Will this upgrade work with my fairly old mobo and proccessor

[freedizzy]

Mobo: Gigabyte M68MT-S2P
Processor: AMD Athlon II x4 640 3.0Ghz
RAM: G.skil 4gb 1333Mhz
Graphics card: Planning to get an Sapphire r7 260x 2Gb GDDR5 OC


1. would my old parts be able to handle the r7 card?
2. will it just cause a bottleneck?
3. get a better mobo?. If yes, any recommendations?
4. get a better mobo + get more and better ram?
Thanks in advance.

 

[bootcher]

The card will work fine, it will not cause a bottleneck with your system.
That 4gb ram though is low for windows, you might consider getting an extra 4 which will improve system performance. But you would be investing in old hardware, so you might consider upgrading cpu, motherboard and ram. This can go as far as your budget reaches, but a minimal upgrade will cost at least $200-300.

 

[freedizzy]

The card will work fine, it will not cause a bottleneck with your system.
That 4gb ram though is low for windows, you might consider getting an extra 4 which will improve system performance. But you would be investing in old hardware, so you might consider upgrading cpu, motherboard and ram. This can go as far as your budget reaches, but a minimal upgrade will cost at least $200-300.

What AMD processor and mobo would you recommend under $250ish range? Possibly an M-Atx type

 

[bootcher]

Something like this should work nice:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($74.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Avexir Core series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($66.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 400W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $256.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-08 11:20 EST-0500
I put in a psu because probably you will want to upgrade your old psu as well. If not you can disregard the psu. Keep in mind for the X4 860k/R7 260x combo you will need a 400 watt psu or higher.

 

[st3v30]

I had Athlon II x4 630(oc to 3.2 gz) with my r7 260x and it was bottelnecking my card in most games new games that tend to use more cores and more CPU power.

 

[freedizzy]

Something like this should work nice:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($74.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Avexir Core series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($66.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 400W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $256.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-08 11:20 EST-0500
I put in a psu because probably you will want to upgrade your old psu as well. If not you can disregard the psu. Keep in mind for the X4 860k/R7 260x combo you will need a 400 watt psu or higher.

Thank you for the help! and yeah I already have a spare 600w psu

 

[freedizzy]

Update: the AMD Athlon X4 860k seems to be phased out in our country, the only CPU's i've seen are those FX-Series, Richland and Kaveri.

 

[bootcher]

The x4 860k is essentially an A10 7850k without the graphics cores, it is a fairly new CPU. If not available you can consider an fx6300 cpu with am3+ motherboard, though a good am3+motherboard can get expensive (990fx).

 

[freedizzy]

The x4 860k is essentially an A10 7850k without the graphics cores, it is a fairly new CPU. If not available you can consider an fx6300 cpu with am3+ motherboard, though a good am3+motherboard can get expensive (990fx).

Things just got expensive when i saw the 990fx as a mobo. Found 1 shop selling the AMD Athlon X4 860K but its like $160ish which is WTFOMG!.

*The search continues*

 

[bootcher]

AMD 970 motherboards are also good, though they might need a BIOS update before they can recognize and boot up with a FX6300. The MSI 970 gaming for example.
You can easily compare different motherboards here:
http://us.hardware.info/productgroup/1/motherboards

 

[freedizzy]

AMD 970 motherboards are also good, though they might need a BIOS update before they can recognize and boot up with a FX6300. The MSI 970 gaming for example.
You can easily compare different motherboards here:
http://us.hardware.info/productgroup/1/motherboards

Since the budget for the new mobo and cpu increased, what order should i purchase my new components coz i cant buy them all at once. Should i buy the GPU 1st then ___,____ and ___? or?.

BTW i was planning to use this to play AION 4.8ish