Upgrading CPU etc.

[JimDeezy]

I'm going from this: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/k6FtD3

To This: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/fyNQJx

I was going to go with the locked i7-6700 but people in the Reddit buildapc recommended I do this to keep my current RAM and then it would free up some budget to get a new PSU

I might also throw in a 250GB Samsung EVO SSD because I'm having issues with my current SSD freezing up every now and then with 100% usage (so unless I can fix that I might get another SSD too)

thoughts?

 

[turkey3_scratch]

It will be a fine improvement. What is your purpose for upgrading?

 

[JimDeezy]

Mainly I get lots of skipped frames when gaming, and especially streaming/editing etc.
Task manager will show 100% CPU usage :/

 

[Th3-Hunter333]

Wait hold up a second, am i seeing this right?

Do you have a 980 ti paired with a fx 8350?

 

[JimDeezy]

lol, YES! I've gotten this 100 times already 😛 hence upgrade time, some of the pieces here I've salvaged together obviously.... just trying to see right now if a Xeon 1231 is worth so i can keep my old RAM and get a new PSU and save some $$ or get a locked 6700 and then id get 8 gigabytes of DDR4 RAM

 

[Th3-Hunter333]

I had a feeling you were going to say that and i will say this, you are holding that 980 ti back with that processor BIGTIME.

I use to have the fx 8350 and it held back my gtx 970.

Why not get the 4790k and keep your ram?

 

[JimDeezy]

im not overclocking, so im about to go with the 4790