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[crystalchamp]

I was looking to upgrade my cpu and motherboard because i have been experiencing bottle-necking. I was wondering if these two components would potentially prevent bottle-necking and work with my graphics card. Motherboard= AS Rock LGA1155 (http://www.amazon.com/LGA1155-CrossFireX-Motherboard-Z77-EXTREME4/dp/B007KTY4A6/ref=pd_bxgy_pc_img_y) and cpu= Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504). I'm slightly a noob because i got myself into this situation in the first place, so all responses help.

specs:
AMD Phenom II X6 3.3 GHz Processor
AMD Sapphire HD 7970 Vapor-X GHz edition
8 gigs of DDR3 ram
Asus M5A97 motherboard
1000W silent Pro

 

[rds1220]

I was looking to upgrade my cpu and motherboard because i have been experiencing bottle-necking. I was wondering if these two components would potentially prevent bottle-necking and work with my graphics card. Motherboard= AS Rock LGA1155 (http://www.amazon.com/LGA1155-CrossFireX-Motherboard-Z77-EXTREME4/dp/B007KTY4A6/ref=pd_bxgy_pc_img_y) and cpu= Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504). I'm slightly a noob because i got myself into this situation in the first place, so all responses help.

specs:
AMD Phenom II X6 3.3 GHz Processor
AMD Sapphire HD 7970 Vapor-X GHz edition
8 gigs of DDR3 ram
Asus M5A97 motherboard
1000W silent Pro

What exactly is your problem because a six core Phenom II should not be bottlenecking a 7970.

 

[ASHISH65]

Yes your current cpu is good.

 

[angaddev]

Looks fine to me, I ran an X4 965 with my 7970 until i moved to intel and it worked perfectly with smooth fps, have you tried overclocking it a bit to see if you gain any performance?

 

[crystalchamp]

What exactly is your problem because a six core Phenom II should not be bottlenecking a 7970.

I get low fps in about all games i play even on medium settings, about 30 fps or lower, and ive tried all other ways of fixing it but im completely stumped. And i assumed bottlenecking was the problem

 

[rds1220]

You can try overclocking the CPU and see what happens. That is the best way to tell if you are getting bottlenecks. But as I said before a 7970 should not bottleneck a six core Phenom II.

 

[crystalchamp]

You can try overclocking the CPU and see what happens. That is the best way to tell if you are getting bottlenecks. But as I said before a 7970 should not bottleneck a six core Phenom II.

This is what my cpu and gpu usage are when ingame without overclocking http://i48.tinypic.com/mc3ujs.jpg

It seems the cpu is not at its full potential staying in about 40-50 percent in game.
Thanks for the help i have been struggling with this for a long time.

 

[crystalchamp]

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