Upgrade Suggestions For my computer

Starfan75 · Dec 28, 2016

What should i upgrade in my Gaming PC to improve the performance the most ?

Specs: AMD FX 6300 six-core proccesor.

12GB of RAM

Nvidia Geforce GTX 1070

GA-78LMT-USB3 MotherBoard

I feel like my system isnt running as well as i thought. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Herc08 · Dec 28, 2016

Well everything is awesome, except that CPU. It's holding you back. AMD's chips are not meant to handle gaming, until Ryzen is release (maybe). If you want to upgrade, grab yourself a Haswell or Skylake chip to gain benefit. If your RAM is DDR3, stick with Haswell.

What's your budget?

Corwin65 · Dec 28, 2016

Not much you can do at this point, and you do not want to spend money on a dead platform.

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Wait for Ryzen to drop, see real world benchmarks, and then decide if AMD or Intel fits with what you want and then a new build.

Upgrade to Skylake now, don't build on Haswell just to save your DDR3, Skylake gives you an upgrade platform.

As stated by Herc08, what's your budget?

Starfan75 · Dec 28, 2016

Herc08 :

I would like to stay under $300 if possible

Herc08 · Dec 29, 2016

Starfan75 :

$300 for the whole system, or for a motherboard, CPU, RAM upgrade?

Starfan75 · Dec 29, 2016

Herc08 :

Starfan75 :

$300 for the whole system, or for a motherboard, CPU, RAM upgrade?

$300 for the cpu and motherboard , so i would need new ram as well if i was to upgrade the motherboard/cpu?

Herc08 · Dec 29, 2016

Starfan75 :

It is recommend to go to Skylake to get the best performance right now. Even with Kaby Lake drops, you will still have a chip that is powerful enough to do what you need to do for every day computing. Here is a combo set you can use. If $17 is too much, you can drop down to either 8GB or a i3-6100. Hopefully not, because dropping down could hamper performance.

Starfan75 · Dec 29, 2016

Herc08 :

Starfan75 :

It is recommend to go to Skylake to get the best performance right now. Even with Kaby Lake drops, you will still have a chip that is powerful enough to do what you need to do for every day computing. Here is a combo set you can use. If $17 is too much, you can drop down to either 8GB or a i3-6100. Hopefully not, because dropping down could hamper performance.

The only thing i am worried about with upgrading is making sure that everything i get is compatible with each other.

Herc08 · Dec 29, 2016

Oh, wow i forgot to include the part list, I suggest from my previous post, and it look liked priced went up $2...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($46.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($82.99 @ Jet)
Total: $319.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-29 13:07 EST-0500

Starfan75 · Dec 29, 2016

Herc08 :

I will definently be going with these parts, thank you very much for your time/suggestions. Im always afraid when i buy something that i am going to get it and it will end up not working.

Herc08 · Dec 29, 2016

Starfan75 :

Herc08 :

I will definently be going with these parts, thank you very much for your time/suggestions. Im always afraid when i buy something that i am going to get it and it will end up not working.

No worries, glad I could help.

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