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Hello all i am stuck on what to do. i currently own a AMD A10-7860k OC to 4.5ghz with liquid cooler, some cheap mobo from ASUS 8gb DDR3 RAM and B500 v2 85% psu no SSD and 2TB HD.
i already have some DDR4 3000ghz RAM (Dont ask why i have some lol)
i am planning upgrades my two upgrade paths are as follows:
1) NEW GTX 1060 Strix GPU and a SSD
2) Ryzen 5 1600 and MSI gaming pro carbon X370 chipset motherboard

what should i do

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i have a GTX 1050 forgot to mention this
 
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WorkLoads will change all through the game. If that's getting a bit confusing, turn down the resolution to ~720p to shift the boundary towards the CPU mainly. This should give you a pretty good observations of the CPU performance (if FPS above your desired, CPU is fine).

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Well if you go with the ryzen 5 1600 you have no graphics now and you can't use the computer.. The AMD A10 have integrated graphics but the Ryzen CPUs dont

So I would say if you can only get one; go with the GPU then upgrade the CPU at a later date. If you can do both the CPU and GPU do it, you wont regret it.

Just realized though that the new cpu would require a new AM4 motherboard as well; but you couldn't use that new CPU without a gpu
 
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Oh haha that changes everything; then defiantly upgrade the CPU and motherboard. Your current cpu is bottle-necking that gpu badly.
 
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But i was playing Nier automata (probs not the best for its optimisation and the GPU was running at 99%)
 
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If you upgrade to Ryzen you will also need new ram.

We have no idea what you're doing with this PC, and the reason you're needing to upgrade so how would we know?

If gaming, and you're wanting to upgrade I presume your having issues. If there is some sort of stuttering, it's likely caused by the CPU.
If you aren't receiving enough FPS for you likings, turn down your resolution to 720p. If you receive fine FPS there, your CPU is fine. If you FPS increases above your performance goal, consider upgrading graphics card.
 
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Well I guess it is up to you in the long run and depends on what you like to play :D but the current cpu you have will hold your system back a lot; if you got a 1060 you probably wouldn't see much of an improvement
 
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i already have some DDR4 RAM 2x4gb at 3000mhz, i had a previous plan for upgrading but it went tits up.
 
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Yeah you are right, the CPU is definitely something that is holding the system back and the best choice would probs be to upgrade CPU and Mobo (on current mobo some usbs arnt working :/ so there is another pro there)
 
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i have another question, when i was playing i noticed that all the ram wasnt being used about 1gb i think was being used (seems strange) but the GPU was at 99% does that mean anything?
 
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You talking system or GPU ram?? The amount of system ram is different per program or game you run and it is a fixed number; example; say Google Chrome uses 500mb of ram or Call of Duty uses 2gb of Ram. That wont change; so your okay on that front.
 
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If the GPU usage was at 99% and you were performing below your performance goal at your desired Graphics quality, your GPU is the bottleneck in that scenario. If results are similar throughout other games the preffered upgrade for better performance in games is the GPU.
 
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OK, from what i gathered, i gathered some information was that the CPU was running at about 80-90% usage for one game, another game gets 100% usage of the cpu. but my GPU is also at 100% but from what i read online the game i am playing i should get about 60fps on high preset but this is not the case for me.
 
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WorkLoads will change all through the game. If that's getting a bit confusing, turn down the resolution to ~720p to shift the boundary towards the CPU mainly. This should give you a pretty good observations of the CPU performance (if FPS above your desired, CPU is fine).



All fine, I didn't even know non-OP users could select best answer.
 
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