What parts should I upgrade?

HeadlessHamster · Oct 20, 2016

Hi,

I am looking to upgrade my pc, but I don't know which. I currently have an AMD Athlon X4 860K, and a Nvidia 750 ti. I want to play games like Battlefield, project cars, and maybe some Call of Duty. I was looking to buy an Intel i5-3470 (I found a really good second-hand deal) or an AMD R9 380X (also a really good second-hand deal). So please let me know what you think! Of course, if you have any suggestions for a better CPU or GPU please tell me (my budget is about 200 euro's). (I think I should upgrade my CPU because it's just pretty bad, and if I upgrade my CPU I don't have to buy a new PSU (My current one is 350 Watts)).

weberdarren97 · Oct 20, 2016

PSU make and model?

The i5 really isn't too much of an upgrade. But you also have to consider that the i5 won't fit your current board. You'll have to get a new motherboard to fit the i5, which will definitely add to the price.

HeadlessHamster · Oct 20, 2016

weberdarren97 :

It isn't? Well, then I should pick a different one I guess. But it doesn't really matter that I need to buy a new motherboard, because if I bought a new GPU I needed to buy a new PSU.

Chugalug_ · Oct 20, 2016

At this stage you're pretty much looking at a whole rig overhaul - storage and case.
Budget all up?
I suggest you wait a few months till you have about 500 Euros then get back to us, 200 isn't enough to do anything significant to your system, and you wouldn't see any real improvements from either a GPU or CPU upgrade due to either A, a bottleneck or B, an underpowered graphics card.

HeadlessHamster · Oct 20, 2016

Chugalug_ :

Yeah, you are problably right, but I think I'll upgrade my GPU first, and then after a few months just upgrade my CPU too.

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