AMD Phenom™ II X4 955 Black Edition Quad-Core

[McCloun]

Hello, ok I hope to make this really simple. I have an AMD Phenom™ II X4 955 Black Edition Quad-Core CPU w/HyperTransport Technology AM3 & AM2+ support.

And I was wondering if I would be able to upgrade to something better or even if there is anything better to upgrade too?

my full system is
Case ( Thermaltake V9 Gaming Tower Case w/420W Power Supply Orange ) Case Lighting ( Cold Cathode Neon Light Green )

Power Supply ( 850 Watt -- Coolermaster Real Power Pro 850w Power Supply Quad SLI Ready )

Processor ( [== Quad Core ==] AMD Phenom™ II X4 955 Black Edition Quad-Core CPU w/HyperTransport Technology AM3 & AM2+ support )

Processor Cooling ( Coolermaster V10 Hybrid TEC CPU Cooling Fan System Full cover of DRAM & CPU cooling for best cooling performance )

Motherboard ( [CrossFire] MSI 790GX-G65 AM3 DDR3 AMD 790GX CrossFire Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, Dual PCI-E MB )

Memory ( 8 GB [2 GB X4] DDR3-1600 Memory Module Corsair or Major Brand )

Video Card ( NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 1792MB w/DVI + TV Out Video )

Video Card Brand ( Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA )

Hard Drive ( 1 TB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 16M Cache] )

2nd Hard Drive ( None ) External Hard Drives [USB 2.0/eSATA] ( None )

CD/DVD Drive ( None ) CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive ( [** Special !!! ***] LG 22X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Orange )

Sound Card ( 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard ) Speaker System

I would love some feedback I now I need to upgrade my RAM as well any advice on that would be greatly welcome as well... thank you

 

[Gam3r01]

What is your budget for the upgrade?

I would look into a new graphics card as a first option.

 

[SuperRafal]

It's still pretty great unfortunatly your GPU doesn't support DirectX 11 which can be problematic. However GTX 295 is powerful card and something that has similiar performance from modern cards is R9 280 and that's almost $200 for one upgrade - going from DX10 to DX11. Still pretty important for gaming. You may chceck your CPU temps and overclock it until it gets to ~75C at load, it may go to 3.8GHz. If you don't aim for more FPS but overall better experience then getting an SSD would be a great choice.

 

[TomThePotato]

A gtx 295 isn't equivalent to a 280.. o.o

 

[Outlander_04]

A gtx 295 isn't equivalent to a 280.. o.o

what is it equivalent to?

 

[rmpumper]

A gtx 295 isn't equivalent to a 280.. o.o

what is it equivalent to?

R7 265, GTX 660 or even lower end.

 

[bcontoursvt]

An overall great upgrade would be an SSD, you total system will feel 'peppier'. You can then use your platter HDD for storage.

I would say a good next upgrade would be a video card. As stated, an R9 280 or 280X would be really good.

I haven't used AMD CPUs for almost 7 years (had an X4 9550) but I think other than sidegrading to an X6 I think you AM3 board is capped were you're at.