which cpu should I get?

[Boogeyman]

3 minutes ago, it_dont_work said:

Yeah you'll be able to run black ops easily enough mediumish settings, as long as the gpu isn't too old.

 

There might just be better rounded place to spend money on a system upgrade, it just depends what you've already got for a case, psu, hdd, gpu etc. If its only the cpu you need to upgrade, hey 50bucks for the 4-core and just be done with it is a good option. If you need a cpu and new gpu, and a new cpu/mobo/ram/gpu is only a little above your current budget if you're getting a newer gpu anyway might be more options.

 

Really just sits with what do you have that can be reused, that mobo is standard atx, so at the least you can reuse, the case,psu and hdd with a 1050/ti. and then its say $200 or less for a mobo/g4560/4gb ram.

 

So how much do you want to spend? and what exactly do you already have in the tower?

i will spend anything tbh but i was trying to work off of what i have. i have 6gb of ddr3 ram rn and i was gonna order a gpu. i also got a 480 psu. but i could get a new motherboard probably but i would have to find one that would fit in the case but you think any of the cpu's at 95 could run cod at high? 

[it_dont_work]

1 minute ago, Boogeyman said:

i will spend anything tbh but i was trying to work off of what i have. i have 6gb of ddr3 ram rn and i was gonna order a gpu. i also got a 480 psu. but i could get a new motherboard probably but i would have to find one that would fit in the case but you think any of the cpu's at 95 could run cod at high? 

The x6 will, turn off Anti-Aliasing, filtering, balance texture and lighting detail settings and it'll look pretty good and play with a decent fps. Online you'll want to extra threads of the 6core.

 

I'm presuming you've a HP tower what model is the hp/compaq?

 

/Rant

Money is a funny thing, (I'm working with AUD here). If you have a case/hdd/psu, then a G4560/4gb ram/1050 2gb is $350 and you've got a system that'll play a fair amount of newer stuff and most older stuff well. Then there's the 'its just a little more' mentality people will push for, extra $50 and you can have more ram, another $50 and its a 4gb 1050ti. The $350 build is now a $450 build, and guess what another 50-80bucks and you've got an ssd as well! Now we've spent $530.

 

Then the other option, look for a secondhand business tower, ell etc, pick up an i5 2/3 gen and a 1050ti, ypu've just spent $350 and have some ram from your current system to chuck in. and if you're lucky the system came with an OS.

 

Then there's the other option (and my personal bias) Buy the cheapest bang for buck upgrade ($50-100) what will be worth it for my use case, either save the extra $150, go out for dinner with my wife or otherwise by something for the family.

/End rant

[Boogeyman]

3 minutes ago, it_dont_work said:

The x6 will, turn off Anti-Aliasing, filtering, balance texture and lighting detail settings and it'll look pretty good and play with a decent fps. Online you'll want to extra threads of the 6core.

 

I'm presuming you've a HP tower what model is the hp/compaq?

 

/Rant

Money is a funny thing, (I'm working with AUD here). If you have a case/hdd/psu, then a G4560/4gb ram/1050 2gb is $350 and you've got a system that'll play a fair amount of newer stuff and most older stuff well. Then there's the 'its just a little more' mentality people will push for, extra $50 and you can have more ram, another $50 and its a 4gb 1050ti. The $350 build is now a $450 build, and guess what another 50-80bucks and you've got an ssd as well! Now we've spent $530.

 

Then the other option, look for a secondhand business tower, ell etc, pick up an i5 2/3 gen and a 1050ti, ypu've just spent $350 and have some ram from your current system to chuck in. and if you're lucky the system came with an OS.

 

Then there's the other option (and my personal bias) Buy the cheapest bang for buck upgrade ($50-100) what will be worth it for my use case, either save the extra $150, go out for dinner with my wife or otherwise by something for the family.

/End rant

i added a pic what do you think about the list?

[Boogeyman]

 also check dat one out

[it_dont_work]

Don't get me wrong, the 6 core phenom chips are pretty dam good, oc'd even better. I love cheap bang for buck upgrades, and trust me I've looked at my sf HTPC which has a i7 2600 and 8gb of ram in it and thought 'if i just took the angle grinder to it i could fit my fury nitro in it piggyback an old psu in and have a better system than what I'm running now lol.

[Boogeyman]

8 minutes ago, it_dont_work said:

Don't get me wrong, the 6 core phenom chips are pretty dam good, oc'd even better. I love cheap bang for buck upgrades, and trust me I've looked at my sf HTPC which has a i7 2600 and 8gb of ram in it and thought 'if i just took the angle grinder to it i could fit my fury nitro in it piggyback an old psu in and have a better system than what I'm running now lol.

can i oc with the bios version i got?

[it_dont_work]

3 minutes ago, Boogeyman said:

can i oc with the bios version i got?

Mostly likely not, the low tdp limit for the cooler, also being an eom board that probably has the settings locked out. also the power delivery would need cooling and even then probably can't deliver enough power for a stable oc.

 

Might be a bios update somewhere directly from foxconn with a fuller set of features, but screwing with bios might brick the board, or open options that it wasn't designed to do based on the cheaper oem style power delivery. I mean I'd still try a bios hack, even knowing I could just break it.

[it_dont_work]

Post a pic of the mobo info out of cpu-z

[Boogeyman]

you want the mother board info?

[it_dont_work]

1 minute ago, Boogeyman said:

you want the mother board info?

Yeah wont hurt, looking for something more to go on than the model number, might be a bios on foxconn's website (doubt it though being its a hp and they're dicks like that).

 

But seriously the board isn;t designed to oc, you'd need to mod cooling on the vrm's and the 4pin power is barely enough. Thats most likely why it says only use a 95watt tdp chip.

[Boogeyman]

1 minute ago, it_dont_work said:

Yeah wont hurt, looking for something more to go on than the model number, might be a bios on foxconn's website (doubt it though being its a hp and they're dicks like that).

 

But seriously the board isn;t designed to oc, you'd need to mod cooling on the vrm's and the 4pin power is barely enough. Thats most likely why it says only use a 95watt tdp chip.

https://support.hp.com/bg-en/document/c02524612 that is the exact pc i got 

[it_dont_work]

3 minutes ago, Boogeyman said:

https://support.hp.com/bg-en/document/c02524612 that is the exact pc i got 

Not going to be doing any overclocking with that. settings are locked out and HP is using a proprietary bios

[Boogeyman]

what ways could i hack it?

[Boogeyman]

2 minutes ago, it_dont_work said:

Not going to be doing any overclocking with that. settings are locked out and HP is using a proprietary bios

doesn't a fm2+ fit in a am3 socket?

[it_dont_work]

1 minute ago, Boogeyman said:

doesn't a fm2+ fit in a am3 socket?

 

3 minutes ago, Boogeyman said:

what ways could i hack it?

fm2 wont fit.

 

Look at foxconns 785g boards for something that is similar to almost identical and try flashing the bios across, will most likely brick the board but you might end up opening the chipset features fully.

 

Otherwise, brick it have a laugh and an excuse to upgrade or buy a refurbed board for am3 with a full set of features opened, a gigabyte or foxconn one should only be 20-30bucks on ali express.