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Upgrade Graphics or CPU?

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Personally, I would go for the 7870 since the upgrade in performance is going to be much higher going from a 6770 to 7870 then you will upgrading your CPU. Honestly, the Bulldozer/Piledriver series is over-rated. What games do you play the most. If you play graphics intensive games like BF3 then the 7870 is the better choice since most graphic intensive games are proven to be GPU sided.
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killey13 said:
There are two things that i want to put in my computer, but i have to pick one. so I need to choose between a graphics card and a CPU. both are about the same price.
XFX 7870 for 220$ or
AMD 8350 for 200$

Which one should i buy?
my specs are in my signature

i asked about a Graphics card yesterday. What I got was 7870.... or wait. I'm going to wait for the 8000 Series to come out which is going to hopefully come out at the beginning of 2013. It is supposed to be 40% better than the 7000 series and it is said to be about the same price as the 7870. So if you can wait (Like I can) I would recommend doing so.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/312839-28-cooler-mast...

Tbh if its in your budget and you value your hardware i might consider upgrading your psu. It says 600w but thats not always the case especially with that series of psu. Google it there isnt much good on them. For the same price as that particular psu you can pick up a 500+ w psu from say antec, seasonic, corsair, or pcpnp.

Only a suggestion ofc my old 500w cooler master psu was weaksauce and underpowered when i last upgraded and its noisy as hell.
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