Budget 0-20k PC upgrade advice for motherboard "gigabyte ga-f2a68hm-s1".

ChiragSp

ChiragSp

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Questions
  1. What is your budget?
    • 8-15K
  2. What is your existing hardware configuration (component name - component brand and model)
    • CPU - AMD A6-7400k APU
    • Motherboard - gigabyte ga-f2a68hm-s1
    • GPU - No
    • RAM - 8 GB DDR3
    • IBALL 230v
    • 256GB SSD
  3. Which hardware will you be keeping (component name - component brand and model)
    • Motherboard - gigabyte ga-f2a68hm-s1
    • RAM - 8 GB DDR3
  4. Which hardware component are you looking to buy (component name). If you have already decided on a configuration then please mention the (component brand and model) as well, this will help us in fine tuning your requirement.
    • CPU - Any better CPU that is within the budget of under 8k
    • GPU - Any GPU that is preferably below 10k but the above suggestion also fine.
    • If the GPU is compatible with and apu, its better but w/o is also fine.
    • Any One Upgrade of CPU/GPU is within my budget.
  5. Is this going to be your final configuration or you would be adding/upgrading a component in near future. If yes then please mention when and which component
    • Yes, will upgrade.
  6. Where will you buy this hardware? (Online/City/TE Dealer)
    • Thane
    • Open to online purchase
  7. Would you consider buying a second hand hardware from the TE market
    • Yes and No
  8. What is your intended use for this PC/hardware
    • Software Development
    • Browsing
    • Desktop Processing
  9. Do you have any brand preference or dislike? Please name them and the reason for your preference/dislike.
    • No
  10. If you will be playing games then which type of games will you be playing?
    • No
  11. What is your preferred monitor resolution for gaming and normal usage
    1. No
  12. Are you looking to overclock?
    • No
  13. Which operating system do you intend to use with this configuration?
    • Linux
 
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ChiragSp said:
  1. Would you consider buying a second hand hardware from the TE market
    • Yes and No
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Not sure what this means. But that motherboard is the FM2+ platform which is deader than dead. And tbh, you won't really even find a used processor for it that you would be justified in spending any money on.

If you really want an upgrade to a low budget system, and don't want to buy used, 15k is not enough IMO, especially not with a GPU included. Buying new you might consider i3 10100 (10k, includes iGPU), h410 motherboard (6k), 8 GB DDR4 (2k). Or 10100f for 6k and spend the remaining 8k on a used GPU. Considering your use case, you really don't need a dedicated GPU.

Edit: There's a couple of first gen Ryzen's in the marketplace for 4-5k, plus a basic motherboard for 4k and RAM for 2k, leaves you 4-5k for a GPU. You should be able to find something in this range come up in the marketplace, especially since you don't need a lot of performance.
 
calvin1719 said:
Not sure what this means. But that motherboard is the FM2+ platform which is deader than dead. And tbh, you won't really even find a used processor for it that you would be justified in spending any money on.

If you really want an upgrade to a low budget system, and don't want to buy used, 15k is not enough IMO, especially not with a GPU included. Buying new you might consider i3 10100 (10k, includes iGPU), h410 motherboard (6k), 8 GB DDR4 (2k). Or 10100f for 6k and spend the remaining 8k on a used GPU. Considering your use case, you really don't need a dedicated GPU.

Edit: There's a couple of first gen Ryzen's in the marketplace for 4-5k, plus a basic motherboard for 4k and RAM for 2k, leaves you 4-5k for a GPU. You should be able to find something in this range come up in the marketplace, especially since you don't need a lot of performance.
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Never bought any second hand product, so trust issue. I am not interested to upgrade the whole gear just want some minor upgrade (within 10k) that give atleast marginal improvement compared to my current machine. Currently, i do lot of multitask while programing and the pc lags bc of cpu overload.
I am planning to buy laptop next year. So just want to do work-around upgrade to improve usability and reduce those frustrating cpu overloads.
Thank you for replying.
 
Trust issues are valid, but anything you buy at this point that is compatible with that board will be just a waste of money. If you upgrade platforms at the very least you can resell whatever you bought for a significant fraction of the buying price.
The cheapest AMD processor sold these days is also based on AM4, the Athlon 3000G. Anything for older platforms, you have no choice but to buy used.

Edit: the 3200G is on sale on Amazon for 7.5k right now. Paired with a basic board and RAM (6k) that'll give you a pretty great upgrade from your current system while also being enough for some light gaming.
 
calvin1719 said:
Trust issues are valid, but anything you buy at this point that is compatible with that board will be just a waste of money. If you upgrade platforms at the very least you can resell whatever you bought for a significant fraction of the buying price.
The cheapest AMD processor sold these days is also based on AM4, the Athlon 3000G. Anything for older platforms, you have no choice but to buy used.

Edit: the 3200G is on sale on Amazon for 7.5k right now. Paired with a basic board and RAM (6k) that'll give you a pretty great upgrade from your current system while also being enough for some light gaming.
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Thanks, is there any good platform for buying second hand product online, or local thane?
 
"Good" is subjective. If you mean where you can or your guard down and but the same way as you buy new products, no. Otherwise, the marketplace here, olx, fb, etc.
 
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