Bye Bye A10 5800k Hello Intel ??what??

[Jackboo]

Hi all i am looking at a few options on upgrading

option 1 ) keep my a10 5800k and fm2 board and get a 6670 card to combine cost £50

Option 2 ) get another fm2 cpu thats faster (is there one without apu dont want apu anymore )

Option 3 ) most likely ) sell a10 for £55 and spend another £100-120 on a new intel cpu and mobo but which one

is there anypoint getting a i3 haswell cheapest one vs the A10 5800k would i see any difference

currently playing wow(full hd 40fps), bf3 low everything all this onboard can i get better for £150-£170

 

[JonSmith]

I'd try and overclock your 5800k a little, and then spend the money on a better dedicated GPU, such as a HD 7850 2GB. Switching to a faster intel chip would require buying one of the quad cores, as the core i3s aren't appreciably faster in modern games. This would run in at over £200.

 

[Martini1991]

Get a 7950 and overclock.
It'll bottleneck, but its the best option.

 

[Avenged7Fold]

You dont have the money to switch to a non APU atm, since a graphics card will be needed aswell to get any more performance.

Overclock the 5800k (including the memory, Makes quite a difference!) and buy a 7950 like martini says. You will get a decent boost and when you have the money to replace the CPU, you will be able to take full advantage of the awesome value of the previously bought 7950.

 

[Jackboo]

is the 7850 better bet than the 650ti as similar in cost

cheers

 

[Martini1991]

7850 would be my pick over a 650Ti.

Any real upgrade you do will require a new board as AMD killed off the ancient (Sarcasm) FM2.

 

[JonSmith]

If you're willing to pay the extra for a 7950, you won't be disappointed. However, the 7850 will still be fine for many years, especially if gaming on a single monitor.

 

[gpuerrilla]

I suppose you could crossfire on the next board and get another 7850 (which should be even cheaper then) when you upgrade the rest of the system.

 

[Avenged7Fold]

Might as well stretch to the 7950 if you can rather than planning to xfire in the near future, especially if your current PSU isn't up to the job of taking two cards and a better CPU + Mobo

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The GTX650TI Boost 2GB is not that bad,especially consider I have seen decent ones for around £100 - one of my mates got a decent Zotac one for around that price.