upgrading an fx8320 to a 6600k or upgrading from a gtx970 to a 1070?

[iTrowz]

Well, I'm in this weird spot now, I've been sticking with my FX-8320 for almost 4 years now, I've overclocked it but right now I'm seeing some limitations on some games. I've recently (9 months ago) upgraded from a r9 270x to a gtx 970, but now with the pascal gpus on the verge of performance increases, I'm sceptical on upgrading my cpu or upgrading my gpu. So, as the title says, should I upgrade my fx 8320 to an i5 6600k or upgrade my 970 to a 1070? I've seen so many posts on bottlenecking and stuff and it seems like the 8320 is getting quite old now. Any tips are appreciated

 

[CTurbo]

I would make the jump to Intel since the 970 is still pretty good at 1080p. It doesn't HAVE to be the 6600k. The regular 6500 or 6600 would still be a huge upgrade. Keep in mind that you would have to buy new DDR4 RAM too.

 

[iTrowz]

Really? can't I stick with the ddr3?

 

[Hlsgsz]

^ this.
And seconded on the 6500. The extra cost of a k-series + z170 MB + good cooler offsets any advantages brpought by overclocking. PLus, there's not really a need for overclocking.
Also seconded that you should not try to hold on to your RAM. Sell it and get DDR4. It's cheap.

 

[Hlsgsz]

Really? can't I stick with the ddr3?

You can, but it's neither worth it nor recommended. Plus 16 gigs of DDR4 is 50 bucks so..

 

[iTrowz]

Really? can't I stick with the ddr3?

You can, but it's neither worth it nor recommended. Plus 16 gigs of DDR4 is 50 bucks so..

Okay I'll upgrade my ram, but I already have an h80i in my hands so the cost isnt really a problem. And I think the ability to overclock on the long run is great ! Also, the mobo cost in negligeble for me. I want the raw answer. upgrading to a 1070 or upgrading to a 6600k? thanks

 

[Hlsgsz]

Really? can't I stick with the ddr3?

You can, but it's neither worth it nor recommended. Plus 16 gigs of DDR4 is 50 bucks so..

Okay I'll upgrade my ram, but I already have an h80i in my hands so the cost isnt really a problem. And I think the ability to overclock on the long run is great ! Also, the mobo cost in negligeble for me. I want the raw answer. upgrading to a 1070 or upgrading to a 6600k? thanks

CPU. Your current one would bottleneck a 1070 severly. And CPU bottlenecking is worse teh GPU, because if teh GPU struggles you can almost always fix that with settings. On the CPU side, most of the time all you can do is endure the stuttering.

 

[drtweak]

Yea i got the 8320. I don't pay games as much anymore (Started playing Doom and honestly with everything at max playing at 1920x1200 I get no lag at all on my GTX 960) but yea i would second the i5 as well. It is that or wait another 6 months or so for Zen which is showing to be very promising. I'm more of an intel fanboy, even though I went from a Q9550 to a FX-8320 due to 1) it was half the cost at the time of an intel build that was just as fast and 2) AMD still overclocks the old ways by FSB and Multipler lol

 

[CTurbo]

get the i5 for sure

 

[iTrowz]

get the i5 for sure

Thank you all I will definetely go with the i5 Cheers

 

[Hlsgsz]

You're welcome!