[SOLVED] Upgrading My CPU

[SSFX]

Hi everyone
I have these following specs:

i5-4690
ECS H81H3MV
2x4GB DDR3 1600Mhz
Palit GeForce GTX 970 Jetstream
Kingston 120GB SSD
WD Blue 500GB
FSP Raider II 550w

I need help as i'm confused at what should i upgrade first.
I have these options:

i3-10100f
AsRock H410m
2x4GB DDR4 2666Mhz

or

Sell my GTX 970 to buy a GTX 1060 and add more RAM instead?

Thanks in advance

 

[siaan312]

If I were you I'd save a little more and upgrade to something better instead.
The 970 is very similar to the 1060, so that won't be a benefit to you at all, and more ram is necessary only if you need more. If your games and/or applications don't use all 8 gigs, it doesn't matter if you add more.
As for the cpu board and ram upgrade, that's also not recommended. That cpu is better, but not so much better than your current cpu that it would matter that much for gaming, and obviously board and ram go with that.


You should save a little more, and then either put a better gpu (say, a 1080 or similar performance but newer, like the 2060 super or higher ,the rumored 3060, or the probably coming 3050 since anything below that won't be a big enough upgrade to be worth it.
Imagine you have a 2008 car, and you swap it out for the same car, but 2009, and pay extra for it. It's an upgrade, but not big enough to be worth your time)

Or do the same, but with a new cpu, like a newer i5, or ryzen 5 with 6 cores which will actually be a good upgrade.

 

[SSFX]

Im upgrading bc this cpu is showing its age. 100% usage on all 4 cores when gaming makes my game quite unplayable (stuttering).

Oh yeah, i watched some Benchmark on youtube. The i3 is quite good, it's dependable enough. But yeah, as you said i think i should upgrade to i5.. Maybe i5-9400f is a good choice then??

I won't upgrade higher than 1070/ti tho.