choosing the best cpu for far cry 4 low budget E.C not U.S

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My rig:

Amd athlon ii x4 645 @ 3.48Ghz
8Gb ddr2 @800 mhz
MSI R9 270 2gb Gddr5 gaming card
Msi 785gt-e63 motherboard

hey guys am just looking to replace my processor with a better one so i can play far cry 4 i cannot afford the high end parts it took me almost a year to get just the graphics card am just looking for something i can use just to play the game am not into 8x MSAA or all that fancy stuff all i want is a recommendation on a good cpu thank you in advance my budget by the way is around 300 dollars and am talking E.C am not from america but from the caribbean
 
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Not if you want to play games like Far Cry 4. The Phenom II X4 is turning 5 years old soon. Basically, if you are using a DDR2 system, you can just forget about playing most AAA games made after 2012 with decent frame rates. In PC years, your computer is an antique. The G3258 is probably the cheapest option and even then you would have to overclock the crap out of it to get it close to an i5 (at least 4.8 GHz). At stock speeds, the G3258 is about the same as and in some case slightly slower than the CPU you already have but has the advantages of better single core performance, DDR3 memory and all the advanced features that come with Haswell.
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Any Haswell i5 and any H97 or Z97 motherboard. You will need to update to DDR3 RAM as well, 8 GB should be enough. Basically, everything but your 270, PSU and case has to be replaced. An i5 is anywhere from $180 to $220 and a motherboard is anywhere from $60 to $150 for entry level to mid-range. RAM is kind of expensive right now but there are plenty of pre-Black Friday deals and discounts now that DDR4 is out. 2x 4GB of 1600 or 1866 is roughly $75. (all prices are USD so just convert them)
 
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If you were building an intel rig, id say get that overclockable pentium 20th year addition. I'd say its time to start new and build an new PC, because you arent going to get great performance period. But if the A10 series APUs fit, then go with them. Otherwise, i think its time to build an new system my friend.:_) And may i the G3528. It is cheap compared to the core series, and can get you an performance of quad-core when overclocked. Thats what i'd use. ;)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117374

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113280

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113331


P.S. DDR4 is out and running in high end systems, so ya need an ram upgrade.

 
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Not if you want to play games like Far Cry 4. The Phenom II X4 is turning 5 years old soon. Basically, if you are using a DDR2 system, you can just forget about playing most AAA games made after 2012 with decent frame rates. In PC years, your computer is an antique. The G3258 is probably the cheapest option and even then you would have to overclock the crap out of it to get it close to an i5 (at least 4.8 GHz). At stock speeds, the G3258 is about the same as and in some case slightly slower than the CPU you already have but has the advantages of better single core performance, DDR3 memory and all the advanced features that come with Haswell.
 
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wow upgrading is hard...i just want good frame rates because the cpu is bottlenecking..on a performance test while playing far cry 4 the gpu load won't even exceed 34 percent on high the cpu on the other hand all cores are like 83 percent and 76 percent... or sometimes 100 % if i play battle field 4 or 3 the games run perfectly i was thinking i should just upgrade the cpu now am hearing i have to build a hole to system...
 
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One cheap thing you can actually do to boost performance is keep your CPU and replace the motherboard with an AM3 and your RAM with DDR3, Then, overclock your CPU. With an updated AM3 board, you will then have the option to upgrade to something like the FX-series one day when you can afford it. It would be a better use of your money to replace the board and RAM now and then replace the CPU later.
 
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You might get better performance, but i'd say sacrifice what you have too to in the settings get the games playable game, then save up and buy budget gaming components. Idk if you guys have an black friday or an shopping holiday, but try to buy any parts on some of those. Also, clearance parts are not an bad thing to look at. In summary, you might get better preformance if you upgrade the parts, but they are probably so expensive due to there age that an new platform might be cheaper overall. Even then, if you do get new parts, you don't have all the perks of an new platform nor will there be an big performance increase over the old parts in your system. Man, i think its time to move on. DDR2 is OLD.



BUT..... It seems your cpu is newer. And it rivals the FX-4300. Which is an $100.00 dollar CPU. I think if you want any better cpu preformance , ya gotta upgrade to the FX-8320. But i find it hard that the cpu is the bottle neck. I thing its your motherboard that is the bottleneck. Get an new motherboard, and if you feel like you need to, an new cpu.

Good cpu upgrade (fx-8320): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113285

Here are a few good motherboards:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131851
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157479
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131872
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131874R
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131942

Just look for any motherboard that supports the AMD3 or AMD3+ :D


 
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