How to upgrade my PC? (A8 6600k, GTX 650Ti 2GB..)

[Polikka]

Hello,
First of all excuse my grammar, I am Finnish.
At the moment my computer consists almost purely of parts I got from my brother when he upgraded his PC last summer.
Here are some screenshots from CPU-Z:
CPU: https://gyazo.com/055181ab2e1276288cb3f49320e7a5b5
Mainboard: https://gyazo.com/eb51222956df2b1c8b8cc6e4e04c71a9
Memory: https://gyazo.com/3aee10e1d0237254ea0336a6e7da8f77
GPU: https://gyazo.com/a68ce00bcdfe3748883918ca59b9f13a
The power supply I have is a XFX 550W pro.
Right now my CPU is overclocked to 4,2Ghz with a program that came with my motherboard. It has the stock cooler.

Now that you know what`s inside my PC, lets get to the point.
I am looking to upgrade the all-around performance of my computer with a budget of around 300 euros, that is just a bit over 300 US dollars. I`m in no desperate need of upgrading it, but I`d like to see options what could I do to it with the little money I have gathered.
For now I have sticked to some older games that my current system can run, I`ll include the the fps I get with the settings I play on:

-Skyrim I think im on high/medium, 40-80fps
-Battlefield 3 low, 40-90fps
-CS:GO maximum settings, 80-140 fps
-Assetto Corsa high, 50-60 fps
-Path Of Exile medium/high, 40-120 fps
-Borderlands 2 high, 70-100fps
-Minecraft fast graphics, medium render distance, 150-350fps

Things I have considered on getting:
-More and faster ram (8GB of the fastest ram my CPU can take, 1866mhz)
-Better GPU (GTX960/R9 380 NITRO 4GB)
Random stuff that came into mind:
-An SSD
-Better cooling and more overclock

I am no expert in PC components, so feel free to suggest better parts for the same price, that`s why I am here. My friend said those are pretty solid cards, both cost about 220 euros. Ram I can get for 60 euros. I`ve also heard that AMD GPU`s don`t quite work flawlessly with minecraft, which I play quite a lot, so thats a minus for AMD. I`m aware that the GPU`s may get bottlenecked by my CPU, I am looking to upgrade to a better one if I get a summer job this summer.

That`s about all I have to say for now, I`m eager to hear your guys suggestions on what to do to get the most out of my PC.



Thank you
-Joonatan

 

[hazcoper]

Hey there. Depending on the games you want to play, my suggestion can vary a lot. If you plan to play more graphic intensive games, I would use all the money to grab a good gpu. Now if you dont plan on play intensive games in high resolutions, I would probably get a small ssd just to put windows and some other programs, I would also buy a better cooler for the cpu and then depending on how much there is left, I would use it for the gpu or save it for later

 

[_Blink]

I agree with what you've mentioned.

ram
8GB Ram at 1866Mhz (which I literally got 4 days ago) is amazing

GPU
Here's a comparison between the GTX960 and the R9 390.
http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R9-390-vs-GeForce-GTX-960
That'll show you everything you need to know between the two. Clocking capabilities and stuff.

AMD will run minecraft perfectly. There's nothing about it running badly with minecraft.
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/feedthebeast/comments/3y88rl/minecraft_performance_on_amd_gpus/
Besides minecraft doesn't require much from your GPU, so it really won't be a problem.

SSD
Will make your computer such a pleasure to use.
I would recommend one of these two:
250GB
120GB

Overclocking
Unless you love to overclock (and you're good at it), I wouldn't recommend it.
Rather don't get the cooler, and spend the extra money on a better CPU.
That way you've got a safe improvement to performance.
Then you can get CPU cooler later and overclock the better CPU.

 

[Polikka]

Thank you for your fast and informative answers, the problem here is I can`t afford it all, so I`m kinda struggling on what to get and what to save for later. Also I`m not certain on what games are CPU/GPU intensive, apart from minecraft which _Blink mentioned. I play at 1080p and would prefer not going any lower.

My friend has a R7 2xx GPU, it cost I believe 170e so its not a bad but not an awesome card either, he also has an A10 5600 (?) Anyways he only gets around 40-60 fps in minecraft, after he switched to that card.
One more thing if I limit my fps to anything under 100 in minecraft the game for some reason just looks choppy, my monitor
is 60hz.

E: Oh and you linked me to a comparison between the 960 and 390. The 390 is way more expensive than the 380 atleast in Finland

 

[Polikka]

So by the looks of it I`m not buying anything since my CPU would probably bottleneck it too much for it to be worth it.
I got this information from some youtube videos with the exact system I had planned.

 

[hazcoper]

So by the looks of it I`m not buying anything since my CPU would probably bottleneck it too much for it to be worth it.
I got this information from some youtube videos with the exact system I had planned.