What would you upgrade first for gaming?

[admiraltalbot]

Hey Everyone,

Below are the specs of the build. I think its time for some new hardware. Until recently I could play most games on High or ultra. Now I can tell that this setup is either not working properly or just out of date. I can't play bf1 even on low setttings it just lags constantly especially on bigger maps. I spent 60 bucks on Ark and it is completely unplayable. I posted about BF1 awhile back and overclocking was suggested. I bought a coolermaster and overclocking helped but it's still a shitty gaming experience. My budget is about 150-200. Eventually I will upgrade everything, but for now I need to do one piece at a time.
Question is what would you upgrade first? CPU, GPU, RAM, Mobo? I think my CPU is bottlenecking my GPU so I was thinking that would be the best start. Any recommendations in my price range are greatly appreciated. Thanks guys!!

2gb powercolor 7850 gpu 150$
fx6300 cpu 109$
Coolermaster CPU fan
Rosewill challenger case 46$
Diablotek 600watt psu 30$
Asus m5a97le mobo 90$
Kingston hyperx blu 8gigs 70$
Wd blue 1tb hdd 60$

 

[scout_03]

if you upgrade cpu you will need a new board and ram but i would check on gpu with same cpu for now and see how it will help on gaming most of them are 4 gig of ram and more .

 

[jimmyEatWord]

gpu is always first , but

 

[admiraltalbot]

It seems like when I play my CPU is at 100% and my GPU hovers between
40-60% so I was thinking my CPU was the problem. What about a fx8350 and a gtx1050ti. That would be 130 for the CPU and 160 for a graphics card. Hoping to be able to keep using my other components.

 

[scout_03]

upgrade gpu for now later you will need to get a better psu with a ssd to speed up system that you could use on a higher upgrade in he future that budget is us $ .

 

[geofelt]

I would really like to suggest you replace the diablotek psu first.
It is a cheap and dangerous tier 5 unit that can destroy your parts if it should fail.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

I doubt you will do it, and perhaps you are ok for now since it seems to be working.

There are no recommended cpu upgrades for your motherboard, FX is dead.
You would benefit from a G4560 upgrade if you can find one anywhere near the $65 list price.
Failing that, the next best thing would be the G4600 for $87 or so.
You will need a lga1151 motherboard.
The cheapest, around $50 will be one based on the H110 chipset.
The caveat is that it needs a bios update to support kaby lake.
For certain, a B250 based motherboard at $70 will do the job.
Buy a 2 x 4gb ddr4 ram kit for about $60. any speed is fine.

 

[spdragoo]

https://www.techspot.com/review/1267-battlefield-1-benchmarks/page4.html

https://www.techspot.com/review/1386-amd-ryzen-5-1400/page3.html

Apparently, a Pentium G4560 doesn't perform any better than an FX-6300 in Battlefield 1, so I really doubt you'd see any improvement there. Based on the other CPUs, picking up an FX-83xx CPU would give you a decent boost & be the cheapest CPU upgrade (plus requiring the least amount of updating/reinstalling on your system), but as pointed out FX is pretty much EOL in terms of upgrades (much like Intel's Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge, & Haswell systems), so it's maybe not the best choice.

Based on where your GPU falls in the heirarchy (http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html) & the performance of similar GPUs (https://www.techspot.com/review/1267-battlefield-1-benchmarks/page2.html), the best way to improve your performance is a new GPU. But you're going to need to get a better PSU, as the primary option that won't stress the PSU (GTX 1050) is only a step up from your current GPU. You'd want at least a GTX 1060 or RX 470/480/570/580, which means getting another PSU.