150-180 dollar CPU upgrade

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Sorjew

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Hi, I am thinking of upgrading my cpu to a newer one since i noticed it's really bottlenecking me in games such as battlefield 4. The GPU is running ultra on around 60-70% capacity while the cpu is struggeling at 100% regardless of any settings.

Here is my current rig:

Case:
CM Storm Scout Midi Tower
Fans: 1x 140mm front, 1x 140mm top, 1x 120mm back,

PSU:
Chieftec Super Series 750W PSU
ATX 12V V2.3, 80 Plus, Modular, 2x 6pin+2x 6+2pin PCIe, 8x SATA, 140mm

Moderkort:
ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO, Socket AM3
AMD 785G+ SB710, DDR3, Firewire, gbLAN, ATX, HDMI, DVI,
2xPCI-Ex(2.0)x16

CPU:
AMD Phenom II X4 945
Quad Core, 3.0Ghz (O.C at 3.375Ghz), AM3, 8MB, 95W,

RAM:
2XCrucial DDR3 1333MHz 4GB KIT, CL9,
Kit w/two matched DDR3 2GB, 240pin,
(8gb total)

GPU:
Saphire HD7970

Storage:
OCZ-AGILITY3 ATA 120GB

SAMSUNG HD103SI 1AG01118 ATA 1TB

BIOS:
American Megatrends Inc. 2103, 2010-06-18

OS:
Windows 8.1 Pro

Is the motherboard good enough to support a worthwhile CPU?

I got around 180 dollars to spend and was thinking about something like this:

AMD FX-6300 Black Edition
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Any advice on CPU's around that pricepoint or other recommendations would be greatly appreciated, Thanks!
 
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Deus Gladiorum
As others have been saying, you can't switch to an FX-6300 (or any recent CPU) without upgrading your motherboard first. Since you have to upgrade your motherboard anyway, it'd be fairly pointless to spend $230 or so just to get a fairly marginal performance increase. The FX-6300 is more powerful than your Phenom II X4, but you'll still get bottlenecking in some games with it. In my opinion, you should try to save up around $300 or more so you can make a more meaningful upgrade, and buy an Intel motherboard and one of their quad-core i5s.
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As others have been saying, you can't switch to an FX-6300 (or any recent CPU) without upgrading your motherboard first. Since you have to upgrade your motherboard anyway, it'd be fairly pointless to spend $230 or so just to get a fairly marginal performance increase. The FX-6300 is more powerful than your Phenom II X4, but you'll still get bottlenecking in some games with it. In my opinion, you should try to save up around $300 or more so you can make a more meaningful upgrade, and buy an Intel motherboard and one of their quad-core i5s.
 
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Joseph DeGarmo

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Try this one.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMD-Phenom-II-X6-1100T-Six-Core-CPU-Socket-AM3-3-3Ghz-Processor-6MB-Black-Ed-/221447716681?pt=CPUs&hash=item338f4fff49

Or this.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme3 ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $239.98
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-30 12:29 EDT-0400)

Have you tried overclocking your CPU?
 
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