GTX 960 4GB and FX 4350. What to upgrade?

ThreeTo4People · Apr 14, 2017

I have a $400 budget to upgrade my PC. My GPU is a GTX 960 4gb and my CPU is an FX 4350. Should I spend all my money on a new GPU or buy a new processor. I was thinking about getting a GTX 1060 6gb for a GPU, or a Ryzen 5 1500x for a CPU. The games I play are CS:GO, GTA 5, Battlefield 1, and Cities skylines.

bignastyid · Apr 14, 2017

I'd upgrade the cpu first(will require motherboard and ram also).

Chugalug_ · Apr 14, 2017

Upgrade the CPU, it's already bottlenecking the GPU.

Chugalug_ · Apr 14, 2017

Spend a touch more and get this.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($294.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($69.99 @ B&H)
Memory: ADATA XPG Z1 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($86.48 @ NCIX US)
Total: $451.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-14 22:22 EDT-0400

If you want to spend a bit less.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($294.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($69.99 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($54.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $419.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-14 22:23 EDT-0400

However I highly recommend getting the RAM for the 7700 now since it's such a good price, and then getting the other two parts as you get the cash.
Prices for those two should stay stable, but RAM is generally around $100 for 16GB, the Adata RAM is great quality and a fantastic bargain.

parani · Apr 14, 2017

If u are only gaming u could buy an i5 and RX 470 4gb will be a good combo .So that saves few bucks over the processor and u could use it on GPU. RX 470 is a little bit slower than RX 480 .So it could handle upto 1440p with playable FPS.May be a few dips in some games but it can hanle it.I hope it will be a balanced build. If u dont wanna spend money on new mobo's, even fx-8370e will be a good choice

Chugalug_ · Apr 15, 2017

The RX 470 isn't that much of an upgrade from a GTX 960, not worth it.
The money is better spent on an i7, net FPS will be much higher.

parani · Apr 15, 2017

I'm considering his budget and a balanced build.RX 470 can run most games around 45fps with an i5 .May be getting an i7 now and save some bucks and buy a GPU later .

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