What parts of my PC should i upgrade first to improve my gaming experience?

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Hey guys, to start I am new the the whole computer business, and my computer lacks on certain games like Day Z and Rome 2 Total war but i would like to ask you guys to tell me what parts i should be looking for to further improve my gaming experience.

Thanks! (P.S feel free to ask any questions if need be.)

Here are my specs:

OS - Windows 7 Home Premium

CPU - AMD A8 5600K Black Edition X4 (4 x 3.6 GHz)

GPU - AMD Radeon HD 7850 - 2 GB

RAM - 8 GB 1600MHz (1x8GB)

HDD - 1 TB Seagate
SATA-III HDD 7200 RPM 64MB

Power Supply - Corsair 550W PSU




 
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The HD 7850 is a decent card budget card, in order to see a significant increase from it you would need to get a gtx 760 or 770 (or their AMD equivalents). More than likely you are being bottlenecked by your cpu, and getting a better cpu would require changing your motherboard. If this was a per-built computer then the windows would be tied to your motherboard. Basically, if you want to upgrade the cpu, you would need the cpu, motherboard and a new copy of windows (assuming you don't already have one).

8 Gb of ram is good.

Here are a cpu/mobo that would probably fit your needs (I assumed you would not be overclocking):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

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Only just saw it's a basic AMD not a octo-core AMD.

In that case buy a new motherboard and CPU.
 
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The HD 7850 is a decent card budget card, in order to see a significant increase from it you would need to get a gtx 760 or 770 (or their AMD equivalents). More than likely you are being bottlenecked by your cpu, and getting a better cpu would require changing your motherboard. If this was a per-built computer then the windows would be tied to your motherboard. Basically, if you want to upgrade the cpu, you would need the cpu, motherboard and a new copy of windows (assuming you don't already have one).

8 Gb of ram is good.

Here are a cpu/mobo that would probably fit your needs (I assumed you would not be overclocking):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($177.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H87 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($78.36 @ Newegg)
Total: $255.36
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-05 11:38 EDT-0400)
 
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