What should i uprade?

[Emrek127]

Hello! I am currently not happy about my PC. It is struggling to handle some games on 60 fps. Which annoys me. I have hard time editing, playing and recording.

these are my specs:

AMD FX-8350 4 Ghz 8 Cores CPU
Nvidia ASUS GTX 960 4GB Strix GPU
8GB Ram (2x4GB) 1600 Mhz
Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 Bundkort
Fractal Design Kabinet quiet edition
Hyper Evo 212 CPU køler
Corsair VS550 V2

 

[vapour]

What games are you playing? Ideally the setup will be:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($194.29 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($73.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card ($259.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $713.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-19 14:15 EDT-0400

 

[vapour]

GPU and PSU can wait. Get CPU/MB/DDR4 ram combo first.

 

[Gaurav_40]

The CPU is the issue, FX-8350 is meant for high-end multitasking and it does not benefit gaming, because of poor single core performance, your PC is not ideal for hardcore gaming, although video editing does benefit from more cores but gaming doesn't, so maybe it's time to upgrade your CPU, graphics card is not a bottleneck it's still a great GPU in terms of value. after you upgrade your CPU/RAM/and motherboard then please do upgrade to a new power supply before upgrading the GPU.

As "vapour" said, PSU and GPU doesn't need a immediate upgrade but if you want to upgrade then buy a new CPU, Ram and Motherboard. You won't regret it.

Thanks for reading my answer, hope it helps (sorry for my bad english)

 

[cryoburner]

The GTX 960 is probably fine enough for 1080p, at least with some reduced settings. It's roughly comparable to a 1050 Ti among the current generation of cards.

8GB of ram should also still be fine enough for nearly all games for now, and the power supply should be good enough for any mid-range gaming system.

As was pointed out already, the FX-8350 is likely holding it back the most due its low per-core performance. Moving up to a Ryzen processor, or Coffee Lake/Kaby Lake would likely help a lot, though they would also require a new motherboard and DDR4 memory.