PC Upgrade Options

[Mclewis]

I'm thinking of upgrading my GPU and CPU. I'm only able to get around 30FPS in Metal Gear Solid 5 on default settings with my HD 7850 and AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE, which is prompting me to make some upgrades. I'm not sure if I'm willing to get both a new CPU and GPU right now, so which of the two components do you think would be better to upgrade to get better performance for games?

 

[ianyanian]

You should get a new Haswell or Skylake motherboard and an Intel Core i5 or i7 processor with 8GB ram.
If you have more budget, go grab a GTX 960 with 4GB VRAM or the GTX 970.

 

[Mclewis]

I've was thinking of getting the i5-6600K, but that would mean I'd probably have to get a motherboard that only supports DDR4 RAM. Do you have any insight on if its worth it to go with a LGA 1151 socket Skylake chip with DDR4 or stick with Haswell and keep using the DDR3 RAM that I already have?

 

[ianyanian]

It's definitely worth it to go with Skylake. It uses the newest DDR4 technology and a new LGA 1151 socket. Also, there's a huge performance difference between Haswell and Skylake processors.