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Pwnstarz69

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Hello, I'm planning to upgrade the parts of my gaming computer one at a time. My goal is to be able to comfortably stream rainbow six: siege and bf1 on low settings (for competitive purposes) without dropping below 60fps.

Current system specs (no manual overclocks):
CPU: AMD phenom x4 ii 965 be @ 3.4 ghz
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 2gb oc edition
MOBO: Asrock 760gm-gs3
RAM: Patriot viper 3 8gb (2x4gb)
PSU: Antec basiq VP450
CASE: Cooler master haf 912

As of currently, it runs the game fine on low settings. Dipping to 45ish fps when there's a lot going on, my friends have been wanting me to stream for them, and I've been wanting an upgrade for awhile. Thanks.
 
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Your platform uses DDR3 memory, the newer platforms use DDR4. So any move to Skylake/Kaby Lake will have to include new RAM as well. (There are a few boards for that platform that still use DDR3, but no sense staying with old tech if upgrading).

I'd suggest starting with the gfx card upgrade first. It should make a major improvement in gaming alone on your current platform. And the card can always be moved to the new platform...
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Ideally, you'd want to start from scratch with a new Intel Skylake/Kaby Lake platform. But if you want to squeeze the most out of the AM3 platform you have now, I'd suggest getting a faster gfx card. My PhII X4 965BE is OC'ed to 4.1 GHz and can easily handle my GTX 1060 3GB and RX-470 4GB cards w/o much bottleneck. But I would not recommend OC'ing on that motherboard; at least not to any extent.

Your 450W PSU should be able to handle the 2 cards I mentioned above as long as no OC'ing is involved. But that's about the best you can do for that platform. You are about at the top of the food chain as far as the CPU goes.
 
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Well I was hoping to make this a slow upgrading process, I just can't do it all at once. Any part can be upgraded, so long as it will work together with some current parts. Like, I could upgrade the MOBO & CPU at the same time, so long as it will work with the remaining components (gpu, psu, ram, ect..)
 
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Your platform uses DDR3 memory, the newer platforms use DDR4. So any move to Skylake/Kaby Lake will have to include new RAM as well. (There are a few boards for that platform that still use DDR3, but no sense staying with old tech if upgrading).

I'd suggest starting with the gfx card upgrade first. It should make a major improvement in gaming alone on your current platform. And the card can always be moved to the new platform when that day comes. Either of those cards that I mentioned and your stock PhII X4 965 should be able to play most single player games smoothly at near max settings... depending on the game, of course. Example: my PhII X4 and either card (I have both) plays Doom (Vulkan) at over 100FPS at Ultra settings.

BF1 is a different animal. From what I've followed here on the forum, BF1 is still... somewhat broken. A real CPU hog.
 
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