upgrading my motherboard
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Topic: upgrading my motherboard
Posted By: squidgelee
Subject: upgrading my motherboard
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2016 at 1:44am
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Hi everyone, I'm looking at upgrading my motherboard (FM2A55M-VG3+) I'm looking at getting a motherboard that can use two or even three monitors. Don't want to spend too much money though. i have a budget of up to £200 Thankyou.
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Posted By: Xaltar
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2016 at 2:48am
| So you want to get just a new motherboard with your current CPU or does a CPU have to fall into that budget too? |
Posted By: squidgelee
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2016 at 12:53am
| Looking at keeping that the same just the motherboard |
Posted By: wardog
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2016 at 6:37am
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And just what CPU is it that you currently own? |
Posted By: squidgelee
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2016 at 7:06am
| AMD Quad core from what I can remember |
Posted By: PetrolHead
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2016 at 10:42am
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That only narrows it down to a few dozen different CPUs, so it doesn't really say much. Any chance you could take a look at the CPU itself? The part number should be on written on the lid. ------------- Ryzen 5 1500X, ASRock AB350M Pro4, 2x8 GB G.Skill Trident Z 3466CL16, Sapphire Pulse RX Vega56 8G HBM2, Corsair RM550x, Samsung 960 EVO SSD (NVMe) 250GB, Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500 GB, Windows 10 64-bit |
Posted By: squidgelee
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2016 at 1:04pm
| Will try to look after work. Will have to remove the water cooling cover for it |
Posted By: Xaltar
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2016 at 2:30pm
| Any of boards listed http://www.asrock.com/mb/index.asp?s=FM2%2b" rel="nofollow - here should work with your CPU if it works on the board you listed in your first post. Even the most expensive ones should come in well under £200. I would go for the Fatal1ty or one of the extreme series right at the top of the page given the better VRM/power solutions on them. A quick look on amazon and the Fatal1ty board should be around £100. |
Posted By: wardog
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2016 at 5:48pm
No No NO Right click on Start in the lower left, and choose System. There it will state what Processor you have. |
squidgelee wrote:Posted By: squidgelee
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2016 at 10:40pm
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the processor is AMD Athlon(tm) X4 760K Quad Core 3.80GHz hope this helps
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