which one will be my first upgrade a CPU or GPU? GAMING

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PoorGamer75

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hello again guys haha i am thinking of upgrading my cheap gaming rig currently i have
CPU A8 6600k @3.9ghz quadcore
GPU GTX 750 1gb
what do you prefer first? a gpu upgrade or a cpu upgrade

for cpu upgrade i am thinking of purchasing i3 4170 or i5 4***
while for the GPU i am looking at GTX 760 to GTX 950.

so guys what will be your suggestions? is it a great move to upgrade first the GPU or the CPU?
 
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My Recommendation:

CPU -----> i3 4170
GPU -----> GTX 960 or R9 285
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PoorGamer75

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my budget would be 300 dollars. or 17000 philippine pesos though first i will get my budget in selling my old parts like my gtx 750 and the cpu. though i already have 150 dollars though.
 
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Were it my money, I would upgrade the CPU & motherboard now and the GPU later.

I would try to stretch for a i5-4690K (http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-4.html). I like that it's powerful and overclockable. It's USD$240, which means that you'd have to find a very inexpensive motherboard. Perhaps a open box motherboard, if necessary to hit your budget target. Socket 1150 motherboard. What size is your case? ATX, micro ATX, ITX? Personally I'd want at least two PCIe 3.0 x16 slots and 4 DDR3 memory slots.

Addendum: Listed below is an decent option. An ASRock Z97 board with two PCIe 3.0 x 16 board, but if you use both slots they are only x 8 and x8. It has four DIMM slots and is an open box board, meaning that someone probably returned it. You should wait for other opinions on your thread, as I'm not up on the very motherboard options. I'm also curious what other people's opinions are on CPU vs GPU with your $300 budget.

ASRock Z97 Extreme3 LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157506R

* But with all that said, you should upgrade whatever would make you feel best about your purchase. I am most happy with purchase my Intel 750 PCIe SSD, even though it's not nearly the most important thing for a gaming build.
 
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KKAW

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My Recommendation:

CPU -----> i3 4170
GPU -----> GTX 960 or R9 285
 
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