What to upgrade first?

[chris_james_evans]

Hi guys, I have some funds to upgrade my gaming pc and I'm trying to decide what to go with. My current build is:
AMD FX-8320
GTX 970
8GB DDR3 1866Mhz Ram
I was thinking of upgrading to an i7-6700k, new compatible motherboard and 16 Gb DDR4 2666Mhz. I've worked out to cost around £450. Does this sound like a worth while plan or would I be better just getting a new graphics card like a GTX980 or something? All comments welcome.

 

[Dulith1118]

yes going for intel is an upgrade and if ur only gaming jst get the 6600k and asus z170-A and a good cooler.... the gpu is fine for few more years

 

[bhagu220]

i think you must go for i7 and 16gb ram and compitable motherboard.
your old gtx card will work better with i7.

 

[Dulith1118]

and yes u need ddr4 ram if u have money left get 16gb

 

[Dulith1118]

and whats ur psu???

 

[guanyu210379]

GTX970 --> GTX980 == bad plan, not worth the money
GTX970 --> GTX980Ti or a second GTX970 == ok
FX-8320 --> i7 6700k == ok
FX-8320 --> i7 4790k == also not bad, you can keep your DDR3 RAM

 

[chris_james_evans]

yes going for intel is an upgrade and if ur only gaming jst get the 6600k and asus z170-A and a good cooler.... the gpu is fine for few more years

Thanks for the quick response I'll check out the 6600k.

 

[Dulith1118]

GTX970 --> GTX980 == bad plan, not worth the money
GTX970 --> GTX980Ti or a second GTX970 == ok
FX-8320 --> i7 6700k == ok
FX-8320 --> i7 4790k == also not bad, you can keep your DDR3 RAM

the 970 is okay... only if hes playing games on high res than1080p he needs a 980ti... and i7 is good but in gaming it doesnt perform that better to go over an i5....

 

[bhagu220]

he wand to upgrade either gpu or cpu
amd + nvidia gtx < intel + nvidia gtx
hence i suggest him to go for intel cpu

 

[rstoledo]

Besides the tips already given where you head to intel i5/i7 4th/6th gen (6th if you can afford new cpu/mobo/mems or 4th if you want to get only cpu/mobo), you haven't listed an SSD, although I do believe that with such config you probably have one already. Recall that SLI Scaling does not mean 100% more power to the system, also that the new Nvidia cards are planned to be released on June/July, and will be using HMB2 (there are some threads about it here on the forum as well), so I would not change the VGA at this moment.

 

[bhagu220]

he want to upgrade either gpu or cpu
amd + nvidia gtx < intel + nvidia gtx
hence i suggest him to go for intel cpu

 

[envy14tpe]

What do you use this build for? If gaming, then maybe CPU/mobo/RAM. Do you already own a SSD?

 

[amd4lif3]

upgrade your cpu and join the gods of intel

 

[chris_james_evans]

Thanks for all the comments guys. To answer all the questions, I have a corsair Cxm750w psu. I don't currently use an SSD. I'm only planning on gaming at 1080p for the foreseeable future. Any thoughts on what aspects of gaming are improved from having better cpu and ram with graphics card staying the same?

 

[Dulith1118]

okay so what u need is a Intel i5 6500
new board new ram and a new power supply cuz that one is low quality....

 

[bhagu220]

i think he can upgrade his power supply later

 

[Dulith1118]

corsair cxm is a low quality tier 4 psu..... he should get a tier 1 or 2 decent psu first