UPGRADE NEEDED: What should I buy first?

[Ton_Lang]

Hi guys,

This forums have been very helpful to me so far. I have been learning a lot. I was wondering what to purchase first as I am on a tight budget right now.

here are my pc specs.

MOBO: ASUS H81M-K
CPU: i3 4170
GPU: Asus GTX 760 DC2OC 2 GB GDDR5
RAM: Was 8 GB (2x4gb) but one went off to my father so now 4 GB Kingston HyperX 1600 MHz ddr3.
PSU: True Rated 600W
SSD: Kingston A400 120 GB(Windows with AC Origins installed)
HDD: 1TB Seagate

So I am pretty much tight in budget right now and can only afford 1 upgrade so I am wondering if I would purchase another stick of 4GB ram ($27 here) or swap out my CPU with an i5 4460 ($36.84).

I currently play AC Origins and get approx 28 - 45 fps with the current set up. sometimes 50.mixed medium, low and high settings at 1366x768 reso.

What would be more beneficial? a stick new of ram or a CPU upgrade to i5 4460?

next month I will be upgrading to GTX 960.

Any inputs?

Thanks!

 

[Chaos2Theory]

I would probably go for ram, although both of them are a bottleneck for you at the moment. You might not see large performance improvements until you upgrade both unfortunately.

You will need both upgraded to have your new graphics card improve your performance as they are your bottlenecks in this system :/

 

[Ton_Lang]

I would probably go for ram, although both of them are a bottleneck for you at the moment. You might not see large performance improvements until you upgrade both unfortunately.

You will need both upgraded to have your new graphics card improve your performance as they are your bottlenecks in this system :/

yes, they are bottlenecks and I am currently working on it,. Haha.. thanks for your input. I will take good note of that.