Is it time to upgrade?

[memz12]

HELLO! my setup is:
Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard
RAM name : ADATA gaming 4gb x 2
Power supply: OCZ ZS series 650W
Cooler: Prolimatech Lynx CPU Cooler
Case: Xigmatek Asgard II Windowed Midi Tower Case
GPU: GTX 950
CPU: AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core Processor
RAM: 8GB

I recently thought i should try out GTA 5 and i was shocked how bad my PC performed i couldn't even alt tab and go to internet quickly to search something. I know my pc is quite old but is it right to upgrade now? I've been having people tell me how bad the AMD FX chips are. What are your ideas?

 

[bjornl]

If you can afford to upgrade and wish to play newer games, this would be a good candidate for being replaced. I suggest you get an Intel i5-8600k cpu with a 1070 gtx video card.

 

[Kasper Jorgensen]

I also suggest you throw that PSU out of the window and get a better quality unit.

 

[geofelt]

FX was good in it's day. But, that day has passed.
Games depend most on single thread performance.
Your FX-4170 has a single thread passmark rating of 1402 and initially was a $150 processor.
The FX-6 and FX-8 chips give you more threads which you do not need, but essentially the same single thread capability. and, your motherboard is not recommended for a FX-8 anyway.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2384030/motherboard-tier-list-am3-chipsets.html

Today, you can buy a intel G4600 with a single thread rating of 2043.
It goes up from there.

It is time to upgrade when your rig no longer does what you need it to do.