I was looking to upgrade my PC for gaming. I built it for gaming two (three in november) years ago but never upgraded a thing on it. I just didn't care.
I was talking to a friend about upgrading and I was pondering whether it would be a better idea to upgrade the mobo first and then everything else or just go with what I have (I know mobos' are pretty cheap). He has a pretty nice PC and has knows lots. When I asked him about my CPU he said it was OK because it was pretty advanced for the socket type on the MOBO. I went with the second option. I also did not have a lot of money to spend on upgrades.
Now I'm in a bind. I've spent close to $400 on RAM and a gfx card. The CPU is the bottleneck I've discovered. Windows' resource monitor shows it maxed at or near 100% when playing games like Natural Selection 2 and Planetside 2.
My question is there any way I can buy a new processor and mobo that would fit my current components and still be relatively modern? Perhaps someone could find me this setup. Or plan B: find some way to sell off these parts? They are new with about a month of mileage on them. The ram I know is not so plausible because every mobo is different but my new gfx card is fine.
System specs:
MOBO: MSI NF980-G65
CPU: AMD Athlon 2 x4 640 3.0 Ghz
GFX: Asus GTX 650 Ti Boost OC
RAM: 16 GB's of (don't judge me) Corsair Vengeance DDR3 Pro 4x4GB sticks
The case is big enough. Its a giant ugly mother f***er that weighs 30 lbs.
Please don't attack me, I feel awful enough already.
I was talking to a friend about upgrading and I was pondering whether it would be a better idea to upgrade the mobo first and then everything else or just go with what I have (I know mobos' are pretty cheap). He has a pretty nice PC and has knows lots. When I asked him about my CPU he said it was OK because it was pretty advanced for the socket type on the MOBO. I went with the second option. I also did not have a lot of money to spend on upgrades.
Now I'm in a bind. I've spent close to $400 on RAM and a gfx card. The CPU is the bottleneck I've discovered. Windows' resource monitor shows it maxed at or near 100% when playing games like Natural Selection 2 and Planetside 2.
My question is there any way I can buy a new processor and mobo that would fit my current components and still be relatively modern? Perhaps someone could find me this setup. Or plan B: find some way to sell off these parts? They are new with about a month of mileage on them. The ram I know is not so plausible because every mobo is different but my new gfx card is fine.
System specs:
MOBO: MSI NF980-G65
CPU: AMD Athlon 2 x4 640 3.0 Ghz
GFX: Asus GTX 650 Ti Boost OC
RAM: 16 GB's of (don't judge me) Corsair Vengeance DDR3 Pro 4x4GB sticks
The case is big enough. Its a giant ugly mother f***er that weighs 30 lbs.
Please don't attack me, I feel awful enough already.