Upgrade CPU or Graphics card?

[adil95]

Hey! So I'm considering upgrading my system, and I'm wondering what component to upgrade. I was wondering whether to upgrade my phenom iix4 processor or my Nvidea Gtx650ti graphics card, or whether to wait for an upcoming release. I'm looking to get something with good cost to performance value. Thanks for your help!
-Adil

 

[CTurbo]

For gaming? What resolution? What's the budget?

 

[adil95]

For gaming? What resolution? What's the budget?

Gaming, 200-300 max, but less money is always better
1080p resolution

 

[ewok93]

You can get a 7870 and a 6300 for 300.

 

[adil95]

You can get a 7870 and a 6300 for 300.

I'm hoping for the next upgrade to my system to hold me over for a couple of years as far as gaming while playing graphics intensive games goes, isn't it better to upgrade one component significantly rather than take both of them a step up? I'm not sure how the parts you listed compare to more expensive things, but I know the FX-8350 is one of the best AMD chips out there for the price. Thoughts?

 

[ewok93]

If you replace one but not the other you will have a bottleneck. You can actually probably get a 7870 and 8320 for around 300. The 8320 is just a lower clocked 8350. That will be fairly futureproof.

 

[adil95]

I did some research on newegg, a 8320 is going for 160 and the 8350 is 200
As far as the graphics card goes, there are so many versions of the 7870 from 200 to 400 I can't figure out which one is the "good" one
Also the 7870 is comparable to the 660, which is just a step up from the 650ti, so does it really give a significant increase in performance? Thanks
Also I can clock my processor up to 4 ghz stable no problem, would this allow me to use the higher end graphics card without a problem?

 

[ewok93]

Get the cheapest one, it doesn't matter. You really should go for an 8320 if you can.