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Looking to buy new motherboard & cpu & RAM
Well today I downloaded a game and was dissatisfy with the performance. There was two other computers in this room also playing this game (Star Wars The Old Republic). They were getting much better frames than I was. Even the ____ laptop that I have plays better running the game at 20fps. Anyways there is also many other games that I own that although they are playable there are few frame drops now and then. It's my slow ancient CPU. My CPU usage easily hits 50% mark just running my background task and yes I need them open for the most part. After loading games I easily hit the 90% mark. Using processor power is not a problem however not enough processing power to use is.
Anyways I am interested in a new processor that won't bottleneck the rest of my system more importantly my graphics card. I want my graphics card to run at it's best. I am not running dual GPU so I don't believe I need to spend much. I was thinking AMD AM3+ FX4100. AMD has been kind to me in the past because their future cpu models tend to be compatible with the previous motherboard socket. Also in the past AMD was better for energy efficiency/consumption. Can anyone prove me wrong? However as much as I would love to support AMD their latest processors aren't exactly the fastest, I am hoping that this processor will not bottleneck my GPU whatsoever.
Can you guys recommend a CPU that's more energy efficient, faster for the same or near price? Or how about a cheaper processor that will still keep up with the GPU?
Any suggestions appreciated I will need to buy a new motherboard so Intel and AMD suggestions are valid.