Fm2 processors good for games?

ExoMale · 11 Feb 2016 at 23:00

Just picked up a zoomstorm setup, well only the tower is zoostorm, for £30 and despite the model number giving 2 choices, the seller told me it was an Intel system which would've been a G series 1155, but opening the case in the car after I purchased I noticed what looked like a amd heatsink and closer inspection shows a MSI A55M-P33 which turns out to be FM2 which is what I was hoping was the one as I've been wanting one, however going by what I read this one should have the A4 3300 installed, got 4gb ddr3 1333 which is nice.

Anyways it comes with 8.1, but I will downgrade that, just I was wondering if this socket is any good for games be it old or modern?

Stas823 · 12 Feb 2016 at 00:19

no, not even old stuff will run well.
Office computer at most.

ExoMale · 12 Feb 2016 at 00:32

All of the range or just the a4? What about as htpc?

I only needed the monitor and biits for a computer I'm selling. But I'm interested in seeing what fm2 can do,

ExoMale · 12 Feb 2016 at 00:33

All of the range or just the a4? What about as htpc?

I only needed the monitor and biits for a computer I'm selling. But I'm interested in seeing what fm2 can do,

syks · 12 Feb 2016 at 01:25

isn't the a10 series fm2? I had the a8 5600k and could play battlefield,,dirt rally,,hawken etc at over 40fps with gtx 750 ti on high settings with un important things low,,,not as bad as people make out,,,my Athlon now does quite well with gtx 960,,,can get 70fps average on dirt rally benchmark with most things on ultra and think the Athlon is fm2+

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 12 Feb 2016 at 11:17

This is my review of the A6 3670K:
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18434284

cheesyboy · 12 Feb 2016 at 11:36

Old stuff (pre-2010) it might cope ok with. I remember looking at some benchmarks a while back whilst considering getting an FM2 CPU and seeing Street Fighter IV running ok, for example. Metro 2033 and Mafia 2, on the other hand, it didn't get on top of.

2D indie games will run fine.

WYNIR0 · 12 Feb 2016 at 11:50

Um, if your model is right for the MObo then that's an FM1 socket

https://www.msi.com/product/motherboard/A55M-P33.html#hero-specification

Bin and start again with new mobo and cpu would be my advice, could get a AM3+ board and chip for circa £100

ExoMale · 12 Feb 2016 at 12:05

Thanks for replies..

Hmm there seems to be 2 variants of that board then, I just typed in the model and went with the first it came up with which was FM2, but you may be right with the am1 as I sworn I saw a4 3300, but zoostorm specs are limited.

This is what model they told me before I purchased.

zoostorm 7910 4285 A

Either way I made a thread about a htpc build and I was talking about AM1, whether this A4 would've been in the mix, but I was setting sites on the sempron quad, I suppose I best fire this computer up and get cpu z installed lol as I haven't had chance yet.

If it is fm2 then I have seen a used A6 6400k for £15 and keeping an eye on a 6670 for £20, but zoostorm power supplies are weak from the readings, 300w with 12a on the +12 lol, so might have to shoe horn my vs 350 in or sell that supply for a better one.

WYNIR0 · 12 Feb 2016 at 12:09

a4 3300, is a FM1 CPU for sure.

Interested to see what CPUz Says you have, but if it's FM1 then it's HTPC level at best, forget any modern games.

ExoMale · 12 Feb 2016 at 15:07

WYNIR0 said:
a4 3300, is a FM1 CPU for sure.

Interested to see what CPUz Says you have, but if it's FM1 then it's HTPC level at best, forget any modern games.

Ha well tbh I have onto been looking say one of these spec motherboards for that purpose and to try older games on it, however I will need xp 64bit for that to have more guarantee of working lol, but I did notice in the support list for am1 it has a variety of a6/a8/a10 that are not the K range so keeps to the 65w tdp which would work with the zoostorm psu, but I suppose those wouldn't be much improved for games either??

WYNIR0 · 12 Feb 2016 at 15:15

ExoMale said:
Ha well tbh I have onto been looking say one of these spec motherboards for that purpose and to try older games on it, however I will need xp 64bit for that to have more guarantee of working lol, but I did notice in the support list for am1 it has a variety of a6/a8/a10 that are not the K range so keeps to the 65w tdp which would work with the zoostorm psu, but I suppose those wouldn't be much improved for games either??

Assume you mean FM1 rather than AM1?

This is a useful page for seeing the benchmark results for cpus by socket. on FM1 the a8 3870 looks to be the best chip but it's still very under powered compared to something more modern or even an old Phenom x4 AM3+ chip

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/socketType.html#id13

ExoMale · 12 Feb 2016 at 16:40

There is an am1 isn't there, but this computer is actually an FM1.

Looks like the computer was reset as I did the installation, but not connected to internet yet to activate which means my cpu z and gpu z are not the latest versions.

Hopefully these work as I'm using my phone..

http://rs1111.pbsrc.com/albums/h471...s/image_zpsxsi4onbo.jpeg?w=480&h=480&fit=clip

http://rs1111.pbsrc.com/albums/h471...s/image_zpsyvb5sjog.jpeg?w=480&h=480&fit=clip

http://rs1111.pbsrc.com/albums/h471...s/image_zpsnlaepwvn.jpeg?w=480&h=480&fit=clip

jigger · 12 Feb 2016 at 16:46

The board seems to support a lot of CPU's

http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-MSI/FM2-A55M-P33.html

A10-6800K, 4.1 GHz, FSB 100 MHz, L2 4 MB, TDP 100 Watt, Richland, Rev A1, 844 MHz GPU, HD 8670D, Part AD680KWOA44HL

760K, 3.8 GHz, FSB 100 MHz, L2 4 MB, TDP 100 Watt, Richland, Rev A1, Part AD760KWOA44HL

WYNIR0 · 12 Feb 2016 at 16:51

hmm, does look like they do a fm1 and fm2 version.

https://www.msi.com/product/motherboard/FM2-A55M-E33.html#hero-overview

Uaon · 12 Feb 2016 at 17:07

Jayz covered this pretty well, look near the end @720P it was very playable ^^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv57qDXpEPU

ExoMale · 12 Feb 2016 at 17:07

WYNIR0 said:
hmm, does look like they do a fm1 and fm2 version.

https://www.msi.com/product/motherboard/FM2-A55M-E33.html#hero-overview

That's e33 mine is p33, but yes they do seem to make an fm1 and fm2 and in turn I have the fm1 which is not all bad, I wouldn't have planned to go beyond 16gb anyways so ram wise works out okay and that will be my next step, getting either a 2gb or 4gb stick and still a good level of upgraded processors.

The zoostorm power supply won't be enough for he 100w tdp processors will it whether I hybrid X fire or not?

WYNIR0 · 12 Feb 2016 at 17:25

ExoMale said:
The zoostorm power supply won't be enough for he 100w tdp processors will it whether I hybrid X fire or not?

Does it have a make and model? I suspect I wouldn't trust it with my worst enemy's CPU.

ExoMale · 13 Feb 2016 at 00:03

Zoostorm LPA-300C

It's original power supply, but being a 300w and only 12A on the +12 I would imagine I could only stick to 65w processors which is what the 3300 is whether extra ram will make a difference, will only stick to 1333 save buying 2 sticks over one as its got single 4gb.

I do have 350w vs corsair going spare, but was going to sell that to upgrade or just for the money.

Borealis · 13 Feb 2016 at 00:35

300W and 12A on the 12V rail = 144W overall on the 12V rail. Sorry to use an American term, but that PSU screams total utter garbage to me. I wonder if CiT had a contract with Zoostorm!

Anyway, as an office PC, it'll be fine. In order to put in a separate graphics card, you're going to need to swap out the PSU. According to the Corsair website, the VS350 can output 25A on the 12V rail. That should be enough for a basic GFX card.