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What can i upgrade on my PC that will mostly improve my FPS in games? (specs inside)

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September 21, 2014 6:21:28 PM

CPU: FX 6300

GPU: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EM2JP4O/ref=oh_aui_...

RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600

PSU: Corsair CX500


trying not to spend more than 150$, was thinking of selling either cpu or gpu to get a better one of whichever i sold

game im having the most problems with: ArcheAge (yes i switched to dx9)

please link the ones you reccomend

thanks guys :) 

reposted in another section , i wasnt sure which of the 2 to post, sorry

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a b à CPUs
September 21, 2014 6:30:23 PM

I don't really see how anything is bottlenecking at all. It's a tough decision. I think that your CPU may hold you back in a year.
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a b à CPUs
September 21, 2014 6:48:44 PM

Well you can upgrade to an i5 but for that you have you buy another MoBo which would cost more than 200$. An upgrade to fx 8350 is just not worth it. It'll pretty much perform the same in gaming. Why don't you save more money and upgrade later on.
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a b à CPUs
September 21, 2014 7:02:36 PM

There are no cards under 150 that will be an improvement over what you have now and the only cpu under 150 that's an upgrade in any real sense of the word is the 8320, which is really an 8350 chip and can easily be overclocked to 4.5Ghz. It's probably not going to improve your fps though. It will however give you a little more breathing room for upgrading your GPU at a later date. Or, you can save your money and go to a R9 280 which will be likely to give most systems a 10-15fps increase over the 760 in most games. You could also go up to the 770. In all reality, your best performance upgrade at as low a price as possible would probably be getting a second EVGA GTX 760 and using them in SLI.

A single more powerful card is always better, as is often stated in these forums, because of scaling issues that sometimes occur in certain games and also some games not having good sli profiles. I'd say anything much bigger will start causing you issues with bottlenecking if you get up into the GTX 780 or R9 285. Anything under that should probably be ok but would surely benefit from an overclock. Are you overclocked at all now.

You most cost effective short term solution might be to just get an aftermarket cpu cooler like the 212 EVO or preferably something better like the Noctua NH-U14S or NH-D14 and overclock your existing cpu up to about 4.3-4.5. Turbo core doesn't count either, at least, not for gaming where your need the increased horsepower on a constant basis. Most games don't use more than one or two cores anyway and ramping up your clock may take care of any lag you're currently experiencing plus the overclock would definitely help if you do get a somewhat bigger card in the near future.
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