Nick Chapple Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 So I just got my RTX 2060 and wanted to TRY to get a better processor as I do not meed the recommended specs for my oculus rift and several other games. my huge goal is to not have to buy a new processor so was hoping there may be something else I can add as a CPU to my current motherboard that may be better? Current have... Motherboard - ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. A55BM-E Processor - AMD A10-6800K APU Would there be a better option that I can upgrade to with this current motherboard that would help out the gaming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted February 3, 2019 Moderator Share Posted February 3, 2019 You'd be better off getting a Ryzen system. As that board is a FM2+, there's little you can upgrade to. But, If you get a new board/CPU you would also need new DDR4. As that board above is DDR3. What's your budget, bro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Chapple Posted February 3, 2019 Author Share Posted February 3, 2019 13 minutes ago, Mindovermaster said: You'd be better off getting a Ryzen system. As that board is a FM2+, there's little you can upgrade to. But, If you get a new board/CPU you would also need new DDR4. As that board above is DDR3. What's your budget, bro? Issue is I have no extra cash for anything but the CPU. I know upgrading the MB would need the new CPU plus the new DDR4 which is a bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted February 3, 2019 Moderator Share Posted February 3, 2019 2 minutes ago, Nick Chapple said: Issue is I have no extra cash for anything but the CPU. I know upgrading the MB would need the new CPU plus the new DDR4 which is a bummer. Sell that 2060 and you might get enough... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted February 3, 2019 Global Moderator Share Posted February 3, 2019 You could probably get the 880k for about $85 ... or a A10-8850b or 7890k (if you can find them) This is going off of the following... https://www.cpubenchmark.net/socketType.html#id16 My knowledge with this era of AMD CPUs is really limited. However, I'm not entirely sure the cost will outweigh the benefit (unless you can find a cheap workable used CPU on ebay or whatever). Just steer away from CPU intensive games and let the GPU do the work (until you can buy a new platform). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevTech Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 5 hours ago, Nick Chapple said: Issue is I have no extra cash for anything but the CPU. I know upgrading the MB would need the new CPU plus the new DDR4 which is a bummer. 5 hours ago, Jim K said: You could probably get the 880k for about $85 ... or a A10-8850b or 7890k (if you can find them) This is going off of the following... https://www.cpubenchmark.net/socketType.html#id16 My knowledge with this era of AMD CPUs is really limited. However, I'm not entirely sure the cost will outweigh the benefit (unless you can find a cheap workable used CPU on ebay or whatever). Just steer away from CPU intensive games and let the GPU do the work (until you can buy a new platform). From that link and the fact that the GFX core is not needed in the CPU with the RTX 2060, the X4 880K looks like a decent improvement for $80 https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+Athlon+X4+880K&id=2747 https://www.amazon.com/AMD-Athlon-880k-Quad-core-Processor/dp/B01BPEZ5P4 The 6800K has a CPU score of 4864 https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+A10-6800K+APU&id=1935 And the 880K is 5540, which hey about a 20% improvement. You are probably better off with more RAM actually and if you have the discipline to ignore benchmarks, in real life the powerful GPU in the 2060 is NOT going to be wasted. If gaming is the only consideration, even when you get more money the chances are that upgrading to a 2070 or 2080 will still deliver more real world kick in the pants than the horrible cost of CPU+RAM+Motherboard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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