Will a better CPU help my computer speed?

[Jerkweed]

With next gen coming out, my computer seems to be slower on games like battlefield 4 etc. it even slows my computer down when I exit the game, have to wait a few before it runs without slowdown. I get around 40 frames on high with a bit of ultra.
Thinking of getting an amd fx-8350 and some 4gb more ram, will it help?

Windows 7 ultimate 64bit
4gb Kingston hyperx ram
AMD Phenom II 1055t 2.8ghz
Sapphire AMD 7850 2gb

 

[zightbaoe]

It depends what you are doing. In gaming not much but mabye a little bit. In video editing however it will make quite a difference. It might make a little differnce in every day life

 

[wdmfiber]

Tom's CPU chart. The 8350 is two tiers up from your 1055t. But you also have 6 real cores. The 8350 is a inexpensive $200 processor and you likely won't be impressed with its 4 module shared resource design.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-5.html

Get an i5-3570K or i7-3770K/4770K. You'll like it, a lot.

 

[Kraszmyl]

The ram is all you really need if you're primarily playing games. Also a solid state would help. I'd invest in those before a cpu since yours is fairly solid and well matched for the rest of the system.

 

[Swordkd]

I'd wait. Buy a Cpu cooler,and overclock your Cpu. This will give you the best performance increase for the money spent, and later when you do upgrade, you can use the same cooler for that processor. DO buy another 4 gb's of Ram. The Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo is a good budget cooler that will do well for you, as is the Xigmatek Gaia.

 

[Jerkweed]

I'd wait. Buy a Cpu cooler,and overclock your Cpu. This will give you the best performance increase for the money spent, and later when you do upgrade, you can use the same cooler for that processor. DO buy another 4 gb's of Ram. The Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo is a good budget cooler that will do well for you, as is the Xigmatek Gaia.

there isn't any of the hyper 212 evo's around do you think this would be good enough?
http://www.pbtech.co.nz/index.php?z=p&p=FANCLM0204&name=COOLER-MASTER-GEMINII-M4-Super-low-profile-Cooler-

 

[Swordkd]

This is about the closest I can find. http://www.pbtech.co.nz/index.php?z=p&p=FANTHM0568&name=Thermaltake-Contac-29-CPU-Cooler-Aluminium-3-Heat-

 

[Jerkweed]

This is about the closest I can find. http://www.pbtech.co.nz/index.php?z=p&p=FANTHM0568&name=Thermaltake-Contac-29-CPU-Cooler-Aluminium-3-Heat-

okay thanks a lot for the help man.

 

[Swordkd]

Np, good luck. Look around and see if there is another online retailer near you that you can buy from. The Hyper 212 Evo is a cheap cooler that performs very well.

 

[Jerkweed]

Np, good luck. Look around and see if there is another online retailer near you that you can buy from. The Hyper 212 Evo is a cheap cooler that performs very well.

Hey one more question before i finally buy, the evo and contac are pretty big for my case theres probably like, an inch between the side panel and the heatsink if i did buy one of them. I've overclocked to 3.43ghz already and the temps are pretty good on stock cooler just very loud, around 40 on idle and 50 in game so do you think maybe just a slightly better cooler would do instead like the Cooler Master Hyper 103?