Just bought GeForce GTX 1070 Founder's Edition - Need CPU Advice!

[monstur199]

So, my old GTX 750ti GPU took a <mod edit, watch the language> on me and I decided to upgrade to the 1070 because my friend sold it to me really cheap. But, my CPU is completely bottlenecking the 1070.

Im getting only like 75 FPS on CS:GO and like 60 on Battlefield.
Even worse im getting like 40 FPS on World of Warcraft... My other friend has the same card and is getting 130 FPS on WoW.


I'm wondering what my best options would be.

My current specs are:

MoBo: AMD A55 FCH (Hudson D2) - F2A55-M
Here's a link: https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/F2A55M/specifications/

Processor: AMD A8-6500 APU - 3.50 GHz
RAM: 8gb
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO SSD - 500gb
GPU: GeForce GTX 1070 Founder's Edition

Maybe I need a whole new computer?

Or can I upgrade to a better CPU that fits my chipset, that wont bottleneck the GPU?

 

[bmockeg]

What kind of power supply do you have? Looks,like you can upgrade to a A10 6800k which isn't much of an upgrade. A series AMD processors weren't made for gaming with fast dedicated GPUs. What is your budget for upgrading?

 

[monstur199]

What kind of power supply do you have? Looks,like you can upgrade to a A10 6800k which isn't much of an upgrade. A series AMD processors weren't made for gaming with fast dedicated GPUs. What is your budget for upgrading?

Currently running Corsair 650W Bronze.

I don't really have a budget. I can replace the whole motherboard if need be but if I can salvage the one that I have I will.

 

[Greeko85]

At this point you're pretty much looking at a new mob+cpu+ram. Your current setup is quite dated and there is no viable upgrade paths. Depending if you want to go for AMD or intel the ryzen 2600 or an i5 8400 would be good choices.

 

[logainofhades]

Time for new CPU/motherboard, and ram. What to go with depends on how much you really want to spend, and whether you are interested in overclocking.