CPU - Motherboard Compatibility

CombineMan

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I would like to replace my CPU as it is insanely bottlenecking my gtx 970. I have a pretty old mother board as well, but would like to hold off on replacing that if I can.
My motherboard is an AsRock N68-VS3 UCC.
I was trying to find what CPUs would be compatible with my motherboard and came across this website: http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-ASRock/N68-VS3_UCC.html
I understand I need to find a CPU that has an AM3/3+ socket type, but on the side it states 1-6 cores and 1600 to 3400 MHz Frequency. It also says 20W - 107.4W TDP, but my current CPU that came with the motherboard (Phenom II X6 1055T) is 125W Max TDP, so that doesn't make much sense.
I was looking at a AMD FX-6350 as it seems to be one of the best 6 core AMD CPUs that is AM3/3+.


Will the AMD FX-6350 run fine with my motherboard? Do I need to find a CPU that is max 3.4 GHz and 6-cores?
 
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So you are maxed out in your board already which is not even fully supporting your 125w X6.

Even if your board did support and fx-6300 it would not be that big of an upgrade.
This would be much better and you can always drop an i5 or i7 in latter:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock B250M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($56.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Avexir Core Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($46.90 @ Amazon)
Total: $163.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-23 17:47 EDT-0400
So you are maxed out in your board already which is not even fully supporting your 125w X6.

Even if your board did support and fx-6300 it would not be that big of an upgrade.
This would be much better and you can always drop an i5 or i7 in latter:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock B250M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($56.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Avexir Core Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($46.90 @ Amazon)
Total: $163.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-23 17:47 EDT-0400
 
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