CPU Bottleneck? WOW - SC2

[olibb]

So I brought a ASUS 570 and I am very happy with it!
BF3 is great and runs nice and smooth with GPU activity at 98%.

NOw in SC2 the usage is only < 20% and in WOW in low pop areas it is high usage but in raids and main cities it's less than 20 to 40!

Now my CPU is a AMD Phenom 640 x4 at 3.5 GHZ.

Is there anything anyone would recommend or have any suggestions to try.

 

[olibb]

My current motherboard will support a fail dozed 8120 3.1Ghz for relatively cheap. Other than that looks like 2500k i5 is everyone's choice. If the fail dozer will support the kind of CPU setup wow and sc2 wants - then that's fine.

 

[olibb]

Ahh i see. Looks like i5 it is then. How does the I5 work? Is it 4 core multi-threaded or? Sorry - im kinda new to Intel! (AMD Fan boy).

 

[olibb]

Ahh i see. Whats the difference from an i5 quad and what i already have? I know the i5 can be overclocked to 4.0GHz+ rather than my 3.5 GHz.

 

[olibb]

Thanks for the great comments. So do you guys have any recommendation on which i5 to get and which mobo? Apparently the i5 2500k is the one to get? So the i5 would have no problems with s2 and wow maxing the gtx570?

 

[olibb]

Id like to see wow in 3d! I take it you need a 3d monitor to use 3d vision?

 

[olibb]

Well thanks for all the comments. Think I am going to wait for new Ivy to come out and get the i5 then!