Mobo upgrade?

[Ringel05]

Looking to possibly upgrade my gaming mobo, here's what I have;

Gigabyte GA 78LMT - USB3
AMD Phenom II x6 1050T
DDR3 32768 MBytes 669.6 MHz
650 Watt LSP Ultra power supply

Any ideas?

 

[Bleipriester]

One of those?
UserBenchmark: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Core i7-8086K

 

[Ringel05]

One of those?
UserBenchmark: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Core i7-8086K

Mobo upgrade ONLY.
Have some bad USB ports on the existing mobo, looking at either replacing it with a better one that will take all the above listed hardware or just adding a USB 3 PCI-E expansion card.

 

[Bleipriester]

Hmm, ok. Your CPU is quite old. I heard those run slightly slower on FM3 or above. If it is only about the USB ports, the PCI card is the better solution, I guess.

 

[Ringel05]

Hmm, ok. Your CPU is quite old. I heard those run slightly slower on FM3 or above. If it is only about the USB ports, the PCI card is the better solution, I guess.

Not "quite old" but yes it's older but still fast enough for my needs besides I have no idea what FM3 is.

 

[Bleipriester]

Hmm, ok. Your CPU is quite old. I heard those run slightly slower on FM3 or above. If it is only about the USB ports, the PCI card is the better solution, I guess.

Not "quite old" but yes it's older but still fast enough for my needs besides I have no idea what FM3 is.

FM3 is the socket of the Phenom. So I rather meant FM4. There was some article that said the Phenoms are faster on the older boards.

 

[Ringel05]

Hmm, ok. Your CPU is quite old. I heard those run slightly slower on FM3 or above. If it is only about the USB ports, the PCI card is the better solution, I guess.

Not "quite old" but yes it's older but still fast enough for my needs besides I have no idea what FM3 is.

FM3 is the socket of the Phenom. So I rather meant FM4. There was some article that said the Phenoms are faster on the older boards.

Thanks, but that would be AM3 and AM3+ or AM4, I use AMD all the time, don't need to spend extra for Intel. I just ordered the USB3 expansion card. Maybe in a year or two I'll do a new build that can be obsolete 6 months after I build it..........

 

[Ringel05]

Of course I could always switch up to an AM4, they are backwards compatible then upgrade everything else later. Dunno, just a thought.

 

[Ringel05]

Of course I could always switch up to an AM4, they are backwards compatible then upgrade everything else later. Dunno, just a thought.

Nope, won't work, would have to upgrade memory also.

 

[Bleipriester]

Hmm, ok. Your CPU is quite old. I heard those run slightly slower on FM3 or above. If it is only about the USB ports, the PCI card is the better solution, I guess.

Not "quite old" but yes it's older but still fast enough for my needs besides I have no idea what FM3 is.

FM3 is the socket of the Phenom. So I rather meant FM4. There was some article that said the Phenoms are faster on the older boards.

Thanks, but that would be AM3 and AM3+ or AM4, I use AMD all the time, don't need to spend extra for Intel. I just ordered the USB3 expansion card. Maybe in a year or two I'll do a new build that can be obsolete 6 months after I build it..........

I see. I was not only wrong about the number but the other part too. FM, so that´s for the budget CPUs and those with IGP, then.
But isn´t the Phenom not a bit weak for the current games?

 

[Ringel05]

Hmm, ok. Your CPU is quite old. I heard those run slightly slower on FM3 or above. If it is only about the USB ports, the PCI card is the better solution, I guess.

Not "quite old" but yes it's older but still fast enough for my needs besides I have no idea what FM3 is.

FM3 is the socket of the Phenom. So I rather meant FM4. There was some article that said the Phenoms are faster on the older boards.

Thanks, but that would be AM3 and AM3+ or AM4, I use AMD all the time, don't need to spend extra for Intel. I just ordered the USB3 expansion card. Maybe in a year or two I'll do a new build that can be obsolete 6 months after I build it..........

I see. I was not only wrong about the number but the other part too. FM, so that´s for the budget CPUs and those with IGP, then.
But isn´t the Phenom not a bit weak for the current games?

Not playing any current games.

 

[Kaykan]

Maybe in a year or two I'll do a new build that can be obsolete 6 months after I build it..........

Naw. It will be obsolete half-way through your upgrade.
Live with it.

 

[Bleipriester]

Hmm, ok. Your CPU is quite old. I heard those run slightly slower on FM3 or above. If it is only about the USB ports, the PCI card is the better solution, I guess.

Not "quite old" but yes it's older but still fast enough for my needs besides I have no idea what FM3 is.

FM3 is the socket of the Phenom. So I rather meant FM4. There was some article that said the Phenoms are faster on the older boards.

Thanks, but that would be AM3 and AM3+ or AM4, I use AMD all the time, don't need to spend extra for Intel. I just ordered the USB3 expansion card. Maybe in a year or two I'll do a new build that can be obsolete 6 months after I build it..........

I see. I was not only wrong about the number but the other part too. FM, so that´s for the budget CPUs and those with IGP, then.
But isn´t the Phenom not a bit weak for the current games?

Not playing any current games.

Yeah, me too.