Fm2 processors good for games?

[ExoMale]

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?

 

[ExoMale]

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]

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]

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.

 

[ExoMale]

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??

 

[ExoMale]

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

 

[ExoMale]

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?

 

[ExoMale]

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.

 

[ExoMale]

Thanks for replies.

Yeah this psu is weaker than the cheap standard ones I got in other computers I'm selling lol, but Hey it's a 2nd computer now so not a biggy and the corsair vs 350 has exactly 300w on the 12v, it was powering a 4th gen i3 and a gtx 750 at one stage, but whether I single cars or try this hybrid X fire out I will still sell the corsair to upgrades as I will still want a better psu at some stage..

Do I need the K series or would I be fine with normal? Don't know how much they cost yet.


On another note while someone said this system was only good for office, I have installed crysis and while I haven't got fraps installed yet at a rough guess these are the ball park figures for fps:

Res is 1920x180 @ 60hz

Very high - around the 15 fps mark, plays but obviously not ideal
High - around 20-25fps, could start under 20fps, little smoother
Medium - would say around the 30 fps mark as a minimum, lot more playable
Low - over 35fps if not 40 I would say, spot on really, but can obviously tell quality isn't great with rough edges

So for guestamates this machine in its standard no tweaked form is pretty good actually, got far cry & 2 to install next them may bother with BF4.

Also on another note, while Windows 8 is activated and uses whatever antivirus stuff built in if any, 2 of 3 games I got recently ie ghost recon advance warfighter and gta 3(needed do mode) all install and work just fine where as they installed, but failed to run on 8.1, I'm hoping doom 3 will be the same was as well.

 

[ExoMale]

Is the performance of the graphics limited to the chosen APU?

Basically I had 4gb then 2 days ago I brought a 2gb stick as that's all the shop had and was £4 lol, so with having 64bit Windows it shows the 6gb, however I wanted to try see if I could allocate more memory to the graphics as gpuz shows it at only 512mb and in the bios I seem to have no option to change ram, so am I board limited or APU model limited?

I remember having an old e350 APU on whatever board and I was able to allocate up to 2gb memory to the graphics(only had 5 or 6gb ram) via the bios, not to say it made too much of a difference lol.

 

[ExoMale]

the A10 7850K has been great for gaming on a budget for me, plays anything you put its way on high settings. Quick ram & supporting motherboard is the key with APU's

in the end i did get a R9 270 graphics card and overclock the cpu to 4.3 ghz and it really is a great little chip.

im sure there are a few others on here rocking the 7850k chips and i thing all have good things to say

Thanks for reply, so basically going from what you said regardless of if I max my board at 16gb the only way I'm going to improve graphics without hybrid X fire or dedicated is a new APU chip?