Upgrade my PC

[gentjuh]

Hello all,

2 Years ago i made my own PC from Alternate.
My recent rig is:
FX 6300
8GB Ram
AMD Radeon HD7800 series graphic card
MSI 970 G43 Motherboard

So i want a better rig OR Graphic card so i can play GTA 5 at High res.
After some research i came out with this:
I5-4690K Processor
Asus STRIX GTX960 2GB
MSI B85 g43 Gaming Motherboard

I will keep my 600W PSU
So what do you guys think? is it worth the upgrade or is it fine to just buy a better graphic card? (without bottleneck)

I'd like to hear your opinion!

Greets,
Gentjuh

 

[Agash]

Your budget?

 

[Wisecracker]

... is it worth the upgrade or is it fine to just buy a better graphic card? (without bottleneck)

Throw as much video card at GTA-V as possible -- your CPU at 4GHz should handle things nicely.

 

[spentshells]

At this point its hard to recommend a 8 series chip for your motherboard, it wouldn't be bad but perhaps not the greatest overclocker. As mentioned above add an overclock with a decent cooler and buy a better gpu. 390 or gtx 970 and call it a day unless you don't have an ssd if not get one of those as well.

 

[gentjuh]

Hmm, i wanna stay under 600 for a motherboard graphiccard and cpu if i'm going to upgrade to Intel..

So if i keep this cpu wich card you guys recommend? 300 is actually max for a card

 

[gentjuh]

I don't have a ssd either.. If i buy one do you recommend to install gta v on that one or just the OS?

 

[Agash]

Install GTA V on SSD that is large enough. Remember, GTA V is 60 GB. Also, I would recommend this build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($139.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB Superclocked Video Card ($184.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $634.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-18 02:20 EDT-0400

That's a bit over $600 (because of SSD) and is in USD if you live in United States. If you want fast load ups on GTA V, then install it with the OS on the SSD, if your okay with HDD performance, then have the OS on the SSD and the game on the HDD. I suggested you a 250 GB SSD so it would be enough for GTA V, Windows and other small applications or a couple of big ones. If you keep CPU, I would suggest GTX 960 since your under $300. If you want to keep the CPU, which I say is better, then as the above, OC it to 4 GHZ or higher if you can and get a 960. You will save $300 if you want.

 

[gentjuh]

Thanks @Agash that's almost similar to the build i was looking for, I think i 'll just buy the GTX 960 and if it works fine i won't upgrade my whole pc..
Does it matter wich GTX 960 i buy? There's STRIX, OC etc..

 

[Wisecracker]

If you have a solid power supply, buy a GTX 970 or a Radeon R9 390.

And, a nice SSD, with some fancy after-market cooling if you are so inclined.

 

[Agash]

He said his max budget for the card is $300 so the 960 is perfect and I would go for the EVGA or gigabyte as I have a GTX 760 gigabyte card. The OC just has a faster clock but it doesn't really matter. Look at the reviews and your good. The 960 has 2 versions. One with 2 GB of Vram and one with 4 GB. 4GB costs around $300 while 2 GB, you'd save ~$50.

 

[gentjuh]

Hey, i got a gtx 970 instead of the 960, its great! but i got some problems, now when im playing GTA V no matter what settings i use: high or low, i always get the same lagg! i don't know what it is, i got 8gb ram and the graphic card got 4 so whats the problem?

 

[Agash]

Did you install the latest graphics driver? What windows are you using? What power supply are you using. Did you try any other games to see if the problem persists with other games. If so, then graphics card is probably the problem. What are the temps of your GPU and CPU? Did you try memtest x86 to see if it's the memory's issue. First thing to try is try other games and see if that happens. Update on here so we can help you. Can you give the specific PSU so I can see the specifications of it? Also, what is the framerate, does it drop badly. Use fraps to determine the frame-rate. Resolution your running at?

 

[gentjuh]

Im runnning at 1920x1080 60hz
I have a corsair 600w psu, Gpu is around 60 degrees celcius.
Using 7gb ram of 8 while playing gta.
I didn't play other games because i don't have any installed on my pc yet, only gta v.
I 'll try the programms you've said tomorrow and i will post the results here

 

[Agash]

That will be great.