Good evening everyone.
Once again I was forced to think about either update or new PC, since mine is getting old. So, since I cannot afford myself a whole new PC straight away I am checking if any of the components worth updating, to get to atleast mid-range performance. Mostly performance is needed for WoW (so just you know the benchmark, eventhough mine passes even the recommended requirements, it is still close to impossible to play, as FPS is as low as 1-15 on the lowest settings).
Well, my PC is as follows:
Motherboard
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4 531, 3000 MHz (15 x 200)
Motherboard Name Asus P5QL Pro (3 PCI, 2 PCI-E x1, 1 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Eaglelake P43
System Memory 4096 MB (DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM)
DIMM1: Kingston 2G-UDIMM 2 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz) (3-3-3-9 @ 200 MHz)
DIMM3: Kingston 2G-UDIMM 2 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz) (3-3-3-9 @ 200 MHz)
BIOS Type AMI (10/31/08)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Display
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT (256 MB)
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT (256 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Monitor LG L197W (Analog) [19" LCD] (1711197664)
Multimedia
Audio Adapter Realtek ALC1200 @ Intel 82801JB ICH10 - High Definition Audio Controller
Power supply
Modecom Feel III 350ATX 12cm FAN PFC bulk
Motherboard, GPU, ram and Power Supply were changed since I bought it ages ago, but not CPU. So at this moment I am thinking of updating that to something like dual core e6600 (cheap and it seems that it will give the most boost to my performance)
So the real question is: is it really going to improve my performance or at the same time I will need to change GPU, since that at its limits already as well and it is better to save money and get a new one?
P.S. I have been checking performance tab in task manager for the last few days and there is deffinately something wrong with CPU, since when I have only chrome and task manager open it goes from ~25% of cpu usage to about 95% every half a minute or so. CPU usage varies from 95% to 100% when i am playing WoW, I dont know if that suppose to happen or not, but it does and it freeks me out.
Thank you very much for your help in advance.
Once again I was forced to think about either update or new PC, since mine is getting old. So, since I cannot afford myself a whole new PC straight away I am checking if any of the components worth updating, to get to atleast mid-range performance. Mostly performance is needed for WoW (so just you know the benchmark, eventhough mine passes even the recommended requirements, it is still close to impossible to play, as FPS is as low as 1-15 on the lowest settings).
Well, my PC is as follows:
Motherboard
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4 531, 3000 MHz (15 x 200)
Motherboard Name Asus P5QL Pro (3 PCI, 2 PCI-E x1, 1 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Eaglelake P43
System Memory 4096 MB (DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM)
DIMM1: Kingston 2G-UDIMM 2 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz) (3-3-3-9 @ 200 MHz)
DIMM3: Kingston 2G-UDIMM 2 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz) (3-3-3-9 @ 200 MHz)
BIOS Type AMI (10/31/08)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Display
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT (256 MB)
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT (256 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Monitor LG L197W (Analog) [19" LCD] (1711197664)
Multimedia
Audio Adapter Realtek ALC1200 @ Intel 82801JB ICH10 - High Definition Audio Controller
Power supply
Modecom Feel III 350ATX 12cm FAN PFC bulk
Motherboard, GPU, ram and Power Supply were changed since I bought it ages ago, but not CPU. So at this moment I am thinking of updating that to something like dual core e6600 (cheap and it seems that it will give the most boost to my performance)
So the real question is: is it really going to improve my performance or at the same time I will need to change GPU, since that at its limits already as well and it is better to save money and get a new one?
P.S. I have been checking performance tab in task manager for the last few days and there is deffinately something wrong with CPU, since when I have only chrome and task manager open it goes from ~25% of cpu usage to about 95% every half a minute or so. CPU usage varies from 95% to 100% when i am playing WoW, I dont know if that suppose to happen or not, but it does and it freeks me out.
Thank you very much for your help in advance.
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