD CPUs for sure so i think it's good to go with them right? B350M is getting old so can't call it a huge leap compared to the combination of A10+660.

 

[WildCard999]

It's true that there coming out but there's no exact date, as for the OP's current CPU and the Ryzen 1200 the difference is quite significant (62%). Anything over 30% is noticeable so a 62% increase is quite substantial.
https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Ryzen-3-1200-vs-AMD-A8-5600K-APU/3931vsm1766

There's also the 200GE which is the budget CPU for AM4 but at least this would put the OP in a new system that would fully be able to use that 660. With that A10 it would perform a little bit better but those APU's really aren't made for gaming since once you put a dedicated GPU in those iGPU cores get disabled unless they have a GPU that supports Crossfire with the CPU's iGPU. And even then the support is so poor nowadays it really isn't worth it. But if they can get that A10 for practically free then it might be fine to use in the meantime.

As for the B350 motherboard with BIOS updates they will be able to use the 3rd Gen CPU's and the only big difference between B350 & B450 is the memory support which the max for B350 is 3000 and B450 is 3200, 3rd Gen boards may support higher speeds but there's been little info. I suspect they'll give full details about the 3rd Gen CPU/MB's and exact release date at CompuTex.

I think I'm going for the Ryzen 7 3700X.

 

[Nirmith Akash Anawarathne]

It's true that there coming out but there's no exact date, as for the OP's current CPU and the Ryzen 1200 the difference is quite significant (62%). Anything over 30% is noticeable so a 62% increase is quite substantial.
https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Ryzen-3-1200-vs-AMD-A8-5600K-APU/3931vsm1766

There's also the 200GE which is the budget CPU for AM4 but at least this would put the OP in a new system that would fully be able to use that 660. With that A10 it would perform a little bit better but those APU's really aren't made for gaming since once you put a dedicated GPU in those iGPU cores get disabled unless they have a GPU that supports Crossfire with the CPU's iGPU. And even then the support is so poor nowadays it really isn't worth it. But if they can get that A10 for practically free then it might be fine to use in the meantime.

As for the B350 motherboard with BIOS updates they will be able to use the 3rd Gen CPU's and the only big difference between B350 & B450 is the memory support which the max for B350 is 3000 and B450 is 3200, 3rd Gen boards may support higher speeds but there's been little info. I suspect they'll give full details about the 3rd Gen CPU/MB's and exact release date at CompuTex.

I think I'm going for the Ryzen 7 3700X.

Yes it's better to go forward.
Anyway thanks for the info...