- Feb 11, 2015
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I'm upgrading both my CPU and GPU, and I'd like someone else's opinion on what I should get first.
My currents spec are FX-8350 and R9 280x. I'm planning on getting a i7-5820k and 980TI, but here's where it gets kind of complicated in my decision.
A 980TI is more expensive, so if I bought the 980TI first I'd get that out of the way and I wouldn't have to worry about it anymore, but because I own a FX-8350 if I was to install the 980TI I wouldn't see hardly if any performance increase because of the bottleneck. On the other hand, if I was to buy the 5820k first I'd see an improvement in my games but I'd then have to worry about saving up another $1000 to get the 980TI. I also play a game called Black Ops, and it's very poorly optimized for AMD hardware (part of the reason I'm upgrading) so the new processor would make the game much more playable as it'd fix the low fps and suttering the game has.
That's the decision I'm dealing with, lol. I'd like a second opinion. What would you do if you were in my shoes? Would you go for the 980TI first or the 5820k?
Thanks for reading!
My currents spec are FX-8350 and R9 280x. I'm planning on getting a i7-5820k and 980TI, but here's where it gets kind of complicated in my decision.
A 980TI is more expensive, so if I bought the 980TI first I'd get that out of the way and I wouldn't have to worry about it anymore, but because I own a FX-8350 if I was to install the 980TI I wouldn't see hardly if any performance increase because of the bottleneck. On the other hand, if I was to buy the 5820k first I'd see an improvement in my games but I'd then have to worry about saving up another $1000 to get the 980TI. I also play a game called Black Ops, and it's very poorly optimized for AMD hardware (part of the reason I'm upgrading) so the new processor would make the game much more playable as it'd fix the low fps and suttering the game has.
That's the decision I'm dealing with, lol. I'd like a second opinion. What would you do if you were in my shoes? Would you go for the 980TI first or the 5820k?
Thanks for reading!
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