[SOLVED] Upgrade GPU OR graphics card?

[PleaseHelpAsAp]

I have a Xeon e5-1620 3.40ghz with a NVIDIA 1060 3gb 32 gb ram 500 gb hdd and 1tb extra storage im looking to upgrade either the gpu or graphics card. I am using it to game and stream, need something a little more powerful. There are 4 cores 8 threads. Witch ever one you think I might should upgrade id appreciate it if you let me know what you think I should upgrade I have a budget of around 400 bucks

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

You mean CPU or GPU?

 

[PleaseHelpAsAp]

yeah my bad, very new to pc's in general don't know much about them.

 

[maxamillionfeettall]

If you're mainly gaming, the gpu, if you're mainly streaming, the e5 1660 is the highest V0 lga 2011 cpu, but after that, there is no upgrade path. I'd side with gpu, perhaps a refurb zotac 1070 for 230, or the new gtx 1660.

Frankly, the lga 2011 is quite long in the tooth, with the e5 1660 being the best option available depending on motherboard support. I'd go with a gpu, and save up for a newer system and transfer everything over after. But that's just what I'll be doing with my own ancient pc.

 

[Tyler1120]

If your CPU is mainly the bottleneck when streaming, I highly suggest switching to the GPU encoder in your broadcasting software. (Nvenc h.264 encoder)

It still has good quality and puts much less stress on your PC.