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angonnoma

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GPu: GTX 570
CPU: AMD Athlon ii x4 640
Motherboard: 990fxa - gd80
8gs of ram

I have about $300 to spend and since my comp has been getting a little date I figure I would upgrade something. I can't decide between upgrading the gpu and wait about a year to get an intel chip set, or purchase a new amd cpu (FX-6300 Vishera 6-Core, or AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Vishera 8-Core). What do you guys think is the best option?
 
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The GD80 will handle any chip you are looking at and overclock it well too, so that is an option.

However, a FX6300 is a five year old chip and it is viable for budget gaming today. Five year old GPUs are another matter. GPU development has been more spectacular over the last five years than CPU development when it comes to performance.

Is your GTX 570 overclocked any? A $300 GTX 970 would be a significant improvement; probably 50% more FPS.

Before I recommended a Radeon GPU, I'd want to know what your PSU was.
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The GD80 will handle any chip you are looking at and overclock it well too, so that is an option.

However, a FX6300 is a five year old chip and it is viable for budget gaming today. Five year old GPUs are another matter. GPU development has been more spectacular over the last five years than CPU development when it comes to performance.

Is your GTX 570 overclocked any? A $300 GTX 970 would be a significant improvement; probably 50% more FPS.

Before I recommended a Radeon GPU, I'd want to know what your PSU was.
 
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Could get something like this: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/9vW6YJ

It is slightly over your budget but that card will last you a while and it gives you an OK intel processor and option of good upgrades on the CPU. The motherboard is a bit basic and only has 2 RAM slots but will take the DDR3 you already have.

Not sure what your case and PSU are so can't say for certain that these components will work in your current setup as your PSU may not be powerful enough and your case may not micro ATX motherboard.
 
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Yeah it is slightly overclocked, and the PSU i have is the discontinued Silencer 910w 80 plus silver.
Klawinger thank you I was wondering what i would benefit most from. I can look it up myself but would it be better to get a 970 or SLI two 950s.
 
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SLI 950s introduce difficulties and incompatibilities (and prevent you from SLI 970 later :) I prefer the simpler solution of a single card.

SLI 950 is about 175% od a single 950, so that is still not ad powerful as a single GTX970, especially if you overclock.
 
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