How much does my CPU slow down my computer?

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Yemto

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I been upgrading my computer little by little. But now looking at my CPU, I think I need to upgrade.

My hardware:
RAM: 4x4Gb 1866Mhz DDR3 Corsair Vengeance
GPU: Geforce GTX 780
CPU: i7-2600
Motherboard: zabberthoodth z77
SDD: sandisk ultra plus (128 Gb)

I have some extra hdd storage (total 1.5tb) and a dvd burner. But I don't think they matter so much. But after looking at http://ark.intel.com/products/52213 I see that the processor don't support my GPU, and Ram very well, so I was thinking what should I upgrade to? do I need to upgrade the motherboard too?
 
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Unless you're going to be running an enterprise-class storage setup over 16 lanes of PCIe, you'll never saturate PCIe 2.0, let alone 3.0. It just isn't necessary in a consumer product just yet.

Like Supahos said, you'll have no problem running 1866 on an i7-2600, as long as the memory itself is rated to do so... just because it isn't in the official specs doesn't mean it isn't easily done. If Intel's support list were actually true, there shouldn't be a market for DDR3-1600, then, which has pretty much become a defacto memory choice at this point. Even further, I can guarantee you cannot see a difference between 1333 and 1866 outside of a lot of benchmarking. You can barely see a difference between DDR2 and DDR3...
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You do not need to upgrade an i7-2600. There are much better places to dump $300 than into replacing a perfectly good processor.

Like Jook said - is there some specific problem that's making you feel the need to upgrade? Is something noticeably slowing down?
 
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There is no processor that is enough of an upgrade to justify the price over the one you have. A 4770k would be "faster" but not by enough to even come close to the price of the board and processor. Short of deciding to build a 4960X in a LGA2011 nothing beats your cpu by enough to spend money on it right now.
 
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I mostly deal with screen tearing



I'm not trying to get a faster CPU. But to get one that supports the RAM, and GPU I have.

My processor supports:
GPU: PCI Express Revision 2.0
Memory: Types DDR3-1066/1333.

I have:
GPU: PCI Express Revision 3.0
Memory: DDR3-1866
 
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Unless you're going to be running an enterprise-class storage setup over 16 lanes of PCIe, you'll never saturate PCIe 2.0, let alone 3.0. It just isn't necessary in a consumer product just yet.

Like Supahos said, you'll have no problem running 1866 on an i7-2600, as long as the memory itself is rated to do so... just because it isn't in the official specs doesn't mean it isn't easily done. If Intel's support list were actually true, there shouldn't be a market for DDR3-1600, then, which has pretty much become a defacto memory choice at this point. Even further, I can guarantee you cannot see a difference between 1333 and 1866 outside of a lot of benchmarking. You can barely see a difference between DDR2 and DDR3.

Screen tearing is because you have too many FPS, not too few... have you tried forcing VSync? You're pushing more frames than your monitor can keep sync with, and it causes the image to become torn as one frame is partially displayed over the last. Of course, that's a very basic explanation, but you get the idea.
 
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Your CPU slows down your computer by exactly 0.00%
 
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