CPU OR GPU upgrade first?

drinkcup · May 22, 2016

Hi There,

First time poster / register long time reader.

Recently have sold my Xbox one in favor of starting to use my PC for gaming. I am a hardcore gamer so I know i am going to have cost along the way to upgrade my PC to spec i'm happy with but not sure in which order i should do things.

I want to upgrade my graphics card to the new GTX1070 when its released in a few weeks.... Just wondering if my 930 would have enough power to run it or i should upgrade CPU first? Have been thinking of upgrading to a larger water cooling unit and try and achieve 4.0 ghz.

Any advice on which way to go would be highly appreciated.

PC SPECS -
I7 930 Overclocked to 3.5
Corsair H60 cooler
16GB Corsair Ram
512gb SSD and 1TB Seagate
GTX-760

synphul · May 22, 2016

I'd upgrade the gpu first. Even if the cpu is a bit limiting it won't hold you back as much as that 760 you're currently using. If you upgrade the cpu first you'll need a new cpu, motherboard and possibly ram (ddr4 for skylake). After all that, assuming it's around $350 give or take of upgrades plus a windows reinstall you'll still be gaming on a 760.

Silvy2 · May 22, 2016

Thats still a fairly good CPU for gaming. I would upgrade your GPU

tystat · May 22, 2016

Id say upgrade your processor dude, yes its a decent cpu but its fairly old. The technology is old. I would strongly reccomend you get atleast the new I5 Skylake CPU or if you wanna go all out get the i7. Yes you will have to buy a new motherboard and RAM but your gonna be using top of the line equipment which means your not gonna have to upgrade those parts for a long time. The 760 is still a decent GPU and its only a few years old. The processor is going on 7 years old. Gaming does depend on graphics cards more often but its time to upgrade your oldest hardware first. You getting a GTX 1070 would be pointless cause your process would just hold it back. So your money is best spend with a new mobo/cpu/ram

You can get an Intel Core i5 6600k sided with a 212 Evo
An MSI Z170
16 GB DDR4 2400mhz

You can get that for 400 bucks and be up to date on all your hardware

drinkcup · May 23, 2016

Thank You so much to all of you

Will go ahead and upgrade my GPU first as i intended

Thanks again

drinkcup · May 23, 2016

tystat :

Id say upgrade your processor dude, yes its a decent cpu but its fairly old. The technology is old. I would strongly reccomend you get atleast the new I5 Skylake CPU or if you wanna go all out get the i7. Yes you will have to buy a new motherboard and RAM but your gonna be using top of the line equipment which means your not gonna have to upgrade those parts for a long time. The 760 is still a decent GPU and its only a few years old. The processor is going on 7 years old. Gaming does depend on graphics cards more often but its time to upgrade your oldest hardware first. You getting a GTX 1070 would be pointless cause your process would just hold it back. So your money is best spend with a new mobo/cpu/ram

You can get an Intel Core i5 6600k sided with a 212 Evo
An MSI Z170
16 GB DDR4 2400mhz

You can get that for 400 bucks and be up to date on all your hardware

Thanks for that, that appears to be an alternative and i get all my hardware updated. Had not thought of this , cheers.

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