Cpu/MotherBoard Questions looking for parts

jamiered1

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So I recently overclocked my cpu up to 4GHZ after buying some watercooling and a new psu
and I only get about a 3 frame difference in games [3.1GHZ] before and my cpu wont go over 100% and my gpu will only go to 40% max but the cpu will stay at about 50% while im getting 30 frames in the game
my Specs Are

PSU[Rosewill photon 850W]
CPU[AMD FX 8120 eight core processor] overclocked to 4GHZ
CPU Cooling[LEPA 240 AQUACHANGER]
GPU[GTX 970]
MAINBOARD[ASUS M5A97 R2.0]
RAM[16 GB]
OS[WINDOWS 7]

But yeah I'm guessing that I will need a new MB and a new CPU
Help would be nice Price limit about 300-500 CAD maybe

[Sorry if I misspelled a few things]

EDIT would this work with my system
[AMD FX-9590 Vishera 8-Core 4.7 GHz Socket AM3+ 220W FD9590FHHKWOF Desktop Processor - Black Edition]

 

NEmpire95

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Overclocking you cpu probably won't have a huge performance gain in games.
 

jamiered1

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any ideas on a new MB and Cpu?
 

NEmpire95

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If you are buying a new mobo and cpu I would go with an i5 if possible such as the i5 4670k if you want to overclock and I personally really like asus motherboards like the ASUS Z97-A. Those are a little more expensive but very nice hardware.
 

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