[SOLVED] CPU or GPU upgrade for higher frames in Overwatch?

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Hello!

So here's my problem running Overwatch: when there's not much screen clutter, I get 130-144ish fps, but frames drop to 95ish during team fights or when there's a lot of things on the screen. To get consistently higher frames, should I upgrade my CPU or my GPU (only have budget for 1 right now)?

I was actually thinking about getting a GTX 1070 ti for running Overwatch at 144 fps, but I wasn't sure if my current CPU would bottleneck the 1070 ti.

Thanks for your help.

Specs
CPU: i5-7400 CPU @ 3.00GHz
GPU: GTX 1060
RAM : 8 GB
Motherboard: Odense2-K
Display: 1920x1080 ,144hz monitor
 
Solution
The i5 7400 has very slow clock speed, It should be apt fro 60FPS games but in 144 FPS the CPU performance is bleak at 3GHz.

Get a better CPU, something with near to 4GHz clock speed.
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I did this and found my CPU usage is significantly higher than my GPU usage. So should I upgrade my CPU for higher frames then?