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[jackgoofle3]

Hey, so i have a pc and it’s pretty good at handling games. it can run most games at decent settings. I have an AMD Fx-6300 processor machine with a Radeon RX 560 graphics card. and i was wondering if i would be able to upgrade to a GTX 1060 or 1070 to get better graphics and frames for editing and gaming. I was wondering if i could just pop it in there or do i have to get a different processor, motherboard, fans, etc. Please let me know as i wanna get one for black friday to get an even better deal since they are currently sitting at about 300 bucks. Also, please let me know how i can do it. send a video on what i have to do or just let me know step-by-step. thanks.

 

[tennis2]

You don't need to change your CPU to upgrade your GPU. What wattage is your power supply?

What monitor do you have?
If you've got a 1080p 60Hz monitor, I'd recommend just getting a GTX1060 6GB. They're currently around $230, so they might get close to $200 next week.

 

[jackgoofle3]

You don't need to change your CPU to upgrade your GPU. What wattage is your power supply?

What monitor do you have?
If you've got a 1080p 60Hz monitor, I'd recommend just getting a GTX1060 6GB. They're currently around $230, so they might get close to $200 next week.

I’m not sure what wattage my power supply is. but what wattage should i get? i have 144hz monitor btw.

 

[LordVile]

You don’t need to but everything would be much faster with a system overhaul to a new platform. The FX chips are crap and will bottleneck any mid range GPU. Plus editing is CPU intensive so it’ll cripple performance there too.

 

[Dennis_96]

Actually, dont go higher than a gtx 1050/1050ti with that CPU, it will and it gonna bottleneck any better GPU. And if you go with GTX 1050 you dont need to upgrade your PSU. Probably.

 

[LordVile]

1050 is the same as the 560

 

[Dennis_96]

1050 is the same as the 560

Oh I read RX580 my bad!

 

[tennis2]

why would the OP "upgrade" from an RX580 to a GTX1050?

 

[Dennis_96]

why would the OP "upgrade" from an RX580 to a GTX1050?

I was really tired. And I actually don't think he should pair a 580 (yeah I read all of the first sentence wrong) or, 1070 with that CPU.

 

[tennis2]

Regardless of how much of a bottleneck the CPU is (not arguing that) a GPU upgrade will still improve performance. Also, not all games are terribly sensitive to CPU.

 

[LordVile]

He did say editing too which is CPU dependant. Plus CPUs advance much slower than GPUs. A 4 core i5 4th gen is still good for gaming, not as good at i7s or higher core recent chips but it holds up much better than the GPUs from that gen.

 

[Dennis_96]

Regardless of how much of a bottleneck the CPU is (not arguing that) a GPU upgrade will still improve performance. Also, not all games are terribly sensitive to CPU.

You are right, but that CPU that he uses is really bad. I used one myself. But sure you are right it will be improvement but not that much that it could justify a 580 or 1060/70 paired with that CPU, but if he gonna upgrade mobo and cpu later on, why not.

 

[tennis2]

There's no doubt in my mind that the FX-6300 is a turd and that upgrading the CPU+mobo+RAM would yield improvements. The way the OP phrased the thread made it sound like perhaps the ~$300 budget was going to be difficult to stretch to $600-$700 or that perhaps the OP wasn't experienced enough to do a complete scratch build.
I would echo everyone else's comments here that the CPU+mobo+RAM upgrade should be kept on the table for the near future.