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Ted_12

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Hello, I am not really good at this things so I decided to ask here, what should I upgrade (and into what) to get some performance increase. I want to buy better components one by one. Here are my components:
CPU: AMD FX-4320 (4x 4Ghz)
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7850 2 GB
RAM: 6 GB DDR3
PSU: Thermaltake modular 550w
MOBO: Gigabyte ga-78lmt usb3 am3+ (rev 6.0)
I play mostly MMO games (World of Warcraft)
 
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Everything you have is 4 year old midrange components.

There's no real quick fix here mate, its a full rebuild really.

The albine gt is a rank cooler , no better than stock.
What country are you??

A GPU is still first & foremost change IMO.
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Definitely the gpu and probably the cpu. GPU's are mostly responsible for performance in games and you should see a large increase in performance by getting a new one. Usually I recommend getting the best video card you can comfortably afford (1060s and 1070s are excellent choices0. But in this case where you only play mmo's that aren't too taxing on the system and are used to a 7850 I would get something cheap like a gtx 950 or 960. Then run some tests and use the task manager to see if you're current cpu and ram are a bottleneck for the system. If they are then we can talk about cpu upgrades if not then I wouldn't worry about it unless you need a faster cpu for another reason than wow. There are plenty of cheap and better chips for am3+ but moving to an intel chipset is a better idea. Also when you start replacing a bunch of components the psu may need to be upgraded as well since it may not be able to support and upgraded cpu and gpu.

So basically buy a new gpu, put it into your old system and see what happens. If it works great, if not due to bottleneck or some other issue then start upgrading more parts.

Here is the performance benchmarks for your current gpu and my recommended ones.
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=Radeon+HD+7850
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=GeForce+GTX+950
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=GeForce+GTX+960
 
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I think your better off saving up and replacing the CPU/MB & RAM (DDR4), then upgrade the GPU. If you prefer AMD then you could save up enough to upgrade this Fall/Winter to AMD Zen which should be a good performance increase over the current FX chips.
 
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GPU first mate IMO.
Get a decent cheap aftermarket cooler on that 4320 & you'll drag 4.5ghz out if it easily enough.
It's a good performance increase for a $20 outlay IMO.

What is it you're not particularly happy with performance wise at the minute??
 
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I have some Alpine 64 cooler I don't know if it is any good. I get frustated easily when playing GTA V on normal with pretty much everything on lowest setting and I don+t get stable 60 FPS at all times, same to some other games, so I want upgrade
 
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I highly doubt he will get 4.5ghz on that motherboard. Both the CPU and GPU are weak by todays standards, to see any material gain in games your really needing to upgrade both IMO, doing one without the other is pointless. However a cpu upgrade means a new motherboard and really new RAM if doing it properly. Is your copy of Windows OEM, if yes remember to budget for a new licence.
 
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Everything you have is 4 year old midrange components.

There's no real quick fix here mate, its a full rebuild really.

The albine gt is a rank cooler , no better than stock.
What country are you??

A GPU is still first & foremost change IMO.
 
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Ted_12

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Thank you all, I guess it's time to change my whole build then, still don't know if I should go Intel or AMD. I will probably get GTX 950, which processor is good for that card?
 
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