Phenom 9600 to Athlon x4 640 | CPU Bottleneck problems.

[bam2321]

Planning on upgrading from my Phenom 9600 to a Athlon x4 640, due to a bottleneck. I understand the possibility of the AM3 not fitting into the motherboard but I want to take the risk. I just need your feedback to if you think my Phenom is bottlenecking my GPU more then my slow memory or if I could get an even faster processor for cheap. my budget is around probably $120. If also you can find a motherboard - cpu - memory combo for that price that would be great but I'm not expecting that. Any help will be appreciated.

Around 70% CPU Usage on each core when I'm playing CS:GO.
About 30% GPU usage.
60% Physical Memory.

My specs:
ECS MCP61PM-GM
Phenom x4 9600
Sapphire Radeon 7770 Ghz Edition
6 Gigs of 333mhz memory
Phoenix Technologies | LTD 6.00 | 11/26/2007 | - BIOS

 

[bam2321]

But the money struggle is real right now, family probably can't even afford this for me but I'm just preparing for the future. Also, I'm gonna get Windows 7. I respect Windows and all but I don't like to spend money when I can get something cheaper or free.

Have you tried Linux? Just use this: http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop

You can use it legally until you can afford Windows.

You could always try sticking your old HDD in your new computer and booting it up to see if Windows works right.

In that case, all you will need is this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($79.49 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill NS Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($24.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $209.45
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-03 16:20 EDT-0400)

I think I'll try that, if this doesn't work then I'll just buy Windows 7 Legitly.
Thanks everyone for helping me find a build and teaching me a little more about computers. I'll post back here if I find anymore questions.

 

[Zircoben]

But the money struggle is real right now, family probably can't even afford this for me but I'm just preparing for the future. Also, I'm gonna get Windows 7. I respect Windows and all but I don't like to spend money when I can get something cheaper or free.

Have you tried Linux? Just use this: http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop

You can use it legally until you can afford Windows.

You could always try sticking your old HDD in your new computer and booting it up to see if Windows works right.

In that case, all you will need is this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($79.49 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill NS Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($24.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $209.45
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-03 16:20 EDT-0400)

I think I'll try that, if this doesn't work then I'll just buy Windows 7 Legitly.
Thanks everyone for helping me find a build and teaching me a little more about computers. I'll post back here if I find anymore questions.

Awesome. Have fun and good luck!