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System Name | Enforcer |
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Processor | i5 3570k |
Motherboard | ASrock Z77 Extreme4 |
Cooling | Cooler Master Hyper 212 evo |
Memory | 8gb G.skill Ripjaws X 1600 |
Video Card(s) | EVGA SC GTX 780 3gb |
Storage | Samsung 840 Evo 250gb SSD, Seagate Barracuda 1TB |
Display(s) | Asus VH226h 21.5" LCD (1920x1080) |
Case | CM Storm Enforcer |
Power Supply | Rosewill Hive 750w |
Mouse | Logitech G9x |
Keyboard | Corsair k70 |
Software | Windows 7 home premium 64-bit sp1 |
Ok, so I'm looking to upgrade my CPU from my current AMD Athlon II x4 645. The idea here is to be able to run two HD 6850's in crossfire, as I'm not sure this cpu would be up to the task. Hoping a CPU upgrade along with another 6850 to pair up with the one I have, would be enough to run BF3 on high/ultra at 1920x1080. Other games I play like WoW and Diablo 3 run fine at max settings with my current setup, but BF3, not so much.
I was going to go the Intel route as I know they currently make the ideal gaming cpu's, but I had my previous motherboard die on me and didn't have the cash to buy a whole new Mobo + cpu at that time, nor could I go that long without a computer. So I ended up buying a new am3+ board (Asus M5A97) just last week on sale for $89.
So with me being pretty much stuck choosing from a AMD cpu at the moment, what would be my best choice as a gaming CPU, one that would not bottleneck the two 6850's?
System specs
AMD Athlon II x4 645
Antec Earthwatts 500w psu (will be upgrading this before a second gpu)
Asus M5A97 AM3+ 970 ATX AMD Motherboard
Sapphire HD 6850 1gb
1tb Seagate hdd
8gb Gskill Ripjaws
Cooler Master 430 Elite case
I was going to go the Intel route as I know they currently make the ideal gaming cpu's, but I had my previous motherboard die on me and didn't have the cash to buy a whole new Mobo + cpu at that time, nor could I go that long without a computer. So I ended up buying a new am3+ board (Asus M5A97) just last week on sale for $89.
So with me being pretty much stuck choosing from a AMD cpu at the moment, what would be my best choice as a gaming CPU, one that would not bottleneck the two 6850's?
System specs
AMD Athlon II x4 645
Antec Earthwatts 500w psu (will be upgrading this before a second gpu)
Asus M5A97 AM3+ 970 ATX AMD Motherboard
Sapphire HD 6850 1gb
1tb Seagate hdd
8gb Gskill Ripjaws
Cooler Master 430 Elite case