What do I need to add/change to make this rig ready for something like Witcher 3?

[Normalcey]

Hello, Right now I have troubles running games smoothly, for example when I play far cry 4 its a rough time.

I will get 50~ fps on medium running, but turning the camera and other things moves it down in the 30's or high 20's.

I want to get a smooth experience even if I can't run them on high.

My specs are


Motherboard: Gigabyte 970A-D3P

CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 960T

Ram: 8 GB Hyperx Ram (not sure how to check the stats without removing it)

Video Card: Geforce GTX 660

And my harddrive is just a 1 TB regular harddrive. It's not a solid state.

What would I have to change or add to make games run smooth, and I don't need max graphics, or even high. Thank you.

 

[IInuyasha74]

Your CPU would be the most limited. It would be best for you to upgrade to one of the AMD FX 8XXX CPUs. Then probably do an overclock on the GPU. I would say you could probably get medium settings at 60FPS at least, not sure exactly where you would fall at though.

 

[Dragos Manea]

A cpu, like fx 8370 or 8320, a good aftermarket cooler and overclock the hell out of it. What psu do you have? Because the fx series 8xxx are a major consumer.

 

[Normalcey]

My PSU is a TS XFX 650 Watt. I currently have a...lever cooler. I'm not sure the techincal term. I couldn't find any coolers that go in that way, can I can remove it and put another one in?

But yeah CPU sounds good, could my motherboard run those?

 

[Dragos Manea]

My PSU is a TS XFX 650 Watt. I currently have a...lever cooler. I'm not sure the techincal term. I couldn't find any coolers that go in that way, can I can remove it and put another one in?

But yeah CPU sounds good, could my motherboard run those?

Yes dont worry about the motherboard is more then fine, and psu seems alright, however a noctua d14 u think can fit in there? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608018 Of course u will have to remove the current cooler.

 

[Kentuckytech]

Should be able to.

Upgrade the CPU and GPU and you'll have no trouble running it on High settings.

 

[Normalcey]

Alright, I think that thing can fit, I've seen it online lol its huge. I can just unscrew the cpu holder and put in a new one?

 

[Normalcey]

Oops I meant to say I don't think it will fit*

 

[Dragos Manea]

Well to overclock the new fx8370 u need something very good for cooling, what about the 212 evo, it is smaller and the fan can be placed in any direction u think it can fit? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099&cm_re=cooler_master_hyper_212_evo-_-35-103-099-_-Product

 

[Normalcey]

I think it will if I take the case door off.

 

[Dragos Manea]

Well for now just replace the cpu with a fx 8370 or 8320 see gaming performance and in future think to upgrade the gpu too. And with the cooler i suggested u will be able to do some good overclock and keep up with a gtx 960-970.

 

[Normalcey]

Thanks guys, I will get that 8370.

 

[Dragos Manea]

Your welcome.