What should I do to upgrade my build to make it a 1080-1440p beast with 300-350 dollars $?

[Tanmay_2]

I built my gaming computer around 1.5-2 years ago. I am able to play most games, but with settings turned down or bad frame rates:

AMD 860k
GTX 960 EVGA ACX
8 GB 1600Mhz ram
1 TB Hard drive
MSI a78 - E35 motherboard

On GTA V I get 30-40 frames on 900p (Normal graphics settings). I find this unplayable. I want to have a PC that will give me 60+ frames on most graphically heavy games in 1080p for the next 2-3 years. I have 300 $ that I want to spend on making this a 1080p monster.

I am fine on getting used older parts if they deliver great performance. I also do not want any of my parts to bottleneck each other.

What would you guys recommend doing? Should I get a new processor and graphics card? Or should I just stay with my hardware and try to overclock?

Thanks.

 

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30-40 fps is a on a gtx 960 at 900p sounds pretty low, my guess would be that cpu is bottlenecking it by 10fps. You won't get 1440p in your budget because I guess you will need to buy a new monitor plus you'd need around $500 for that. Also however for 1080p gaming 60fps max settings you will need to upgrade your cpu and gpu and they will cost over $350. I would suggest the i5 6500 which is the best value for money cpu around right now. For the gpu I'd get a gtx 1060 or 970 depending on which is cheaper