Can I upgrade my CPU?

[wharangbuh]

Hi, I have a 4yo PC. I just upgraded my GPU and RAM about 2 months ago. My PC still works fine, but is it worth it to upgrade my CPU?

Asus M4A88TD-M
AMD Phenom II X4 955BE 3.0Ghz
8GB GSkill RAM 1600
GTX 750TI StormX 2GB
Thermaltake LitePower 500w
Thermaltake V3 Black Edition Mid Tower Case

If so, what CPU can I get?

Thanks.

edit:

I mostly do CAD, Sketch Up, Photoshop work. Some games like Civ V, Skyrim, GTA V, FIFA 16.

 

[snowctrl]

You haven't mentioned storage... if you haven't already, switching your OS drive for an SSD will give you a far bigger speed increase than a CPU upgrade for using Photoshop etc....

 

[wharangbuh]

You haven't mentioned storage... if you haven't already, switching your OS drive for an SSD will give you a far bigger speed increase than a CPU upgrade for using Photoshop etc....

Really? I have no SSD.

So all my applications will gain far bigger speed increase if I buy SSD instead of upgrading my CPU?

But what about other games that needs a better CPU?

 

[mbarnes86]

Hi

This shows what CPU are supported by your motherboard
https/www.asus.com/Motherboards/M4A88TDM/HelpDesk_CPU/
choice of 4 or 6 core cpus.
I dont know what availability of new CPU is but change in performance from 3GHz to 3.7GHz is not that much

If your software supports 6 cores it may be worth while

regards
Mike Barnes

 

[jaguarskx]

Just to clarify the SSD...

It will not improve the processor performance, but it will improve the overall responsiveness of your PC. The SSD has faster read / write speed than a hard drive so Windows will boot / shut down faster. Programs will launch and close faster and anything you load within the program from the SSD will load faster.

A SSD does not help Photoshop when using effects since that is driven by the CPU. It does not improve game performance at all except for load / save times. It helps reduce possible micro-stutters / texture popping in open world games (like Skyrim and GTA V) when loading new texture based on changes in environment.

As for upgrading your CPU, I don't think you will get much of a performance increase based on the following game benchmarks from www.techspot.com. I would say it is time to upgrade to a newer generation CPU. Since Thanksgiving / X-Mas is around the corner, there should be sales starting at the end of this month.