Upgrade, what can I do (CPU, GPU, PSU)

Jelle97s

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hello guys,

I recently bought a PC purely for cs go and battefront 3.
those games were played very good ( cs go all high settings 180+ fps and battlefront 3 medium settings 60 fps+) but now with overwatch, a game I waited for for 2 years, I have to put all the settings down to low to get around 80-90 fps. obviously it has been out for 1 month but still, I want to get some better settings. current setup:

-AMD FX-4300 @ 3.8 GHZ
-AMD R7 360 @ 2 GB
-Corsair VS Series VS450 PSU
-8 GB DDR3 1600 MHZ
-GIGABYTE GA-970A-DS3P Motherboard

I was thinking about upgrading my GPU to the GTX 1060, Yes that card because it doesnt require to much wattage and a AMD FX8350E , both do not require more watt than the components I currently have. What would you guys recommend?
 
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Cooper0408

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If you want to save a bit of money get a rx 480 but if you can spend a bit more definitely a 1060. As for the cpu have you considered maybe upgrading to a intel chip? Those would help eliminate any bottlenecks since the 8350 is kind of old now. You could also buy a new gpu now and wait for amd zen to come out as well.
 

Jelle97s

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Yh Intel is an option, but I don't want to spend more than 200 on a Cpu with that upgrade so..

 

Cooper0408

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You could get somthing like this http://pcpartpicker.com/list/zrjqhM but other than that you might see a bottleneck with the 8350 but it wouldn't be huge.
 

Jelle97s

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Yeh something like that or like a i5 6600/6500. I might oc the 4300 for the gtx 1060 see how it's runs aswell
 

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You could try make sure you have a decent cooler. But I wouldn't worry to much as you will have a bottleneck but it will probably only be like 3-5fps.

 
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