CPU taking up a lot of %

[Last Attempt]

This is a screenshot of how much WoW takes up my CPU while in a city
It's always at 84% and sometimes even goes to 100. If I was to get this CPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115077 how much would it help? Right now my CPU is a AMD Athlon II X2 215 2.70 GHz which I know sucks but how much of a diffrence would the CPU I linked make?

[Arachnan]

It would make quite the difference to be honest.
Even the lower-end Sandy Bridge CPU's like the I3-2120 are a great upgrade for older CPU's like the one you are using yourself.

you would need to get a new motherboard and such as well.. but it should be a good upgrade

And as the below poster pointed out: you will need a new motherboard to support the Sandy Bridge CPU and some new memory aswell. Perhaps even a new PSU, but only if you are using a really old one.

I know it's not a great comparison, but my I7 2600K gets a load between 5-15% max while playing WoW.

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you would need to get a new motherboard and such as well.. but it should be a good upgrade

[Last Attempt]

Yeah, I have everything else planned out, going to be getting
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811147060 - case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817182044 - PSU
the CPU and im still looking around for a MOBO already have my GPU in the pc im using now which is a 6870 so i'll use that.

[googz]

ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
2500K

Could go with a lower end CPU, but up to you. This one will give you a good deal of time before upgrade.

Might want to look into that PSU a little more. It produces "up to" 500 watts.

[Arachnan]

I can't say I ever heard of the brand Rosewill :/
Doesn't make it a bad PSU by default, but going for a better brand (Corsair, CoolerMaster, etc) would be my choice. Getting a bad PSU can ruin your entire system.

For the Mobo I would go with either the one googz upped, or the http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131773
Don't forget you need DDR3 RAM aswell. Your old RAM won't work.

[Last Attempt]

So something like http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231311 should work right?

[Deleted]

If you want something with headroom for overclocking or a more high end GPU then something like http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...37&SID=rewrite is a better choice. If you want something reliable on a budget that will run what you are planning then http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817207018 is what you want (or even an Antec Earhwatts 430 is good enough for the job).

[Last Attempt]

Yeah, i'll probably get a better PSU thats just what I seen at the time lol.

[Arachnan]

So something like http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231311 should work right?

That will work fine, but if you have the money to spare, get http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231314 instead.
1600MHz outperforms 1333MHz. Not by alot, but if you are going to do an upgrade, it's best to get the biggest upgrade possible.

[Deleted]

You might want to go for some low profile RAM like http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820104262 in-case you ever add a CPU cooler to your rig as the teeth on the Ripjaw's can sometimes get in the way.

[googz]

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Better option and only a few $$ more

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my cpu was also very hot, then I'm with such a device purely puffed (the dust) since everything is super again! I've also cleaned up after him

[Oldbugga]

Wow is optimized for a dual core system and as the OP's CPU is dual core it will show higher relative CPU usage.

Those stating that their CPU usage is below 40-50% have quad core systems of which WoW cannot use the other 2 cores so they sit largely idle during WoW (unless they are running something else as well).

WoW is also more dependent on clock speed rather than architecture (largely...don't turn this into an argument about absolutes) so even a dual core will perform OK at WoW if it has a decent clock speed. It is Blizz's design approach based on catering for the "lowest common denominator" as there are MANY dual core systems still out there.

[DeltrusDisc]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817182044 - PSU

Good God! Please do NOT buy that power supply... I am being bombarded by my "low quality radar"... please do not buy it. Please get a quality 550-650~ watt 80+ (AT LEAST) power supply. Some good brands:
Seasonic
Antec
Corsair
Silverstone
Enermax

Somehow I could just see this Rosewill PSU blowing up.

[Biged781]

You seem to think that using your CPU is a problem. It is not. It exists to be used, and a video game will use as much of it as is possible/necessary in order to keep frame rates up. If your machine is overheating then that is a separate problem. Could be as simple as dust build up, could be a bad heat sync, etc.

[Last Attempt]

Haha yeah, im not getting that one anymore lol its just what i seen while looking for one.

[DeltrusDisc]

Wow is optimized for a dual core system and as the OP's CPU is dual core it will show higher relative CPU usage.

Those stating that their CPU usage is below 40-50% have quad core systems of which WoW cannot use the other 2 cores so they sit largely idle during WoW (unless they are running something else as well).

WoW is also more dependent on clock speed rather than architecture (largely...don't turn this into an argument about absolutes) so even a dual core will perform OK at WoW if it has a decent clock speed. It is Blizz's design approach based on catering for the "lowest common denominator" as there are MANY dual core systems still out there.

This is actually a falsification sir. Times have changed since the earlier days of WoW. Back in WotLK I believe it was, WoW was optimized to use up to I believe 60 threads, thus improving its ability to use a 4 core CPU even better. This is no longer the case with WoW only using 2 cores/threads and no more. It uses 3+ cores very efficiently and I would love to be able to show you a screenshot of how it used to be for me last Spring/Summer when I first got my 2500K system. Set the affinity of WoW to use all cores, shabam, it's using the first core just barely more than the last 3, however it was using all of them, and it was damn beautiful how fluid it was. (I have long since quit, otherwise I'd get you a SS.)

[karrad]

Never ever ever ever go with a cheap PSU.

[DeltrusDisc]

You seem to think that using your CPU is a problem. It is not. It exists to be used, and a video game will use as much of it as is possible/necessary in order to keep frame rates up. If your machine is overheating then that is a separate problem. Could be as simple as dust build up, could be a bad heat sync, etc.

Well his CPU is an old one. A very old one. It is not an optimal gaming CPU (and I don't believe it ever was, though I may be wrong).

Simply upgrading to a more current dual core like the i3-21xx that he linked would make a ton of difference, much less getting an overclockable i5-2500K.