What to upgrade?

[charrrrrton]

I asked here recently what part should i upgrade and the answers are to upgrade my gpu or the cpu.

so what should I upgrade first? GPU or CPU?
I have an CPU: phenom II x4 955 OCed to 4ghz
and GPU: HD sapphire 7770

 

[Jonathan Cave]

CPU first - then GPU in my humble opinion as that CPU was released in 2009 and the GPU is the bare minimum for games.

 

[mattmidori]

hello,does a gtx 750 non ti require a 6 pin connector?

 

[mattmidori]

i watched a video where the guy had an 7770 and a dual core, couldnt run bf4 at all, but later he got a core 2 quad.
runs at ultra.
so CPU
if your pc supports latest cpus bet all your money in to it, beleive me wont regret it.
i did it backwards first time i upgraded and i regret that

 

[charrrrrton]

$200-250

 

[charrrrrton]

Budget???

i accidentally picked this as an answer.how can i undo that?
my budget is $200-250

 

[mattmidori]

Budget???

i accidentally picked this as an answer.how can i undo that?
my budget is $200-250

yeah i was like dafuq?!

 

[Jonathan Cave]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $259.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-05 09:04 EST-0500

This CPU will last you a long time and the motherboard is good for the money too.

After this you can save up for a GPU if you wish.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $173.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-05 09:09 EST-0500

This CPU is a duel core but can be overclocked very well ~4.6Ghz but as games will start using more cores in the future it may only last you 2-3 years ?

 

[mattmidori]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $259.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-05 09:04 EST-0500

This CPU will last you a long time and the motherboard is good for the money too.

After this you can save up for a GPU if you wish.

you went over 250 bucks!

 

[Jonathan Cave]

correct, im sure anyone can pull together 9 bucks if the REALLY needed to.

 

[charrrrrton]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $259.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-05 09:04 EST-0500

This CPU will last you a long time and the motherboard is good for the money too.

After this you can save up for a GPU if you wish.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $173.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-05 09:09 EST-0500

This CPU is a duel core but can be overclocked very well ~4.6Ghz but as games will start using more cores in the future it may only last you 2-3 years ?

correct, im sure anyone can pull together 9 bucks if the REALLY needed to.

I have a hyper212x. any other option?

 

[Jonathan Cave]

I wouldn't recommend any other air cooler based on value/performance.

If you want a quad core intel CPU: i5-4460 or i5-4690k - More expensive but you can overclock the 'k' series CPU

AMD alternative

[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/mv7Bcf) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/mv7Bcf/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-fd6300wmhkbox) | $94.89 @ OutletPC
**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-ga970aud3p) | $79.99 @ SuperBiiz
| *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
| Total (before mail-in rebates) | $184.88
| Mail-in rebates | -$10.00
| **Total** | **$174.88**
| Generated by [PCPartPicker](http://pcpartpicker.com) 2015-03-05 09:40 EST-0500 |

I really dislike AMD so im probably not the best person to ask for AMD tbh

 

[MrT3Rocks]

Done

 

[charrrrrton]

Done

thanks man!

 

[charrrrrton]

I wouldn't recommend any other air cooler based on value/performance.

If you want a quad core intel CPU: i5-4460 or i5-4690k - More expensive but you can overclock the 'k' series CPU

AMD alternative

[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/mv7Bcf) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/mv7Bcf/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-fd6300wmhkbox) | $94.89 @ OutletPC
**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-ga970aud3p) | $79.99 @ SuperBiiz
| *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
| Total (before mail-in rebates) | $184.88
| Mail-in rebates | -$10.00
| **Total** | **$174.88**
| Generated by [PCPartPicker](http://pcpartpicker.com) 2015-03-05 09:40 EST-0500 |

I really dislike AMD so im probably not the best person to ask for AMD tbh

i mean that you can remove the cooler from the budget. I really want to switch to intel and i want to overclock my cpu a bit. so if the i5-4690k is the best for my rig ill just wait till i earn some money to buy it. thanks for the help man!

 

[Jonathan Cave]

If you want to overclock you want a motherboard with more power phases such as the ASRock Extreme4

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($222.75 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($119.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $342.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-05 09:55 EST-0500

Again the price goes up - if you want to get a mild - mid overclock a 6 phase design such as the ASRock Z97 PRO4 would suffice for $20 less.