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Gateway DX4300UB001A CPU Upgrade?
Hi everyone,
I have a Gateway DX4200UB0001A and I'm looking to upgrade the components. So my question is based on the specs what is the best CPU and chipset I can put in it for gaming or should I just buy a new motherboard/cpu combo. Please note I have already did the following. Changed the case to the NZXT Lexa, NZXT Five Fan Controller, Intel Solid State Hard Drive, 6GB Ram and also updated the GPU to an Nvidia GTX 560Ti but unfortunately it's bottle necked by the CPU which is just a tad slow for the simulators I want to run and unfortunately my frame rates are suffering for games that utilize mostly CPU processing. Any advice is greatly appreciated!! Thanks in advance!
Motherboard Specs: http://support.gateway.com/s/PC/DX4200/1015576R/10...
Kyle thanks for your answer. I am currently running windows 7 pro X64
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- Anonymous9 years agoFavorite Answer
that's a pretty good CPU as it is, looking at the PC specs though, for a decent performance increase in games, i'd say upgrade to 7 if your still running vista :) just a suggestion, hope it helps :)
EDIT - as far as i can tell without your actual motherboard Model, the best CPU you could is the Phenom X4 9650, this runs at 2.4ghz and the reason i say it will run in yours is that socket type and TDP (thermal Design power) however if you give me the motherboard model number i will see if it will accept anything more powerfull as the AM2+ socket CPU's went all the way up to 2.6ghz per core (Phenom X4 9950 Black Edition) it might even be worth calling gateway and asking.
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