Possible CPU upgrade on a Msi-AM1 chipset mobo

ThaGameRr064 · Jan 11, 2024

Recently, the past year, I have re-started gaming, on my old pc that has an also old, low-end, budget amd athlon 5350 cpu.
I know I cant run modern games, but that is not my purpose, I only want to run mostly emulator games and
old titles (pre-2010 games).
I can give around 120 $.
My specs is on my profile, so about it, any further help if I can upgrade to an better cpu is just nice.

Panther_Seraphin · Jan 11, 2024

There is no real better CPU for that board. Technically there is a 5370 but that is a 150mhz upgrade vs the current CPU which isnt worth the effort/money.

Emulation etc is mainly tied to CPU performance so looking at the 2nd hand market for things like 2nd Gen Ryzens or Intel 9th gen or better would be a massive leap up if you can get it for cheap.

dgianstefani · Jan 11, 2024

Buy a used Skylake motherboard, CPU, RAM combo.

thesmokingman · Jan 11, 2024

AM1, is that not a typo? I cannot even remember back that far lol.

ThaGameRr064 · Jan 11, 2024

I see. After all those years, that I was into amd, I never thought to upgrade on intel skylake, even some years after 2015..
Well, exept that I can run on low-medium settings some games, the amd cpu is the main villain here

and really is so outdated now

thesmokingman said:
AM1, is that not a typo? I cannot even remember back that far lol.

Well, it was launched in 2014, along with althlon 53xx series, with the AM1i socket

Specification AM1I

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Panther_Seraphin · Jan 11, 2024

As emulation is a thing you are looking at I would honestly think about a Steam deck as it would be a decent platform for games of that era plus have relevant controls AND be not too expensive

ThaGameRr064 · Jan 11, 2024

Panther_Seraphin said:
As emulation is a thing you are looking at I would honestly think about a Steam deck as it would be a decent platform for games of that era plus have relevant controls AND be not too expensive

Thanks for the advice, I think I would, exept that I'm not really a fan of Steam, plus I used to have the windows program many years before ! (thats why I mention I recently restarted gaming).

System Name	Custom PC
Processor	AMD Athlon 5350
Motherboard	MSI AM1I
Cooling	Some chinise stuff
Memory	8GB Corsair
Video Card(s)	ATI Radeon HD 5450 1GB
Storage	900GB Toshiba HDD
Display(s)	Sync Master 710v (17" monitor)
Audio Device(s)	Realtek HD Audio Control
Power Supply	400W

Processor	AMD 7600x
Motherboard	Asrock x670e Steel Legend
Cooling	Silver Arrow Extreme IBe Rev B with 2x 120 Gentle Typhoons
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Video Card(s)	XFX 6950XT MERC 319
Storage	2x Crucial P5 Plus 1Tb NVME
Display(s)	3x Dell Ultrasharp U2414h
Case	Coolermaster Stacker 832
Power Supply	Thermaltake Toughpower PF3 850 watt
Mouse	Logitech G502 (OG)
Keyboard	Logitech G512

System Name	Silent/X1 Yoga/S25U-1TB
Processor	Ryzen 9800X3D @ 5.4ghz AC 1.18 V, TG AM5 High Performance Heatspreader/1185 G7/Snapdragon 8 Elite
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix X870-I, chipset fans replaced with Noctua A14x25 G2
Cooling	Optimus Block, HWLabs Copper 240/40 x2, D5/Res, 4x Noctua A12x25, 1x A14G2, Conductonaut Extreme
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Mouse	Razer Viper V3 Pro 8 KHz Mercury White w/Pulsar Supergrip tape, Razer Atlas, Razer Strider Chroma
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Storage	Sabrent
Display(s)	Samsung G9
Case	Phanteks 719
Audio Device(s)	Fiio K5 Pro
Power Supply	EVGA 1000 P2
Mouse	Logitech G600
Keyboard	Corsair K95

System Name	Custom PC
Processor	AMD Athlon 5350
Motherboard	MSI AM1I
Cooling	Some chinise stuff
Memory	8GB Corsair
Video Card(s)	ATI Radeon HD 5450 1GB
Storage	900GB Toshiba HDD
Display(s)	Sync Master 710v (17" monitor)
Audio Device(s)	Realtek HD Audio Control
Power Supply	400W

Possible CPU upgrade on a Msi-AM1 chipset mobo

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