Upgrade or Summer sales?

[IvelNostrebor]

I have the option to either upgrade my fx-6300 to an r5 1600 OR I can buy a load of games. I am having trouble deciding, which would be the better option?

 

[Barty1884]

How does your FX6300 work for you in-game just now? What GPU is it paired with?
If it's still doing what you want fairly well, then I'd just pick up some games.
While an R5 1600 would be a sizeable performance boost, the FX6300 should still be fairly viable - provided you're pairing it with a GPU of similar performance and not expecting the world.

If it's struggling currently, then buying a bunch of new titles would likely be quite the waste if they won't run well.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I would build a Ryzen setup the 6300 is outdated and now EOL.

 

[geofelt]

I would not spend anything on upgrading a FX gaming pc today.
If you need cpu power, plan on kaby lake or ryzen.

What is your budget?

 

[IvelNostrebor]

I have it paired with a gtx 960 4gb.

I planned on upgrading to a Ryzen 5 1600 (with ram and mobo)

My budget is $350

I'm leaning towards getting the games

 

[geofelt]

For $200, you can buy a G4560, a lga1151 motherboard, 8gb of ddr4 and have enough left over for a couple of games.

 

[IvelNostrebor]

If i'm going to upgrade, it will be the Ryzen 5 1600. I'm not gonna cheap out on it if i'm going to upgrade.

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

Personally I'd go with the new hardware. I still have games I bought last year on the Steam Summer Sale that I haven't played much at all if any.

 

[dontlistentome]

Do you have enough games now to keep you busy? If yes, I'd upgrade, since a long backlog of games you aren't playing doesn't do much for you. Upgrading to a 1600, even with that 960, will transform the experience you get in everything, including the demanding games you already have.

If your game library is small, or maybe you've burned out on the games you have, then I'd spend money on the sales.