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CPU upgrade advice

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I'm currently running a Phenom II x2 on 3 cores @ 3.7GHz on my M4A87TD EVO mainboard. I've been watching the prices on the 1090T falling pretty steadily as of lately ($165 on NE) and I'm thinking about upgrading to it late summer/early fall. Am I mistaken to think that I will gain a decent amount of performance by adding 3 more cores and getting to say ~3.8 GHz on a H60 or H70? I'm only running a vid resolution of 1920x1080 so my GTX570 is plenty and I already have an SSD boot/program drive. I'm basically looking to just max this system out and leave it be for a few more years and then pull the board, cpu, ram all at once to do another upgrade. I really only use the computer to play games a few nights a week, BC2 and WoT (world of tanks) until BF3 is released, then i will be playing that pretty often I hope. Thoughts and/or opinions?
 
Am I mistaken to think that I will gain a decent amount of performance by adding 3 more cores and getting to say ~3.8 GHz on a H60 or H70?
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Most games do not use more than 3 cores. So the improvement may be minimal.
 
drescherjm said:
Most games do not use more than 3 cores. So the improvement may be minimal.
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Will BF3 make use of the extra cores? If not then I guess it's safe to say the pc will stay the way it is until I go with a whole new chipset.
 
Considering that BFBC2 takes advantage of four cores quite well, BF3 will more than likely continue that trend. So at the very least, an extra core should help out.
 
I have been seeing the 1090T/1100T get over 4GHz regularly, so expect to get a speed bump from overclocking as well. While you may not take full advantage of the six core, it will be plenty for what you need as we are still stuck with these consoles for the next few years.
 
Thanks for the comments guys. I think I'll wait it out until the game is released and see how it performs. Unless of course I come across some crazy deal in the mean time. As of now BC2 runs flawless and besides world of tanks I certainly don't have time for any other games.
 
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