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What component should be upgraded first on this PC?

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August 6, 2014 1:34:02 PM

Okay, so I sold my computer to my friend (it was horrible for gaming).

Here are the specs:

Intel Celeron J1900 x4 2 GHz (2.41 GHz burst)
AMD Radeon R7 240 (2GB GDDR3) (pretty sure it's by PowerColor)
Silicon Power 4GB DDR3 1600 MHz RAM (upgrading to 8 soon)
ASRock J1900M

Here's the deal:

He wants to make this thing a gaming machine, but he can only afford one component with his birthday money and he can choose between:

AMD FX-6300 x6 3.5 GHz (4.1 GHz Turbo) and motherboard

or

Gigabyte GF GT740 2GB GDDR5 (1072 MHz clock/5000 MHz RAM)

or

ASUS R7 250X 2GB GDDR5 (1020 MHz clock/4600 MHz RAM)

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August 6, 2014 1:42:55 PM

Either of the video cards aren't going to be an upgrade really. cpu would probably help a lot, but then video card is going to hold it back, get a better video card, cpu will bottleneck it and hold it back.
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August 13, 2014 7:38:19 PM

I'd go with a CPU/Motherboard combo. The computer will speed up in general with a CPU upgrade. He might as well get that upgrade out of the way since it is probably the most annoying upgrade. You can't just drop in a new motherboard and CPU and have the same Windows install work.

While I don't own an FX-6300, I built a PC for my friend that has one and he doesn't seem to have any issues with it. It plays games like Battlefield 4 without a hitch. It isn't even overclocked yet.

I haven't looked at the exact prices, but I seem to remember an Intel i3/Motherboard combo being about the same as the FX-6300/Motherboard combo. That might be a better option in regards to the long term ability to upgrade and an i3 can still play most modern games just fine.
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