What should I upgrade?

[mijeeva]

I've recently been thinking of upgrading my computer and have about £200 to spend. I was wondering if I should upgrade my CPU (and motherboard) or just my GPU. Upgrading my GPU would be much less of a hassle as I wouldn't need to reinstall windows. I was originally going to upgrade everything (CPU, PSU, Motherboard, GPU, ram) but after going on some websites, I found out that my PC could not run games like batman arkham night and far cry 4, and the only reason for this was due to my GPU which is an Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 2GB GDDR5. My CPU is, to my surprise, fine at running those games and it is an AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz.

Should I upgrade my GPU to an ATI Radeon R9 290 4GB DX 11 or Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 2GB and with either of these upgrade will I be able to run most games at high settings without being limited by my CPU?
Currently I get 30fps on GTA 5 and 350-400fps on minecraft (VSync off)

Specs:
AMD athlon X4 760K 3.8Ghz Quad core
Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Graphics Card 2GB GDDR5
8GB DDR3
CX430 PSU
MSI E35-A78M motherboard

Thank you very much for your time.

 

[Woody1999]

I would swap out the power supply, it isn't a very high quality model. That would support a GTX 960 at most, however it isn't recommended for gaming builds altogether.

I recommend getting an XFX ProSeries 450W and a GTX 960:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (£158.59 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£36.88 @ More Computers)
Total: £195.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-13 20:15 BST+0100

Your CPU is strong enough to support this, it would bottleneck a GTX 970, but not the 960.

Woody

 

[mijeeva]

I would swap out the power supply, it isn't a very high quality model. That would support a GTX 960 at most, however it isn't recommended for gaming builds altogether.

I recommend getting an XFX ProSeries 450W and a GTX 960:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (£158.59 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£36.88 @ More Computers)
Total: £195.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-13 20:15 BST+0100

Your CPU is strong enough to support this, it would bottleneck a GTX 970, but not the 960.

Woody

How about an AMD Radeon R9 280X? Will this GPU combined with my current CPU be able to run games like battlefield 4 at high settings?

 

[Woody1999]

Your current power supply is not powerful enough to support a 280X. You're looking at a high quality 600W+ model for that.

The GTX 960, paired with your current chip, will run BF4 at high settings, 1080p. If you were willing to spend some more money on a good 600W power supply and an R9 280X, the support of Mantle drivers on AMD graphics cards will let you run BF4 better.

Woody