Can CPU's degrade in performance?

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Hey guys, so I've had a gaming PC for several years now, and recently upgraded my graphics card from an AMD 7950 to a GTX 780ti. I'm not getting as good FPS as I was hoping I would, and was thinking maybe my CPU was holding me back. Several people have said that it's bottlenecking me, and thinking back.. I have had my CPU and motherboard for a good 3-5 years now.

Can CPU's/Motherboards degrade in performance over time? If my CPU was brand new, do you reckon I'd be getting better FPS? I was thinking of getting an i7 of some kind, and a brand new motherboard.

Could you guys recommend me any? Motherboard needs to be Micro-ATX I believe, my case is only mid-size.

These are my current specs:
EVGA GTX 780ti
i5 2550k 3.4GHz (4.5GHz Turbo Boost)
8GB DDR3 RAM
Gigabyte Z68MA-D2H-BW Motherboard
EVGA Super NOVA 850W PC Power Supply - Gold
Noctua D2H-B14 Heatsink
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Windows 8.1

Thanks in advance!
 
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CPUs do not degrade.

Motherboards do not degrade.

Your CPU cannot keep up with the high end graphics card that you have.

If you change the motherboard to a different (better) model the Windows license will be invalid and you will need a new license.

Your best option is to upgrade the CPU.
 
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No, they don't really degrade in performance. But if you've had it running for 3-5 years, I'd suspect a whole bunch of unnecessary stuff installed, services running, too much in the startup, etc, etc.

Look at your processes and see what junk is running that you no longer use.

Possibly try a fresh reinstall of the OS and applications.
 
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how much of a performance increase were you expecting?...and how much did you gain? ....from this http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i5-4670K-vs-Intel-Core-i5-2550K there is not much of a difference between the latest 4670k and your 2550k...try overclocking the cpu (you cpu has some serious oc potential)...as for the cpu/ mobo degrading, i dont think the degradation will be noticeable, if it exists at all. Have you checked your cpu/ gpu temps?....have you tried updating the drivers for your 780ti?

 
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well then the only other explanation would be your i5 2500k bottlenecking your gpu (the 780ti is an extremely powerful gpu)...can you tell us what fps you're getting on what games at what settings?

 
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CPUs are usually pretty constant.

Motherboards CAN degrade if their caps start leaking. Defective caps can cause voltage instability which messes with CPU, chipset and RAM performance.

PSU can also degrade over time, due to capacitor aging (* not leaking, just getting OLD). This can also mess with voltage stability.

But more often than not, performance fluctuations will come from software issues, such as driver leftovers, dirty uninstalls, Flash updates messing with the GPU from hardware accelleration, BIOS updates that are not optimal.

Also bear in mind, BF4 likes AMD GPUs with Mantle. You may not see peak performance on nVidia with it. Try checking a different game for a more general impression of performance on your platform.
 
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