Game is, not the Age of Empires 2 HD remake, but the original AoE 2 that was made for win xp.
Lets say there were a mod that allowed 10,000 units per team. After about 5,000 units the game starts to lag. What's the problem?

this was on a laptop specs were roughly:
cpu is old intel core 2 duo from 2007 @ ≈ 2.2Ghz
gfx card is NVIDIA Quadro NVS 110M
memory is 2GB @ ≤ 800 mhz
SSD hard drive

Laptop rekt cuz spilt coffee but want to replace with budget desktop that can handle a ungodly-ton of objects. For example Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 with 7,000 guests + lots of buildings & lots of rides on a 24" widescreen monitor. When I keep the resolution down it runs fine but when I zoom out it slows down.

ss below is considered a "small" 2D theme park in rct2. A "large" would bog my system down to 2-3 fps.

link for full size
http://www.nedesigns.com/park/1571/map/1361/six-flags-carolina/


Do I get a GTX 750 or would a water cooled AMD A10-6800K 4.1GHz Quad core do the trick?
Have changed out a bad cpu, gfx & memory but am a first time builder for the most part
& not sure how to pick parts. Could use help with a build.
What mobo, memory, power suppy ect to go with?
Trying to keep it $350-$500 US

CPU is to blame. I'll edit with a build.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HDM3vK

$366 with rebates

Can change the SSD to a 1tb mechanical drive if you'd like, I'd also recommend a 3rd party cooler, though you don't absolutely need it.

E: Or this for $17 over budget (after MIR) http://pcpartpicker.com/p/JpWrnQ

This post was edited by WWI on Feb 7 2015 05:41pm

thx Thinking leave the hard drive out since have an extra. What to use the cash on upgrade cpu or upgrade the gtx 750 to the gtx 750 ti?

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/HealerHealer/saved/8G2Zxr

Get a GTX 660 instead (better gaming benchmarks) then spend a couple dollars more and get a new cooler.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/tLRFqs