Upgrade CPU or GPU?

[Alex_258]

Hi.

I'm looking to get at least 60fps consistently in games like League of Legends, Overwatch, CSGO etc.

Right now with a Geforce 960 / Amd athlon x8 860k my fps will drop in fights to 30-40. I also run two Java games in the background while playing other games that use ~10% of the CPU each so it'd need to be able to run those while playing.

I've heard league has had some trouble with AMD cpus in the past so i'd be looking to upgrade to Intel if I were to upgrade that first.

I'd probably go for an AMD GPU this time as doing some reading online, Nvidia aren't really worth the price increase for the difference in specs.

Specs
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium (64bit SP1)
CPU: AMD Athlon x4 860k
RAM: 16gb (ddr3) 800mhz
Motherboard: Gigabyte F2a68hm-hd2 (p0)
GPU: Geforce GTX 960 (MSI) 2gb

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Board , Memory and CPU need upgraded.

 

[jaslion]

Hi.

I'm looking to get at least 60fps consistently in games like League of Legends, Overwatch, CSGO etc.

Right now with a Geforce 960 / Amd athlon x8 860k my fps will drop in fights to 30-40. I also run two Java games in the background while playing other games that use ~10% of the CPU each so it'd need to be able to run those while playing.

I've heard league has had some trouble with AMD cpus in the past so i'd be looking to upgrade to Intel if I were to upgrade that first.

I'd probably go for an AMD GPU this time as doing some reading online, Nvidia aren't really worth the price increase for the difference in specs.

Specs
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium (64bit SP1)
CPU: AMD Athlon x4 860k
RAM: 16gb (ddr3) 800mhz
Motherboard: Gigabyte F2a68hm-hd2 (p0)
GPU: Geforce GTX 960 (MSI) 2gb

Budget for the upgrade?

 

[Alex_258]

Board , Memory and CPU need upgraded.

Thanks for the advice I forgot to mention one stick of ram is 800mhz, the other is 1600, I have another 1600 just haven't got around to installing it yet. Is 1600mhz fine for ram?

 

[Alex_258]

Hi.

I'm looking to get at least 60fps consistently in games like League of Legends, Overwatch, CSGO etc.

Right now with a Geforce 960 / Amd athlon x8 860k my fps will drop in fights to 30-40. I also run two Java games in the background while playing other games that use ~10% of the CPU each so it'd need to be able to run those while playing.

I've heard league has had some trouble with AMD cpus in the past so i'd be looking to upgrade to Intel if I were to upgrade that first.

I'd probably go for an AMD GPU this time as doing some reading online, Nvidia aren't really worth the price increase for the difference in specs.

Specs
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium (64bit SP1)
CPU: AMD Athlon x4 860k
RAM: 16gb (ddr3) 800mhz
Motherboard: Gigabyte F2a68hm-hd2 (p0)
GPU: Geforce GTX 960 (MSI) 2gb

Budget for the upgrade?

Around $200-300

 

[jaslion]

Board , Memory and CPU need upgraded.

Thanks for the advice I forgot to mention one stick of ram is 800mhz, the other is 1600, I have another 1600 just haven't got around to installing it yet. Is 1600mhz fine for ram?

That 800mhz is a 1600mhz stick just not multiplied (ddr is double data rate). Also with cpu motherboard and memory he means all of them togheter.

What is meant by that is this:
A pentium g4560
8gb of ddr4
a b250 motherboard.

 

[Herc08]

The thing is, if you upgrade the CPU to intek, then you are looking at a new motherboard as well (DDR4 is you are going to Skylake and above). Your GPU should still be able to be used, but could be quite a power hogger. A do know a friend who use Ultra settings with a Radeon 7970, but your CPU may be holding you back as well. So this a tricky one.

My recommendation? I would get a new motherboard all together and go with a new CPU. If you go Intel, I would see if you can get an Not sure how Nvidia isn't worth the price increase for different GPUs when most them are paired up with their AMD counterparts.

Forgot to hit submit and missed the party. But if $200 is your budget, you can easily replace those components and ugprade to Kaby Lake