Chugalug_ :
LucoTF :
If it's just for BF4 and FO4 I wouldn't upgrade the cpu at all. Keep the 4100 and spend the whole $200 on a GPU
Hell nah, the FX 4100 bottlenecks the 1050 like crazy.
There's always a bottleneck somewhere
The fx 4100 is a weaker cpu, but it still pulls 45-60 fps in both games even at stock. If your goal is 60fps solid then the 8300 will definitely help, in BF4 at least - you won't get 60fps solid in Fallout 4 with any FX cpu, regardless of settings.
$200 could have bought a 4gb rx 480, a card that is miles ahead of the 2gb gtx 1050 and one that would have survived the eventual retirement of that AM3 motherboard.
I can understand the 8300 / 1050 route, it does provide a more balanced system right now. But I also have to question the choice of investing $100 in AM3 here in mid 2017, as well as the decision to buy a 2gb gpu in mid 2017 when the option to go 4gb was available.
I mean, OP could have sold his CPU / mobo / ram for $100 and bought a g4560 / mobo / ram for $180...