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I have recently purchased a 1050ti for my system, but my cpu is holding me back. The only problem is that I am clueless when it comes to cpus, i was wondering if anyone could take a look at my system and tell me some compatible cpus for it. Thanks!

PC-https://www.cnet.com/products/gateway-fx6831-01/specs/
(the ati radeon is gone)
 
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Don't try to replace the motherboard in a prebuilt PC, that will only cause you issues/grief and will invalidate your copy of Windows.

If you upgraded to something like a Core i7 970 or 980 you would not have to essentially bin the entire PC. That's about all you can do with that system. Given you have a 1050 Ti, you could still play games on a decent Core i7 first gen just fine. Will you have CPU bottlenecks, well depends on the game. A 1050 Ti will not get bottlenecked by a Core i7 970 unless it's a very CPU demanding game.

If you want more performance, you would want to upgrade to a newer platform/rebuild.

If you had something like a 1070 GTX I'd say yes rebuild no matter what as the best CPU for your platform would still hold...
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yeah thats what i was planning, do you have any recommendations for a motherboard/cpu combo, preferably a motherboard that supports ddr3, the ram is so expensive nowadays i can't afford it
 
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Don't try to replace the motherboard in a prebuilt PC, that will only cause you issues/grief and will invalidate your copy of Windows.

If you upgraded to something like a Core i7 970 or 980 you would not have to essentially bin the entire PC. That's about all you can do with that system. Given you have a 1050 Ti, you could still play games on a decent Core i7 first gen just fine. Will you have CPU bottlenecks, well depends on the game. A 1050 Ti will not get bottlenecked by a Core i7 970 unless it's a very CPU demanding game.

If you want more performance, you would want to upgrade to a newer platform/rebuild.

If you had something like a 1070 GTX I'd say yes rebuild no matter what as the best CPU for your platform would still hold you back. If you are playing games like League then your current setup should actually be just fine unless you really are getting 100% CPU usage.

 
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