What should I upgrade first on my pc?

GreekTzatziki

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My current pc specs are:
Gigabyte GA-880GM-D2H rev.4
AMD athlon II x3 455
ATI radeon hd 4250
4 Gigabytes of ddr3 ram
Corsair vs 550w
Baracuda 500GB HDD

I was thinking to upgrade to the gtx 750 ti and then by a new motherboard with the 1151 socket and ddr4 ram. Then buy the intel core i3 6100. Would you guys suggest me something better but in the same price? I am willing to spend about ~300$.

Also, is my motherboard compatible with the gtx 750 ti. I think that the gpu is only compatible with uefi bios and my mobo has the gigabyte patended bios which is the hybrid efi.
 
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You should be fine using the 750 ti. I put mine in my old lga 775 motherboard and it ran normally. I wouldn't invest any more into the rig you ha e though. If your case will fit a micro atx motherboard, you can pick up an h110 mobo for $60, use your own case, hard drive, and that gtx 750 to for now. ($180 spent so far on mobo and gpu) then get the i3 6100 ($90-ish, now at $270) and a single 8gb stick of ddr4 2133mhz RAM for around $30. Boom, $300 with a skylake i3 and a fairly capable gpu. Upgrade to a z170 motherboard ($95 or so) and a new atx case that has a usb 3.0 header and more space in it (maybe $75) and another OF THE SAME stick of RAM, and you're all set. You could even swap that z170 motherboard out if you don't need to...

escanthon

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You should be fine using the 750 ti. I put mine in my old lga 775 motherboard and it ran normally. I wouldn't invest any more into the rig you ha e though. If your case will fit a micro atx motherboard, you can pick up an h110 mobo for $60, use your own case, hard drive, and that gtx 750 to for now. ($180 spent so far on mobo and gpu) then get the i3 6100 ($90-ish, now at $270) and a single 8gb stick of ddr4 2133mhz RAM for around $30. Boom, $300 with a skylake i3 and a fairly capable gpu. Upgrade to a z170 motherboard ($95 or so) and a new atx case that has a usb 3.0 header and more space in it (maybe $75) and another OF THE SAME stick of RAM, and you're all set. You could even swap that z170 motherboard out if you don't need to overclock, for a really nice ssd
 
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