CPU or GPU, which should I upgrade first?

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SlenysD

SlenysD

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Good evening,

I was wondering, what should I upgrade first GPU or CPU? I seem to aim at graphics card like rx480, but I don't know if my cpu wouldn't bottleneck it; but then again I would have to buy a new mobo for a new cpu and new ram too. This is my current situation, I hope for a good suggestions! Thank you in advance!

My current specs.: Motherboard : MSI 880GMA-E35 (FX)
Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 955
Graphic card: MSI GTX560 Ti TwinFroz/OC 1GB
RAM: 8GB 1333Mhz (one is Kingston and other is Ballistix)
PSU: CORSAIR CX500
Cooler: Be Quiet Pure Rock
Case: IN WIN Dragon Slayer Black Mini Tower
 
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This is one of those situations where if you upgrade your CPU your GPU will hold you back a lot but if you upgrade your GPU your CPU is going to hold you back quite a bit, with those system specs I would suggest upgrading the GPU first and just living with the bottleneck your CPU will cause for now then upgrade that later, then again it does depend on what games you want to play. if you play mainly MOBA's and MMORPGS you will see the biggest performance increase from a CPU upgrade I would think.
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This is one of those situations where if you upgrade your CPU your GPU will hold you back a lot but if you upgrade your GPU your CPU is going to hold you back quite a bit, with those system specs I would suggest upgrading the GPU first and just living with the bottleneck your CPU will cause for now then upgrade that later, then again it does depend on what games you want to play. if you play mainly MOBA's and MMORPGS you will see the biggest performance increase from a CPU upgrade I would think.
 
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