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I'd like to know what's wrong with this.

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March 7, 2013 5:25:21 AM

Approximate Purchase Date: 3 years ago


Budget Range: 100-200


System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming


Are you buying a monitor: No


Parts to Upgrade: That's the question, but I think CPU.


Do you need to buy OS: No


Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com


Location: Georgia


Parts Preferences: No prefrence, however I've been told that my motherboard only allows AMD processors.


Overclocking: Only on the GPU.


SLI or Crossfire: No


Your Monitor Resolution: 1680x1050


Additional Comments: GPU is a GTX 550 Ti, CPU is AMD Athlon™ II X2 dual- core processor 235e.


And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading:
Games are pretty jumpy, enough to really bother me and keep me from playing them. However from what I've read my CPU is at least decent enough to run most of them without any conflict, and the GPU is also above average, enough to run quite a few things at High. Running any program while playing games also usually causes lag.




What I'm wondering is if it truly is my CPU that's causing the lag problems before I go and blow a hundred or two on a CPU that won't help much. I'm also curious on what kind of CPUs I might be recommended here.

Running windows 7, installed a new larger fan, a 600 watt PSU, 6 GB of RAM, and the GTX 550 Ti is overclocked.

Apologies if this is in the wrong section or if I didn't include something I should've. I greatly appreciate responses as this gives me quite a headache.

(Forgot to mention the games that still lag for me are things such as Guild Wars 2, Dota 2, pretty much everything has lag in some degree, mostly not as severe for games such as TF2, but its still awfully apparent.)

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March 9, 2013 10:31:42 AM

e_X said:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($91.80 @ Compuvest)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7770 1GB Video Card ($104.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $196.78
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-08 23:14 EST-0500)

A new gpu should and a quad core cpu should help your system along.


Thanks for the reply, however is the GPU really needed?
Or could I just get by on the CPU and my current GPU alone?
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March 9, 2013 11:04:22 AM

Your current Gpu is low-midrange and should definitely be replaced as part of an UPgrade, I'd grab a PhenomII 965 or upwards and a 7770 or higher card, make sure your Psu is up to the job as well before ordering,
'Build' your new rig into this to check Psu requirements,
http://www.thermaltake.outervision.com/
note, you select 1 Physical Cpu because you only have one Cpu, albeit with multiple cores
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March 9, 2013 11:18:11 AM

Motopsychojdn said:
Your current Gpu is low-midrange and should definitely be replaced as part of an UPgrade, I'd grab a PhenomII 965 or upwards and a 7770 or higher card, make sure your Psu is up to the job as well before ordering,
'Build' your new rig into this to check Psu requirements,
http://www.thermaltake.outervision.com/
note, you select 1 Physical Cpu because you only have one Cpu, albeit with multiple cores
Moto


I see. The guy I had upgrade my computer for me said it was a pretty good card, and it did cost quite a bit. Guess I know where to go for advice from now on. Thanks for the info and link.
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March 9, 2013 11:23:12 AM

Its always a good idea to post something on a forum before you spend cash, we can help you finetune and steer you from lesser choices :) 
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