Upgrade CPU

[morty2012]

Hi guys I've got AMD fx4100 and thinking on upgrading but only got £130 budget any ideas on best one got for.

I was looking at this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-337-AM&groupid=701&catid=1967&subcat=1825

I will be pairing it with Gtx 660ti as well

 

[teppic]

What board do you have?

 

[morty2012]

What board do you have?

Forgot to say ive got £50 to put towards need mobo so none lol

 

[teppic]

For the 8320 you need a 970/990 board. The cheapest suitable one is £55, but if you want to overclock you'll need to be sending about £90 on it. This is what I'd get if you don't want to OC:

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £55.99
Total : £187.38 (includes shipping : £9.50).



That's just in budget before delivery.

 

[morty2012]

So iwent got AMD 8320 today and ask guy at shop for mobo to go with it and he give me this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-467-AS&groupid=701&catid=1903&subcat=1481. So after i start up i got message saying this board don't support cpu. Is this right did he give me wrong board or can i get drivers?

Spec
AMD FX8320
Asus M5A78L-M LE
8Gb DDR3(1866)
Asus GTX660ti

 

[kefan77]

that board does not support CPUs with such high TDP. you were done.

you can just tell by no heatsinks.

why didn't you listen to people here?

 

[morty2012]

that board does not support CPUs with such high TDP. you were done.

you can just tell by no heatsinks.

why didn't you listen to people here?

Hi Thanks for quick reply I ask for that board in shop but had none and give me this.

So do i need new board is this no good

 

[teppic]

That board is no good, return it.

 

[morty2012]

That board is no good, return it.

Ok thanks for help I will take it back tomorrow. How does this board look http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M5A97_LE_R20/#support_Download

 

[teppic]

It would work, but it wouldn't work very well. See my earlier post for the cheapest reasonable board.