Is the upgrade worth it?

[kenng]

I might upgrade from an athlon ii x3 450 to a Phenom ii x4. Is the performance different going to be significant when gaming compared to my current processor? Will a phenom bottleneck a 7870?

Specs:
CPU: Athlon ii x3 450
Mobo: Asrock 880gm-le
PSU: Corsair cx500
GPU: XFX DD 7870
Ram: 4gb Gskill Ripjaws

 

[Brett928S2]

Hi

The quad is well worth the upgrade, and will be fine for the gpu...

All the best Brett

 

[moleybear]

The Phenom wouldn't bottleneck that card, but i think its worth saving your money and just upgrading your whole machine in the future, as i don't think the performance will be worth it.

 

[Rockdpm]

The Phenom II might get you another year out of your system until it will be time to upgrade your board and CPU again

 

[hytecgowthaman]

The mobo is slower for phenom2 and 7870.wait for one or two months ucan buy 7950 at 7870 cost.surely price drop due to 8xxx series arival.