BF4 CPU bottleneck?

qwuaduar · Jan 4, 2014

I was wondering wether my CPU is affecting my recently bought GPU. When I run BF4 on ultra I only get 30-45 fps and get dramatic FPS drops.
Specs:
http://puu.sh/69g7m.jpg
http://puu.sh/69g95.jpg
Was wondering whether my CPU was affecting my FPS, please help.

Regards Matt

pit_1209 · Jan 4, 2014

Yeah, that could be the case, specially if you´re having that problem in multiplayer which is pretty cpu bound.

rolli59 · Jan 4, 2014

Agreed CPU bottleneck.

whitecat · Jan 4, 2014

i think you are right ,A8 3820 is relatively weak
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php

qwuaduar · Jan 4, 2014

Ok thanks for the help what CPU would you recommend? Thinking around £300

qwuaduar · Jan 4, 2014

pit_1209 :

Ok thanks for the help what CPU would you recommend? Thinking around £300

pit_1209 · Jan 4, 2014

This would be great.
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/ldHJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/ldHJ/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/ldHJ/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (£137.00 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.90 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£134.98 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £295.88
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-04 15:44 GMT+0000)

qwuaduar · Jan 4, 2014

pit_1209 :

Is the motherboard essential because i might leave that till a later date and get a new case because the one i have at the moment is very small and a struggle to fit things like the 670 took about 1 and a half hours to install because it was so big compared to my case

pit_1209 · Jan 4, 2014

Yep, is a must, if you want to change that cpu you must change sockets therefore the motherboard.

qwuaduar · Jan 4, 2014

pit_1209 :

Ok thanks didn't know that because the pretty much the only things I haven't changed out in my PC are the CPU
and the motherboard.

whitecat · Jan 4, 2014

qwuaduar :

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($214.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($90.64 @ NCIX US)
Total: $425.62
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-04 10:58 EST-0500)

qwuaduar · Jan 4, 2014

pit_1209 :

Could you recommend a case with good size to make installation of parts easier.

whitecat · Jan 4, 2014

qwuaduar :

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-200r

rolli59 · Jan 4, 2014

qwuaduar :

pit_1209 :

Is the motherboard essential because i might leave that till a later date and get a new case because the one i have at the moment is very small and a struggle to fit things like the 670 took about 1 and a half hours to install because it was so big compared to my case

Changed the board to a cheaper good Asus and CPU to FX8320 which makes room in your budget for a new case http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/mFN6

qwuaduar · Jan 4, 2014

rolli59 :

qwuaduar :

Changed the board to a cheaper good Asus and CPU to FX8320 which makes room in your budget for a new case http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/mFN6

I don't want a cheaper CPU I just want to know a case which will go with the motherboard and be large willing to spend extra for the case

rolli59 · Jan 4, 2014

qwuaduar :

rolli59 :

I don't want a cheaper CPU I just want to know a case which will go with the motherboard and be large willing to spend extra for the case

Just pointing out that the FX8320 is essentially the same CPU as FX8350 but with lower system clock both will overclock to the same limit on a quality motherboard! Only reason to get the FX8350 over it is if you do not overclock and then you do not need an aftermarket cooler either!

pit_1209 · Jan 4, 2014

I will stay with the fx 8350 build, what if he don´t want to oc? and an aftermarket cooler is always good to have, quieter, cooler and looks better.
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2vwuc
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2vwuc/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2vwuc/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (£137.00 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.90 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£134.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£70.69 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £366.57
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-04 17:24 GMT+0000)

rolli59 · Jan 4, 2014

pit_1209 :

If not overclocking no reason to go with the Sabetooth which to me is only an option for max overclock since plenty of cheaper board that will deliver the same performance at stock!

pit_1209 · Jan 4, 2014

rolli59 :

pit_1209 :

If not overclocking no reason to go with the Sabetooth which to me is only an option for max overclock since plenty of cheaper board that will deliver the same performance at stock!

I just want him to have options, and if he can pay it´s better to have a good mobo and maybe oc later that buy something and change it when you know you can´t do it but he has the last call after all.

qwuaduar · Mar 6, 2014

pit_1209 :

So guys I have been thinking about this for a while and now I think is the time as I think my CPU has just basically died on me as my fps in games has gone down by at least half in games such as L.O.L I also noticed that when sound played and minions (little A.I) spawned it made my FPS drop by about half from 30-40 to 10-20.
This is my CPU Usage http://puu.sh/7lby3.png (This was mostly not doing much on my pc)
Please help

Regards Matt

qwuaduar · Mar 6, 2014

Also i tried to launch BF4 test range just and it wasn't able to it got stuck in a loading screen with looping music

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