I know nothing about Motherboards and CPU’s. What I got right now is what came with my computer and other than my sound card and my tower itself (lol) is the only thing I have not up upgraded.
The mother Board is a H8-1414 and the CPU is a : AMD 6120 Six Core.
I don’t know jack about motherboards, but my other hardware is Radeon r9 280 for graphics if that is important at all and I just upgraded my Ram, so now I got like 24GB of ram I think now from the 10 the computer started out with.
I don’t know anything about what a Benchmark is or what that means,. but there are two things I do know.
1. More cores = better. The way I figure it is that more cores the better! I want an eight core of some kind, I know that much.
2. Higher Benchmark = better.
So, with that in mind, I need a CPU that has a much much higher benchmark that will hopefully cost me under $400.00 and a much better motherboard. Not because I think mine is bad, I am sure there is nothing wrong with it, It’s just that it is the only thing left to upgrade unless I want to spend another 500+ dollars on another graphics card for no apparent reason.
I need suggestions on what to get.
Aside from upgrading video card, power supply, and adding memory when lacking, I have found that the upgrade path part by part does not work out well for the system or the budget. You are always choosing items that are compatible with outdated existing hardware so they are not the optimal choices and then when you have the cash for the final ‘change the rest of the guts’ (like now), nothing is cutting edge and you have to eliminate a lot of choices to be compatible all over again with what you already sunk in money for and do not want to throw away. The best way to get the best performance for your budget is to start with a clean sheet of paper and choose all of your components with the performance in mind and the available funds. If you have to cheap out at all then make sure that your core components are up to speed and either reuse the graphics card, get less memory, or something equally easy to replace/upgrade later when you can afford it. You do not have to have the most expensive item either, there is always the slightly slower processor or the one generation behind the that will be more affordable. The motherboards should be nether the fully loaded most expensive nor the cheapest but something above the middle of the road or the lower of the gaming boards which has enough features to keep you happy for the long run. Plan on getting an SSD drive for the operating system and programs/games (minimum 120GB but 240GB is better) and a hard drive for your storage drive and make sure you relocate your Documents, Pictures, Music, and other default folders to that drive so you do not fill up your C drive.
The case needs to be quality, have enough space for your needs, long enough for a graphics card upgrade, roomy enough to deal with the heat until it is sucked out, have reasonable cooling potential (more on the below), and and lastly, looks good.
I have found that the secret to good cooling is to forget about what is included with the case and choose your fan(s) for yourself. I purchase a rear exhaust fan that is dual ball bearing with a high CFM and low Db rating as this is the really only important fan you will need and less air means less cooling but a noisy fan means an annoying machine. IF you get a case with the bottom mounted power supply, are running a hot CPU and graphics card, you may want to add a top secondary exhaust fan but you can wait to see if you need it until later. When you have two, three of more drives blocking some of the air from getting to your graphics card, you can opt for a front intake fan low in the front. This fan needs to be quiet but not needed to be high CFM and actually should not be because you want a negative pressure to be caused by the exhaust fan sucking the cool air in where it is needed. NEVER use a side fan. EVER. Side fans disrupt the air flow over components and causes little eddies in the flow causing stagnant pockets of air that overheat components.