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CPU not overclocked and it has the box fan cooler

Then buy a nice cooler and OC, is the best upgrade for you and its cheap.

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rrb10212pg1
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Hello Folks,

I've had my computer for a cuples years now and have noticed some of my games are not running at max setting anymore, fallout 4 especialy. i dont need to run Fallout 4 on ultra just surrious to see waht you guys think need to be improved. So i wanted to know what you guys think is bottleknecking my PC what needs to be upgraded first?

 

This is my Current Build:

GPU: GTX 970

CPU: intel core i5-2500k CPU @ 3.30GHz

Memory: 8GB

Mother Board: Gigabyte Z68P-DS3

OS is on a 256GB SSD

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What cooler? Overclock CPU.

Yeah, I believe it can reach 4,5Ghz with air cooling.

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Most likely CPU is bottlenecking... If not a lot at least some. Getting a decent cooler will probably boost your fps considerably, and it only costs 50 bucks to get a decent air cooler.

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CPU not overclocked and it has the box fan cooler

So you bought a K skew processor and never OC'd it? Wow

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CPU not overclocked and it has the box fan cooler

Then buy a nice cooler and OC, is the best upgrade for you and its cheap.

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rrb10212pg1
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Any of you know where To find a good tutorial on how to OC?

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