What will this upgrade do?

[Shanksya]

Right now, I have a EVGA ACX gtx 770, and (don't laugh) an AMD a8-6500. the case is small and only has one exhaust fan... I was wondering, if switching to the A10-6800k would improve my framerate by a large number.
A8-6500: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113334
A10-6800k: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113331
GTX 770: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130919

 

[SuperGamerBoy]

Upgrade the Processor to atleast an fx-8320.
BTW- An A8 APU for gaming with a GTX 770? = Huge Bottleneck.

 

[Deus Gladiorum]

Jeez, and I thought I had bottlenecking issues...

No, it won't do much at all. Your best bet is to save up for a new motherboard and Intel CPU. The i5-4670k or i5-3570k and a Z87 or a Z77 motherboard respectively will do well to complement a GTX 770 well. I'm doing the same with my build at some point since overclocking with an FX-6300 (I'm now a stable 4.5 GHz) has done jack for my minimums, and considering that all APUs lack an L3 cache, you'll see barely any improvement. Your only hope is a new motherboard with a good CPU, about $300 - $360 in total depending on what you get in terms of motherboards and what types of deals you can find.

 

[Deus Gladiorum]

Upgrade the Processor to atleast an fx-8320.
BTW- An A8 APU for gaming with a GTX 770? = Huge Bottleneck.

An FX-8320 will help, but nothing except going for Intel will do the job. I have an FX-6300 overclocked to 4.5 GHz, stable, and though my averages for most games (excluding Crysis 1 which is far lower) are within 50 - 60 fps, the minimums for CPU bound games are terrible, going as low as 30 fps exclusively because of this CPU bottleneck. Of course, it depends on the game, but since he has to replace his motherboard anyway, he should certainly look at Intel which is far better for gaming. The extra 2 cores of an FX-8320 over my FX-6300 won't even be utilized by games.

 

[Shanksya]

what about an fx 8350? I have been planning on getting it, I want to get a $2000 PC next black friday, when all the deals roll in. Could ya'll deal with 30-45 fps on BF4 on high for 11 months?

 

[Deus Gladiorum]

what about an fx 8350? I have been planning on getting it, I want to get a $2000 PC next black friday, when all the deals roll in. Could ya'll deal with 30-45 fps on BF4 on high for 11 months?

There's no difference between an FX-8320 and an FX-8350 except for clock speed, and spending extra for a boosted clock on an FX series CPU is like spending extra on "professional" gift wrapping -- you can do it yourself for free. If you're going for a $2000 PC next year, then yea go for an FX-8320. Regardless, you'll still need a new motherboard, but if you can afford that along with the FX-8320 now and then still can afford to buy a $2k PC desktop next year then that's not bad.

Just my personal input though, what would you get for this $2k PC? By all means, a GTX 770 is nothing to simply replace, not a year after its release anyway. So I assume you're going to put it in SLI? That's the only option that'd make sense to me (unless you find a good deal to sell it). But if you can buy an i5-4670k now, there's no reason to get an i5-5xxx next year. There are people still rocking an i5-2500k and loving it right now, and won't upgrade for a while and they still don't bottleneck. If you get the i5-4670k now, then next year you could put on some sweet peripherals and extra goodies for your rig, rather than get a whole new PC.

Black Friday next year, you could easily get another GTX 770 for ~$300, a 500 GB SSD for $300, and a nice 120/144 Hz monitor equipped G-Sync for about $400, and that'd still only be half your budget. The extra $1,000 could go towards... I don't know, something outside PCs? I can't see anything else you'd realistically want to add when equipped with all that. A new case, perhaps?

 

[Shanksya]

Give me 10 minutes, Ill post the build.

 

[Shanksya]

what about an fx 8350? I have been planning on getting it, I want to get a $2000 PC next black friday, when all the deals roll in. Could ya'll deal with 30-45 fps on BF4 on high for 11 months?

There's no difference between an FX-8320 and an FX-8350 except for clock speed, and spending extra for a boosted clock on an FX series CPU is like spending extra on "professional" gift wrapping -- you can do it yourself for free. If you're going for a $2000 PC next year, then yea go for an FX-8320. Regardless, you'll still need a new motherboard, but if you can afford that along with the FX-8320 now and then still can afford to buy a $2k PC desktop next year then that's not bad.

Just my personal input though, what would you get for this $2k PC? By all means, a GTX 770 is nothing to simply replace, not a year after its release anyway. So I assume you're going to put it in SLI? That's the only option that'd make sense to me (unless you find a good deal to sell it). But if you can buy an i5-4670k now, there's no reason to get an i5-5xxx next year. There are people still rocking an i5-2500k and loving it right now, and won't upgrade for a while and they still don't bottleneck. If you get the i5-4670k now, then next year you could put on some sweet peripherals and extra goodies for your rig, rather than get a whole new PC.

Black Friday next year, you could easily get another GTX 770 for ~$300, a 500 GB SSD for $300, and a nice 120/144 Hz monitor equipped G-Sync for about $400, and that'd still only be half your budget. The extra $1,000 could go towards... I don't know, something outside PCs? I can't see anything else you'd realistically want to add when equipped with all that. A new case, perhaps?

Case: CM Storm Scout 2 Advanced
MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+
CPU: AMD FX-8350 Vishera 4.0GHz (4.2GHz Turbo)
GPU: (buying another for SLI) EVGA w/ ACX Cooling
RAM: G.SKILL Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 1866 cas: 8 timing: 8-9-9-24
PSU: Antec HCP-1300 Platinum 1300W Full Modular
Fans: Rosewill RFA-120-K 120mm Case cooler
Mouse: Corsair Vengeance M65 Laser FPS Gaming Mouse
HD: Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB 7200 RPM
SSD: SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE500BW 2.5" 500GB
DVD: SAMSUNG DVD Burner
Heat sink/liquid cooler: CORSAIR Hydro Series H80i
+ some lighthouse LEDs

And yeah, Im selling this PC for about $400 later this year around august

 

[Deus Gladiorum]

what about an fx 8350? I have been planning on getting it, I want to get a $2000 PC next black friday, when all the deals roll in. Could ya'll deal with 30-45 fps on BF4 on high for 11 months?

There's no difference between an FX-8320 and an FX-8350 except for clock speed, and spending extra for a boosted clock on an FX series CPU is like spending extra on "professional" gift wrapping -- you can do it yourself for free. If you're going for a $2000 PC next year, then yea go for an FX-8320. Regardless, you'll still need a new motherboard, but if you can afford that along with the FX-8320 now and then still can afford to buy a $2k PC desktop next year then that's not bad.

Just my personal input though, what would you get for this $2k PC? By all means, a GTX 770 is nothing to simply replace, not a year after its release anyway. So I assume you're going to put it in SLI? That's the only option that'd make sense to me (unless you find a good deal to sell it). But if you can buy an i5-4670k now, there's no reason to get an i5-5xxx next year. There are people still rocking an i5-2500k and loving it right now, and won't upgrade for a while and they still don't bottleneck. If you get the i5-4670k now, then next year you could put on some sweet peripherals and extra goodies for your rig, rather than get a whole new PC.

Black Friday next year, you could easily get another GTX 770 for ~$300, a 500 GB SSD for $300, and a nice 120/144 Hz monitor equipped G-Sync for about $400, and that'd still only be half your budget. The extra $1,000 could go towards... I don't know, something outside PCs? I can't see anything else you'd realistically want to add when equipped with all that. A new case, perhaps?

Case: CM Storm Scout 2 Advanced
MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+
CPU: AMD FX-8350 Vishera 4.0GHz (4.2GHz Turbo)
GPU: (buying another for SLI) EVGA w/ ACX Cooling
RAM: G.SKILL Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 1866 cas: 8 timing: 8-9-9-24
PSU: Antec HCP-1300 Platinum 1300W Full Modular
Fans: Rosewill RFA-120-K 120mm Case cooler
Mouse: Corsair Vengeance M65 Laser FPS Gaming Mouse
HD: Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB 7200 RPM
SSD: SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE500BW 2.5" 500GB
DVD: SAMSUNG DVD Burner
Heat sink/liquid cooler: CORSAIR Hydro Series H80i
+ some lighthouse LEDs

And yeah, Im selling this PC for about $400 later this year around august

Alright, so what I assume you mean is that the build you just posted is what you plan to buy around Black Friday next year and the build you'd be selling for $400 later this year would be the build you have now, minus the GTX 770, right?

Well if that's the case, don't get an FX-8350. Get an i5-4670k. There's no competition. An FX-8350 would easily be the biggest bottleneck in your system for games. Change the motherboard to a Z87 with an i5-4670k or you'll regret it greatly.

 

[Shanksya]

1 more thing...
do you think an athlon or a phenom cpu for this PC that I have right now would be an improvement?
I don't really have enough space for a new mobo, and would like to see if there are any good CPUs that fit in a FM2 socket.