Should I upgrade from AMX FX-6300 Black Edition

[noone_]

Im fairly new to the pc world, so should I upgrade my CPU, one that's suitable for my motherboard? If so which one? I feel like my cpu is holding my gpu back in regards with fps.

PC specs:
CPU: Amd fx6300 black edition 3.5ghz 6 core
Mobo: Gigabyte 970-gaming AM3+
Gpu: asus geforce gtx 1060 turbo 6gb
Ram: corsair vengeance blue 16gb ddr3 1600mhz

 

[sizzling]

Your CPU is probably holding you back but there is no good upgrade path using the FM3+ socket. You could go FX8XXX but those extra 2 core go largely unused for gaming and it still has weak single core performance.

 

[TheUltraMarine]

You could overclock the cpu to either 3.9 or 4.0, if you wanna go for it try to go for 4.3, but it shouldn't be holding back your gpu performance, 4 cores is even enough to run games well. You could also instead of overclocking your cpu, you overclock your GPU, you can overclock it by using NZXT's CAM software, there are tutorials on youtube on how to overclock using this software.

 

[Ditt44]

Overclock your 6300. My 6350 is running at 4.29 using my Asus Sabertooth's auto-overclock settings. Stable for 3+ years. As sizzling said, there is no clear or reasonable upgrade path within AM3+ land.

Best to make the most of what you have with moderate overclocks and save up for a rebuild from the ground up and carry over what you can from the current build...case, PSU, GPU, cooler possibly. Any more money on this AMD generation is wasted money unless you absolutely cannot afford to move forward. And I love my build, but it's time to move on to Ryzen.