Buying a new CPU

[NickScott]

Currently I have an AMD FX- 6120 Six-Core Processor 3.5GHz. I want to buy a new CPU to run Fallout 4, but I don't know where to start and, I don't know if I would have to buy a new mother board too. 

Thanks!

[themaniac]

Currently I have an AMD FX- 6120 Six-Core Processor 3.5GHz. I want to buy a new CPU to run Fallout 4, but I don't know where to start and, I don't know if I would have to buy a new mother board too. 

Thanks!

whats your budget?

[NickScott]

whats your budget?

I'd like to spend around 250 to 300 

[themaniac]

I'd like to spend around 250 to 300 

is that in USD or a different currency and is that your budget for just the cpu or both the cpu and motherboard

[NickScott]

is that in USD or a different currency and is that your budget for just the cpu or both the cpu and motherboard

yea USD, for both if that's possible.  I can eventually raise the budget if need be.

[themaniac]

yea USD, for both if that's possible.  I can eventually raise the budget if need be.

then these will be perfect PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($83.89 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $258.88

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-03 21:13 EST-0500

[NickScott]

 

then these will be perfect PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($83.89 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $258.88

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-03 21:13 EST-0500

 

Thank you so much for the help.  The recommended system specs for Fallout say to have a CPU over 3.6GHz, will this do the job?  I know that CPUs can go over the speed advertised.  Mine says 3.5 but on my task manager it goes a little over that.  And my CPU runs the game ok, but the fan goes crazy if I try to do a lot in-game.

[themaniac]

Thank you so much for the help.  The recommended system specs for Fallout say to have a CPU over 3.6GHz, will this do the job?  I know that CPUs can go over the speed advertised.  Mine says 3.5 but on my task manager it goes a little over that.  And my CPU runs the game ok, but the fan goes crazy if I try to do a lot in-game.

yes it will be fine most of the time recommended system specs are higher than the game actually needs