What should i updrage first (CPU or GPU)?

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Chopchob

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Hello everybody, here's my spec

AMD Phenom II x4 945
AMD R9 270x
DDR3 Ram 4x4 8GB
PSU 650W

I mainly play video games, So for now i think i'll upgrade my cpu to I5 6500. So that mean i've to change my MB and RAM too, but it's okay. As for the GPU i think i'm gonna go for 480, maybe or maybe not, somehow i think i'll just wait for VEGA gpu.

But first i'll need the opinions from you guys.

Thanks in advanced.
 
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Makentox

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Hard to tell just because both your cpu and gpu are low on performance. So if u upgrade for example gpu it will bottleneck cpu so hard that fps improvement will be low. Give me examples of games u play, its very depends on it.
Generally i wouldnt update it 1 by 1 because it will cause unbalance and performance waste.
If u tight on budget go for second hand hardware, or else wait and save money !
 
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Supahos

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Biggest suggestion is save up and rebuild the whole computer. But if you have to upgrade do the GPU as you might can bring it with you when you rebuild. There is no giant upgrade for that CPU unless you want a new board/CPU/memory as well.
 
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A lot of it depends on what motherboard you have, & whether it'll support any of the Socket AM3+ CPUs. If it doesn't then you'll need to replace it. If it does, but only supports 95W CPUs (i.e. FX-6300, FX-8320e/8370e) or only the early Bulldozer versions (i.e. FX-6200, FX-8140/8150/8170), then you'll have to make a tough decision as the only CPUs really worth it out of that bunch would be the FX-8300 or -8310 (lower core clocks than the other octa-cores, but their turbo speeds match the FX-8350/8370). If your board, however, can take the full-power 125W Piledriver cores, then getting something like an FX-8350/8370 would be a big boost to your system (http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/80?vs=697).

Would it be as fast as an Intel Kaby Lake build? No, of course not. Will you be able to get acceptable/decent, if not "good enough" to "good" performance out of it? Yes, most certainly. Will it be a lot cheaper than switching to a new platform? Most certainly yes.
 
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Chopchob

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Thank you, everyone

And have to tell you guys that the performance on some games that is "not an open world" is actually pretty decent for me.

But apart from that, every open world game that i've play seems to have a choppy framerate, stutter and spike. ex, dragon age:inquisition

As for me if i upgrade gpu to 480 i'll be bottleneck as hell, but for cpu which is i don't know, and the new mass effect is coming out soon.
 
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