Upgrading My "Gaming Rig"

[TLetz]

So last year I purchased my first desktop and i was a little overwhelmed at how fast the price can add up so i sacrificed performance to save a buck or two (big mistake.) I'm looking to upgrade my GPU i was thinking either the radeon r9 290 or the msi gtx 970. The problem is idk if my cpu will bottleneck either of those choices.

System Specs:
CPU: AMD FX 6300 (6x 3.5 GHz/6MB L2 cache) Not sure if quad core or six core
GPU: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 750
Mother board: Gigabyte GA-970-D3P-AMD970

 

[Math Geek]

the 6300 is a 6-core cpu. it will limit performance in a game that relies heavily on the cpu no matter what gpu you get. the 970 will still allow for better resolution and settings even though the cpu will hold back fps some and is a worthy/big upgrade over the 750.

so many ways i have seen bottleneck used that it is hard to say what exactly people think it is. seems the most often use is saying the "weakest link" is a bottleneck. in that sense the weak link would be the 6300 and thus the "bottlneck" of the system no matter what gpu you put in.

 

[TysonY2]

As Math said, you will bottleneck. How much varies, but you can count on a 290 or 970 being limited because of the CPU. I'm guessing your budget is around 300 US dollars, and in my opinion you should upgrade the CPU and get a slightly lower tier GPU. For instance:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113285
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127789&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Desktop+Graphics+Cards-_-N82E16814127789&gclid=Cj0KEQjw_pmoBRDu986bpISz5ZsBEiQANiuHDIi7dgEeRjn3jgQpgdnQdkUDcm5WEJgE6Btl9xsVSQ4aAk808P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds

An r9 280 will still do great at 1080p and run current gen games a high settings without an issue. An 8320 is a tier up from your CPU for an AM3+ socket. That's what I'd do if I was in your situation.

 

[TLetz]

Thanks guys!