- Dec 8, 2013
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System Specs
CPU: AMD FX-6300 Six Core
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AMD 970 AM3+
Graphics Card: MSI GTX 970
Memory: 4GB DDR3 Corsair XSM3
Storage: 120GB Intel 320 SSD
1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD
500GB Western Digital HDD
Power Supply: EVGA 500w 80 Plus Bronze
My PC is running a lot worse that I feel it should. After doing a little poking around and using some common knowledge, I realised that it's my ridiculous, inefficient, outdated useless AMD FX-6300.
I upgraded to the FX-6300 in July, from an Athlon II X2 250. (I know, my history of CPU's is shocking.)
I felt fairly happy with the performance I was getting, since at the time the FX-6300 was paired with a 750Ti. As time went on, I started playing games which required more and more graphics power, so considered an upgrade.
I did a vast amount of research and discovered that one of the best cards in my budget was a GTX 970. I also researched (clearly not enough) about whether or not the FX-6300 would be a bottleneck for the card. The majority of people I asked said it would be fine, so I went along and bought the card.
After installing the card, clearing my GPU drivers with DDU and reinstalling, I started the benchmarks. The heaven and valley benchmarks I did were on par with what is expected of this card (since they are not CPU bound). I figured that since these benchmarks were good, that the FX-6300 was not going to be an issue at all, and I started playing my games.
How wrong could I be?
It soon dawned on me that the FX-6300 was not up to the task of being paired with this GPU. I would get horrible frame dips, stuttering, general low fps when in built up areas, etc. Upon further research I discovered that it was due to the horrible single core performance of the FX-6300.
As a result, I now need to upgrade my PC's CPU, and since Intel seems the best bet, obviously a new motherboard is required.
I am on a strict budget, but it is not specific. I wish to get the absolute bang for my buck. I was considering a Pentium G4620 as this seems to have good single core performance for the money. Would you recommend this? If not, what would be better? Bear in mind that price is a factor and I would like to keep this as low as possible.
I thought about using an old Server board with Dual CPU support and grabbing a couple of Xeons or something, as referenced in this LinusTechTips Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epIlB49SNTI
What would you guys recommend I do overall?
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
CPU: AMD FX-6300 Six Core
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AMD 970 AM3+
Graphics Card: MSI GTX 970
Memory: 4GB DDR3 Corsair XSM3
Storage: 120GB Intel 320 SSD
1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD
500GB Western Digital HDD
Power Supply: EVGA 500w 80 Plus Bronze
My PC is running a lot worse that I feel it should. After doing a little poking around and using some common knowledge, I realised that it's my ridiculous, inefficient, outdated useless AMD FX-6300.
I upgraded to the FX-6300 in July, from an Athlon II X2 250. (I know, my history of CPU's is shocking.)
I felt fairly happy with the performance I was getting, since at the time the FX-6300 was paired with a 750Ti. As time went on, I started playing games which required more and more graphics power, so considered an upgrade.
I did a vast amount of research and discovered that one of the best cards in my budget was a GTX 970. I also researched (clearly not enough) about whether or not the FX-6300 would be a bottleneck for the card. The majority of people I asked said it would be fine, so I went along and bought the card.
After installing the card, clearing my GPU drivers with DDU and reinstalling, I started the benchmarks. The heaven and valley benchmarks I did were on par with what is expected of this card (since they are not CPU bound). I figured that since these benchmarks were good, that the FX-6300 was not going to be an issue at all, and I started playing my games.
How wrong could I be?
It soon dawned on me that the FX-6300 was not up to the task of being paired with this GPU. I would get horrible frame dips, stuttering, general low fps when in built up areas, etc. Upon further research I discovered that it was due to the horrible single core performance of the FX-6300.
As a result, I now need to upgrade my PC's CPU, and since Intel seems the best bet, obviously a new motherboard is required.
I am on a strict budget, but it is not specific. I wish to get the absolute bang for my buck. I was considering a Pentium G4620 as this seems to have good single core performance for the money. Would you recommend this? If not, what would be better? Bear in mind that price is a factor and I would like to keep this as low as possible.
I thought about using an old Server board with Dual CPU support and grabbing a couple of Xeons or something, as referenced in this LinusTechTips Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epIlB49SNTI
What would you guys recommend I do overall?
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
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