Which one to upgrade first CPU or GPU?

greensky88

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Hi guys! As stated above, which one should i upgrade first?

CPU: AMD A8 6600k
Motherboard: ASUS A58M-E
Ram: 2x 4Gb Kingston HyperX fury blue 1866 MHz
PSU: Cougar SL500 500W
Graphics Card: Palit Geforce GTX 750ti StormX
- If im gonna go with CPU, ill probably get an Intel i5-4690k with an MSI Z97 Gaming 5 as it's MoBo.(If i have extra money, ill get a corsair H100i for cooling).

- if im gonna go with GPU, I'll go with a 970 maybe? or an r9 270x. Or just go all out with the Sapphire R9-390X Triple Tri-X OC 8GB Gddr5 512bit. (Ill probably upgrade my PSU if ill go with this option., though this option would probably have a bottleneck).

P.S. I have a 1600x900 display. I will be upgrading in the near future.


 


What is your current set-up?

Yogi

 

greensky88

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sorry forgot to paste my setup.

 

madchemist83

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Yes cpu upgrade would benefit u most especially at resolution u gaming. Problem is that u'll have to get mobo as well so it usually costs more then gpu upgrade .. unless u go like g3258 + h81 mobo vs gtx 980 ti. The other weak point is ur psu, if u going to something more power hungry I'd recommend swapping it for something from tier 1 or 2
 

Thulram

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I firmly believe that you should switch to an Intel CPU (lets say an i5) only because Intel benchmarks always seem to stomp AMD ones. Also, certain games have optimizations and performance improvements for Intel cpus because they are the most common processors used.
 

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