Upgrade Motherboard and CPU

[Mad_Dog_McCracken]

Hi guys

Case STYLISH PIANO BLACK ENIGMA MICRO-ATX CASE + 2 FRONT USB
Processor (CPU) AMD A8-6600K Quad Core APU (3.9-4.2GHz) & Radeon™ HD 8570D Graphics
Motherboard ASUS® A58M-E FM2+ (M-ATX, DDR3, USB 2.0, 3Gb/s)
Memory (RAM) 8GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card 4GB AMD RADEON™ R9 380 - DVI, HDMI, DP - DX® 12, Eyefinity
Power Supply CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY
1st Hard Disk 1TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 32MB CACHE

I've got the above set up and want to be able to play Dark Souls 3 on release on a decent setting. I'm being led to understand that the above CPU will struggle with this game and the motherboard is an older one and an upgraded CPU will not be compatible.

Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Will the MB & CPU that I've got be OK?

Cheers

Dave

 

[SpyderTracks]

That chip will struggle really, you'd be much better off with an i5 and new board to match, but it's likely you'd need a new case also as that one isn't designed for a gaming setup.

 

[Mad_Dog_McCracken]

Cheers SpyderTracks.

I was hoping not to have to upgrade too much. Didn't realise it would be the actual case that would also be a problem. I know cases are relatively cheap(ish) - lol.
So I'm looking at an i5, new board, and case. Can I get all these from PCS? Roughly how much are we talking?

Dave

 

[SpyderTracks]

Cheers SpyderTracks.

I was hoping not to have to upgrade too much. Didn't realise it would be the actual case that would also be a problem. I know cases are relatively cheap(ish) - lol.
So I'm looking at an i5, new board, and case. Can I get all these from PCS? Roughly how much are we talking?

Dave

You can get them all from PCs. If you log into the main website and go to the upgrades section, select 3 options and post what you've selected. Really you're looking at any case around £45 and up.