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My CPU bottleneck issue has been resolved! My new PC specs are below.

Manufacturer: Me
Processor: AMD Athlon II X3 455 (OC @ 3.58GHz) NEW!
Memory: 8GB Kingston HyperX Blu Red Series DDR3 1600 NEW!
Hard Drive: 250GB WD SATA HDD + 1TB WD SATA HDD
Video Card: EVGA NVIDIA GTX 560 Ti 1024MB (Overclocked)
Monitor: ASUS MS236H 23" LCD Monitor
Sound Card: Realtek HD Audio (Onboard)
Speakers/Headphones: Logitech Z-4 Speakers
Keyboard: Microsoft Wired Keyboard 600
Mouse: Kensington K72356US Mouse-in-a-Box
Mouse Surface: A mousepad
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Motherboard: MSI 760GM-P34(FX) NEW!
Computer Case: Diablotek FLY NEW!

As of this post, I haven't yet received the new parts. They should arrive in a couple days though. My new motherboard has a "core unlocking" feature that may be able to turn my triple core CPU into a quad core one. I may hold off on that though as I think I'll have more than enough CPU power as is. I've seen similar setups on YouTube running both Skyrim and Crysis 2 maxed out.

Nice.....I had an Athlon II X3 450 Rana a while back and it unlocked to a quad-core no problem, unfortunately it was based on an Athlon II X4 so no L3 cache. Hopefully you get a Phenom based chip that unlocks to quad-core with L3 cache! Best of luck.

nnorton44 wrote:Hopefully you get a Phenom based chip that unlocks to quad-core with L3 cache!

That would be nice. If not, no big deal. It's still a very nice upgrade from what I had. The motherboard I purchased is very upgradeable as well so I can go all the way up to the top-of-the-line Phenom II X6 if I so desired.

Well, I got all the parts and put it all together today. It's running nicely but unfortunately the fourth core is faulty so I can't enable it. Oh well.

I've only tried out one game so far, Just Cause 2, but it runs perfectly at max settings. I've always had a problem running this game in the past so it's nice to finally be able to play it at a decent framerate. I'm currently downloading the Crysis 2 multiplayer demo to test out.

Edit: The Crysis 2 demo is a no go. It crashes when I try to load it for some reason. I did test some other games though. Here are my results:

Crysis Warhead: 40-50 FPS (Max Settings - 1080P)
Left 4 Dead 2: 60 FPS (Max Settings - 1080P)
Bulletstorm Demo: 50-60 FPS (Max Settings - 1080P)

pcwzrd13 wrote:

nnorton44 wrote:Hopefully you get a Phenom based chip that unlocks to quad-core with L3 cache!

That would be nice. If not, no big deal. It's still a very nice upgrade from what I had. The motherboard I purchased is very upgradeable as well so I can go all the way up to the top-of-the-line Phenom II X6 if I so desired.

Ah yes I had a Phenom II X6 1055T for some time, overclocked it to 3.5GHz on all six cores and it flew! Unbeatable performance for the price.

2013 Build. Will be putting SLI 780GTX soon!

COOLER MASTER HAF X Blue Edition
COOLER MASTER Silent Pro Gold Series RS800-80GAD3-US 800W
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO
Intel Core i7-3770 Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.9GHz Turbo)
EVGA 04G-P4-2686-KR GeForce GTX 680 w/ Backplate 4GB
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77
G.SKILL Sniper Gaming Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900)
Western Digital WD Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"ASUS Black Blu-ray Drive SATA Model BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS

JeffWall wrote:
Mainly using my MBP Retina now though. That ssd runs amazing.

^ this; specially with the usb3 combo, I was amazed when I moved 4,5 gig to an external drive and it took under a minute to complete

MBPR are real powerhouses for being so small

Shuttle SS51g
1gb DDR1 ram
Intel Celeron 2.66ghz
BFG GeForce 7800 GS
160GB WD ide hard drive
HD DVD drive
Floppy Drive
PCI modem

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OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU: Intel Core i5 4690 3.50GHz
RAM: 8.00GB Single-Channel DDR3
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-VG4
GPU: 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
HDD: 128GB Samsung SSD (primary) 1TB TOSHIBA HDD (Secondary)
Disc Drive: TSSTcorp SH-224DB
Soundcard: Intergrated Nvidia Graphics powered by Realtec
Network Card: Intergrated powered by Realtec
Monitor: Samsung LED-TV 34" 3004 at 1366x768
Keyboard: CM Storm blue led backlit usb keyboard and mouse combo
Mouse: See above
Controller: Logitech Dual Action F310 and Thome Atari 2600/7800/ Master System/Genesis controller adapter to USB
Mic: Logitech Headset
Webcam: Logitech HD Pro 920 mounted to a old and rusty camera tripod

OS: Wndows XP Home SP2
Motherboard: EVGA (can't remember model)
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4 Ghz
RAM: 2 GB (2x 1GB) DDR2 PC6400
GPU: VisionTek ATi Radeon HD 2400 Pro OC 256MB
Audio: onboard