Should i buy a SDD boot drive first or a new graphics card?

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ermitanas

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I have 1TB seagate HDD at the moment which is my boot drive + where i keep all my stuff.

My graphics card is GTX 650. Planning to upgrade it to GTX 960 4GB later on (or maybe to gtx 970).

Atm i have 60 euro. These are enough to buy an intel 120GB SSD.

So the question is: should i keep those 60 euros for a new graphics card (probably going to buy in summer) or should i buy a SSD today?

Or if i ask differently: Which part is more necessary atm: SSD or Graphics card (i have a small budget)

P.S. User benchmark results (That's why I am asking)
 
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I stand behind my point. A bigger ssd will let you put games on it, making some games load much faster than the hdd, especially ones with frequent loading screens (Skyrim). And i wasnt suggesting you buy AMD. My point was that when Pascal...
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ubercake

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If it's a gaming machine, you'll get much better gaming performance with a 960 or 970.

An SSD will only decrease your load times while gaming and won't provide much of an impact on your gaming experience at all. Plus, if you wait a year or two to get that SSD, the cost of the SSDs will continue to fall.
 
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http://imgur.com/yD4vJBb

 
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What's your full PC spec? Assuming the rest of your system can keep up a new GPU will be better if you want to improving gaming performance. However save your money as new GPU's should be launched and in the shops in the next 2 months.

As Ubercake said an SSD will only reduce load times in games
 
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This. Definitely wait until Pascal and Polaris drop this year. They should be much more power efficient and perform a decent bit better. And if nothing else, prices will drop and the 960, 970, R9 380, and R9 390 will all be very good deals. Plus with ssd prices dropping you should definitely wait until you can afford at least a 250gb. 120 is not enough. My two cents though. i already have a ssd lol
 
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I will keep my HDD, just SDD as a boot drive (only windows in it)
I'm more into nvidia

 
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You should definitely look at consensus around the web. I know no one who would say an HDD to SSD upgrade will yield better gaming performance than a GPU upgrade.

 
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I stand behind my point. A bigger ssd will let you put games on it, making some games load much faster than the hdd, especially ones with frequent loading screens (Skyrim). And i wasnt suggesting you buy AMD. My point was that when Pascal and Polaris come out, cards like the 970 and the 390, will drop in price. So wait for pascal and buy a 970 and enjoy your games.


 
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I have already ordered a 120 GB intel SSD, it will be enough for me (I play only a few games). I will change my graphics card in summer.
 
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