- Jan 13, 2004
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Hello All,
After doing research on my own I have stumbled back to square one yet again... My current setup consists of a (presumably) defective Thuban hexcore sold as a quad core Phenom X4 960T. I say defective because I have only succeeded in unlocking 5/6 of the cores and it is only stable with the 4. I am looking to upgrade my CPU, possibly motherboard, and memory. My primary uses include mainly Blizzard titles such as WoW and HoTS, live streaming, and limited multi-tasking sessions. I cannot effectively play and stream now without my system coming to a choppy stutter-fest during 20 man raids.
Here is a screenshot of my CPU-Z
I am running that alongside a Gigabyte 970A-UD3 and 4GBx2 G.Skill 1333 safely oc'd to 1600. If it makes a difference I am also running an overclocked GTX 750 alongside that and it performs admirably for my uses.
I originally considered just slapping in an Athlon FX-6300 but the more I looked around the consensus was that it would offer a marginal upgrade to my current setup. I had also explored the option of a modestly priced Haswell Core i3 setup with a Z97 based motherboard for future upgrade potential.
My goal is to make this a cost effective upgrade, and I would love to keep the total cost under $300. I have no particular brand loyalty and I will explore and and all recommendations so long as they meet the "best bang for the buck" mindset. My main roadblock now which is causing me to "kick the tires" is the thought that I will be getting an underwhelming upgrade unless I shell out the big bucks. Any help or guidance is greatly appreciated.
A Sincere Thank You,
-Rob
After doing research on my own I have stumbled back to square one yet again... My current setup consists of a (presumably) defective Thuban hexcore sold as a quad core Phenom X4 960T. I say defective because I have only succeeded in unlocking 5/6 of the cores and it is only stable with the 4. I am looking to upgrade my CPU, possibly motherboard, and memory. My primary uses include mainly Blizzard titles such as WoW and HoTS, live streaming, and limited multi-tasking sessions. I cannot effectively play and stream now without my system coming to a choppy stutter-fest during 20 man raids.
Here is a screenshot of my CPU-Z
I am running that alongside a Gigabyte 970A-UD3 and 4GBx2 G.Skill 1333 safely oc'd to 1600. If it makes a difference I am also running an overclocked GTX 750 alongside that and it performs admirably for my uses.
I originally considered just slapping in an Athlon FX-6300 but the more I looked around the consensus was that it would offer a marginal upgrade to my current setup. I had also explored the option of a modestly priced Haswell Core i3 setup with a Z97 based motherboard for future upgrade potential.
My goal is to make this a cost effective upgrade, and I would love to keep the total cost under $300. I have no particular brand loyalty and I will explore and and all recommendations so long as they meet the "best bang for the buck" mindset. My main roadblock now which is causing me to "kick the tires" is the thought that I will be getting an underwhelming upgrade unless I shell out the big bucks. Any help or guidance is greatly appreciated.
A Sincere Thank You,
-Rob