Any upgrade for this build?

[jameselnonito000]

CPU: AMD FX-8320E
Motherboard: GA-970A-DS3P
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue DDR3-1600
Case: Thermaltake V3 Black Edition
Power Supply: Seasonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze
Storage: WD - Caviar Black 1TB
Video Card: GTX 960 FTW 4GB

 

[raisonjohn]

It's a dead-end platform (the CPU/MB/RAM). Most you can probably upgrade to, if you wish to keep that platform, is a GTX 1060 GPU.

Otherwise, if you are looking for more powerful setups (more powerful GPU), I'd recommend to migrate to the AMD Ryzen 5 or 7 platform to give you the opportunity to upgrade to the likes of a GTX 1070 and up without the CPU hindering the GPU's max. possible performance.

As to what CPU/MB/RAM, depends on your budget and location.

 

[geofelt]

There is NO useful cpu upgrade available for that motherboard.
If your games are cpu limited then look to a more modern kaby lake or ryzen cpu/mobo/ram upgrade.

If you play fast action shooters, then a graphics upgrade might be OK.
At least, a new gpu can be carried forward to a new cpu upgrade.
If you buy a new graphics card, make the jump big enough so you can see good results. GTX1070 class card.
Try your games with reduced resolution and settings. If your fps increases nicely, your cpu is strong enough for a graphics upgrade first. If no change, you are cpu limited.

As a second test, see how many threads you are actually using.
You can do this in the windows msconfig boot advanced options option.
You will need to reboot for the change to take effect. Set the number of threads to less than you have.
This will tell you how sensitive your games are to the benefits of many threads.
If you see little difference, your game does not need all the threads you have.


Another upgrade that you might consider would be a SSD for your C drive.
It also could be carried forward.

240gb or larger Samsung EVO