Upgrading my PC

[Chris Laking]

Hey everyone I'm planning on doing some upgrades to my computer to make gaming a little more comfortable on my system. I want to upgrade my motherboard, processor and RAM but want to make sure I get the right parts to go with my graphics card i plan on continuing to use which is a NVIDIA GTX 650. I'm only looking to spend about 100$ on motherboard and the same on processor, I'm open to all suggestions! Please let me know what would most likely be my best options.

 

[Vic 40]

More a question for here,
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/forum-74.html

Anyway something like this,

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($96.48 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $277.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-01 07:06 EST-0500

 

[iLiftFood]

An OC'd G3258 is cheaper and performs better than an i3-4160 I believe.

 

[Vic 40]

Looking at the lack of hyper threading do i disagree.Also adds costs of a decent cooler and the need for overclocking.

 

[Chris Laking]

Thanks Vic 40 that helps alot wasn't expecting prices also so even better! I look into that

 

[Vic 40]

I look into that

You do that.Read some reviews,for instance (look at 1080p),
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i3-4340-4330-4130_5.html#sect0
look at the 4130 (4160 is faster) and see that the i3 is fast enough,even more so paired with the gpu you have right now.You will see that in some games the true quad cores wil give more fps,but that is maybe an upgrade option for the future.You need to realize that these are single player benchmarks so online might give a bit less fps,settings (which are pretty high in the review) may have to be changed.Going up to r9 270X,maybe gtx 960 level should be fine too with the i3.

Thanks Vic 40 that helps alot wasn't expecting prices also so even better!

You're welcome.😀