Help with upgrading PC / CPU bottlenecking

[kushaladoara]

I'm helping a friend of mine upgrade his PC currently he has a i5 - 3750 @3.40hrz with 8gb DDR3 of memory and a 970 ti, but I am at a loss of trying to decide which he should upgrade first.

I suggested that he upgraded his graphics card first and I was pushing him towards a ASUS 1060 6g but at the same time I am slightly concerned that his CPU might become bottlenecked.

He wants to upgrade his whole PC over time but money is the issue currently, down the line upgrading to the Ryzen 5 1600 with 16gb of memory.

Will upgrading to a 1060 cause any problems to his current PC or should he prioritize upgrading his CPU first?

 

[jay32267]

Well...I'm not sure there's an i5-3750. There is an i5-3570.

...and I also don't think there is a 970 Ti.

...but assuming it's a 3570 and a 970....there shouldn't be much of a bottleneck...but I think you might be getting near the limit as far as graphics cards.

Upgrading to a 1060 won't cause problems but he may not get all the power of the 1060.

I think this is kind of a tough call because neither the processor or the graphics card is way better than the other.

 

[DSzymborski]

I'm helping a friend of mine upgrade his PC currently he has a i5 - 3750 @3.40hrz with 8gb DDR3 of memory and a 970 ti, but I am at a loss of trying to decide which he should upgrade first.

I suggested that he upgraded his graphics card first and I was pushing him towards a ASUS 1060 6g but at the same time I am slightly concerned that his CPU might become bottlenecked.

He wants to upgrade his whole PC over time but money is the issue currently, down the line upgrading to the Ryzen 5 1600 with 16gb of memory.

Will upgrading to a 1060 cause any problems to his current PC or should he prioritize upgrading his CPU first?

The GPU and the CPU are well-matched; he should not have a significant bottlenecking problem. If something's not working to his satisfaction, something else is going on.

Also, a 1060 isn't enough of an upgrade to bother with unless he has very specific issues in the games that need the 1060's extra RAM.

 

[CaptainCretin]

For gaming, a new gfx will give an instant improvement; although a new cpu will make further improvements to the gaming experience when it in turn is upgraded, allowing the gfx card to go even faster.

The other way around, and a new cpu would be bottlenecked by the gfx, and he wouldnt see much of an improvement, except in older games that use the cpu rather than gfx card for much of the visuals.

Obviously, if he isnt gaming, the cpu upgrade would be better.