Benchmark is telling us something...

[Averax]

Replacing a cpu isn't something a lot of us could do
And it's not just any part..it's the cpu that stormblood is really asking a lot of

It's actually very simple to replace them once you know how. The hardest, most grueling part of dealing with a CPU is the thermal paste. It gets -e v e r y w h e r e-

I built my own computer from scratch after some research on what parts i needed and how they interacted with each other. (Because who wants to pay all that markup for crap parts?)

To replace a CPU, you need to first get a CPU compatible with your motherboard (if you don't intend to replace the motherboard as well, that is), then you need to remove the CPU cooler, then you just unstick the lever, lift it up, pop out the old one, slide in the new one, secure the lever again, apply thermal paste, and put cpu cooler back in after cleaning off all old thermal paste with high percentage rubbing alcohol (re-using old paste is like asking for an air bubble to overheat your CPU). Then you just close up the shop.

You could also probably pay a guy 20 bucks to do it if you are not comfortable doing it yourself.