Hello,
(current specs at bottom)
Before I start my question I will answer the basic questions first.
Parts to Upgrade: CPU? MOBO? RAM?
Do you need to buy OS: Nope, I have a version of windows here at home.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Don't have a preference.
Location: Netherlands, Noord-Brabant, Helmond.
Parts Preferences: CPU Intel.
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments: I normally play Overwatch alot. Don't really play other games nowadays. I have DayZ StandAlone, Arma 3 etc. aswell.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: I recently bought an INVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 GPU because I knew I'd be needing an upgrade from my old GPU. But what I didn't know, was that it doesn't really change anything when you still have an old CPU. My CPU is bottlenecking my GPU at the moment.
So first of all, I bought an INVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 without knowing anything about upgrading pc's, but (lucky me) it fitted into my pc. I downloaded all the drivers and things that came with it and didn't seem to have any trouble. When I first launched the game I played (Overwatch) I noticed I was only getting around 60 fps with it. When I played around with the settings a bit I noticed almost every setting was maxed out, so I figured it was because of that. I lowered all settings to the lowest possible, just to see how much fps I could get. Even with LOW settings, I had an average fps of 60-80 while in battle. I saw a change in visual things, but not in fps.
Because of this, I started google'ing about it. After a while I saw something about your CPU bottlenecking your GPU. I was reading about this and I noticed that when I was in-game, my CPU would use almost 80%. This was the point I started thinking it was bottlenecking it.
So I've been looking online for some budget CPU's that have some good performance for a low price. (Anything from 0 to 150/200 euro)
When I came across some CPU's I noticed that the socket it uses, isn't the right one for my motherboard. My motherboard uses a FLG1156 socket for the CPU, while the CPU's I've seen were having a FLG1151 socket.
So I started google'ing some more and read you needed to buy a new motherboard for a ''newer/better'' CPU to fit, because a CPU with a FLG1156 socket isnt worth the money for the upgrade you get.
This is where I got stuck. I am not sure what CPU and motherboard I should buy for it to be worth my money. I don't want to spend a huge amount of money for it, I just want a decently good upgrade for a somewhat low price.
I think this pretty much explained most of the things why I'm upgrading and what I want to upgrade, if I got anything wrong, please let me know. Still new to this as I mentioned.
To add things up: What would you reckon I should buy? Good performance to price CPU and a motherboard that can run that new CPU and my GPU.
Do I need to upgrade my RAM aswell or is it not needed yet?
Budget: I'm not sure how much a decent motherboard costs so I can't put a budget on it, but for the CPU my max is about 150/200 euro. I think I could get a decent one for that price, right?
Thanks in advance! I'm sorry if this was already asked. I searched around a bit but noticed I had a different reason to upgrade etc. so the answers on that topic didn't really help me.
My current specs:
CPU- i3-550 @3.20 GHz
GPU- GeForce GTX 1050
RAM- 6GB
MOBO- AS Rock p55m Pro
(current specs at bottom)
Before I start my question I will answer the basic questions first.
Parts to Upgrade: CPU? MOBO? RAM?
Do you need to buy OS: Nope, I have a version of windows here at home.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Don't have a preference.
Location: Netherlands, Noord-Brabant, Helmond.
Parts Preferences: CPU Intel.
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments: I normally play Overwatch alot. Don't really play other games nowadays. I have DayZ StandAlone, Arma 3 etc. aswell.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: I recently bought an INVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 GPU because I knew I'd be needing an upgrade from my old GPU. But what I didn't know, was that it doesn't really change anything when you still have an old CPU. My CPU is bottlenecking my GPU at the moment.
So first of all, I bought an INVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 without knowing anything about upgrading pc's, but (lucky me) it fitted into my pc. I downloaded all the drivers and things that came with it and didn't seem to have any trouble. When I first launched the game I played (Overwatch) I noticed I was only getting around 60 fps with it. When I played around with the settings a bit I noticed almost every setting was maxed out, so I figured it was because of that. I lowered all settings to the lowest possible, just to see how much fps I could get. Even with LOW settings, I had an average fps of 60-80 while in battle. I saw a change in visual things, but not in fps.
Because of this, I started google'ing about it. After a while I saw something about your CPU bottlenecking your GPU. I was reading about this and I noticed that when I was in-game, my CPU would use almost 80%. This was the point I started thinking it was bottlenecking it.
So I've been looking online for some budget CPU's that have some good performance for a low price. (Anything from 0 to 150/200 euro)
When I came across some CPU's I noticed that the socket it uses, isn't the right one for my motherboard. My motherboard uses a FLG1156 socket for the CPU, while the CPU's I've seen were having a FLG1151 socket.
So I started google'ing some more and read you needed to buy a new motherboard for a ''newer/better'' CPU to fit, because a CPU with a FLG1156 socket isnt worth the money for the upgrade you get.
This is where I got stuck. I am not sure what CPU and motherboard I should buy for it to be worth my money. I don't want to spend a huge amount of money for it, I just want a decently good upgrade for a somewhat low price.
I think this pretty much explained most of the things why I'm upgrading and what I want to upgrade, if I got anything wrong, please let me know. Still new to this as I mentioned.
To add things up: What would you reckon I should buy? Good performance to price CPU and a motherboard that can run that new CPU and my GPU.
Do I need to upgrade my RAM aswell or is it not needed yet?
Budget: I'm not sure how much a decent motherboard costs so I can't put a budget on it, but for the CPU my max is about 150/200 euro. I think I could get a decent one for that price, right?
Thanks in advance! I'm sorry if this was already asked. I searched around a bit but noticed I had a different reason to upgrade etc. so the answers on that topic didn't really help me.
My current specs:
CPU- i3-550 @3.20 GHz
GPU- GeForce GTX 1050
RAM- 6GB
MOBO- AS Rock p55m Pro
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