WHat should I upgrade?

[Xenone]

I got around £180 that I want to put into my PC, I had it about for a year, built it myself to my needs but now with newer titles, it dosen't run everything at 60 fps on medium settings with my native resolution (1440 x 900) as it used to, in games like GTA 5 it runs around 40-50 fps on medium settings. My current specs are:
i5 2500
MSI GTX 750 Ti (O.C to CC: 1302Mhz MC: 2902Mhz)
Crucial 2 x 4GB DDR3 Running in Dual Channel
EVGA 430W 80 Plus
CoolerMaster TX3 Cooler
x2 Toshiba 1TB HDD
1 120GB Drevo SSD
Gigabyte h61m-ds2 m/b
x5 Corsair SP120 Case fans

 

[drkatz42]

Asus GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB £135.32
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01MFBKRI5/?tag=pcp0f-21

 

[madmatt30]

Wouldn't entertain a 1050ti with a £180 budget.

Rx 480 4gb or RX 570 4gb (they perform virtually the same so whichever is the cheaper available at the time)both 40-50% stronger than a 1050ti & around the £160 mark.

Lower fps is honestly a limitation of that old 2500 on cpu intensive titles.

You are going to see drops to mid-40s on GTA v, mafia 3 etc etc irregardless of GPU power.

Its an old CPU now & you'll just have to get that 60fps locked idea out of your head unfortunately.

 

[Lucky_SLS]

go for a rx570 instead https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/tyNypg/gigabyte-radeon-rx-570-4gb-gaming-4g-video-card-gv-rx570gaming-4gd