Hello Tom's community! I found this template and filled it out, any help MUCH appreciated!
Approximate Purchase Date: I'm not limited by time, sooner rather than later. I don't need to be cutting edge. I don't need current GEN stuff.
Budget Range: Less than $500
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, specifically Black Desert Online (BDO)
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: I want to upgrade the MOBO and Processor only
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg and/or Amazon
Location: Colorado, USA
Parts Preferences: Intel
Overclocking: Yes - but only if it helps the game, and is stable
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080p
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading:
Current spec on my machine is ~10 years old. BDO is a fairly new MMO, and a rather beautiful game IMO for an MMO, but I don't play it for the graphics.
My PC can run it fine, on low to medium graphics settings. When I get into mass PVP, I have to run the game on its lowest possible settings for "okay" FPS. Normal stuff is about 50fps, but in pvp I drop to 25-30 FPS and it just doesn't cut it.
Running Lasso to show CPU usage, I notice that BDO is utilizing all 4 cores, and 4 virtual cores.
I think one of the biggest choke points right now is individual core speed, but I don't know enough about this all to say for sure. I notice during PVP that there is always one or two cores nearly maxed out, while one or two other cores are 50% or more.
I'd like a faster/better CPU.
I don't think my GPU is an issue at all, during PVP, with MSI Afterburner open, I see nothing that indicates the GPU is working hard, hell it may not even be hitting 50% usage.
Here is what I know about my PC:
Win7
Asus P6T motherboard X58
ATX Form Factor
UNICORN Sigma Metal Storm MID Tower
Intel i7 920 @ 2.76 (overclock on air to 3.2, stable)
G.Skill Ripjaw X DDR3 1600 24GB (PC3 12800) (6 x 4GB)
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GPU
1tb hard drive
500Gb SSD (where my OS is)
750 Watt PSU
Samsung S24D300 1080p monitor (main)
LG 1440x900 monitor (secondary)
I'd really just like a better MOBO and Processor at this point. I'd like to keep as much as possible to save a few bucks.
Approximate Purchase Date: I'm not limited by time, sooner rather than later. I don't need to be cutting edge. I don't need current GEN stuff.
Budget Range: Less than $500
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, specifically Black Desert Online (BDO)
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: I want to upgrade the MOBO and Processor only
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg and/or Amazon
Location: Colorado, USA
Parts Preferences: Intel
Overclocking: Yes - but only if it helps the game, and is stable
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080p
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading:
Current spec on my machine is ~10 years old. BDO is a fairly new MMO, and a rather beautiful game IMO for an MMO, but I don't play it for the graphics.
My PC can run it fine, on low to medium graphics settings. When I get into mass PVP, I have to run the game on its lowest possible settings for "okay" FPS. Normal stuff is about 50fps, but in pvp I drop to 25-30 FPS and it just doesn't cut it.
Running Lasso to show CPU usage, I notice that BDO is utilizing all 4 cores, and 4 virtual cores.
I think one of the biggest choke points right now is individual core speed, but I don't know enough about this all to say for sure. I notice during PVP that there is always one or two cores nearly maxed out, while one or two other cores are 50% or more.
I'd like a faster/better CPU.
I don't think my GPU is an issue at all, during PVP, with MSI Afterburner open, I see nothing that indicates the GPU is working hard, hell it may not even be hitting 50% usage.
Here is what I know about my PC:
Win7
Asus P6T motherboard X58
ATX Form Factor
UNICORN Sigma Metal Storm MID Tower
Intel i7 920 @ 2.76 (overclock on air to 3.2, stable)
G.Skill Ripjaw X DDR3 1600 24GB (PC3 12800) (6 x 4GB)
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GPU
1tb hard drive
500Gb SSD (where my OS is)
750 Watt PSU
Samsung S24D300 1080p monitor (main)
LG 1440x900 monitor (secondary)
I'd really just like a better MOBO and Processor at this point. I'd like to keep as much as possible to save a few bucks.
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