Which component should i upgrade first?

[Lgmania]

Hello I was intrested in what should i upgrade first, My graphics card or Cpu (rx 560, i3 6100) I think they;re both pretty well balanced with eachother but its time for an upgrade

 

[vapour]

For AAA titles? CPU first imo, you can always tune down setting and 560 can still play decent FPS with reasonable settings.
Budget on upgrades? Games to play?

 

[Lgmania]

For AAA titles? CPU first imo, you can always tune down setting and 560 can still play decent FPS with reasonable settings.
Budget on upgrades? Games to play?

For like battlefield 1 and maybe battlefield 5 and countless other games that work fine already. Um budget around 300euros

 

[vapour]

save more and get something like this (if your ram is ddr4, drop rams below):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor (€163.89 @ Mindfactory)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (€80.89 @ Alternate)
Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (€85.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €330.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-12 21:48 CEST+0200

 

[Lgmania]

save more and get something like this (if your ram is ddr4, drop rams below):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor (€163.89 @ Mindfactory)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (€80.89 @ Alternate)
Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (€85.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €330.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-12 21:48 CEST+0200

Are there any choices from Intels side? For lga 1151 sockets i wouldnt have to buy a new mb, could spend more on a cpu, and i already have 8gbs of ddr4

 

[Rogue Leader]

save more and get something like this (if your ram is ddr4, drop rams below):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor (€163.89 @ Mindfactory)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (€80.89 @ Alternate)
Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (€85.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €330.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-12 21:48 CEST+0200

Really? The guy has a Skylake system why is he going out and buying all this?

OP you should upgrade your BIOS on your motherboard and get an i7-7700k that would be a really good bump over what you have now, and should just drop right in.

 

[Rogue Leader]

what motherboard is it?
You may end up spending similar amount but Ryzen performance may be better

vs a 7700k? Maybe in encoding video, or other multi core tasks, but gaming? No.

 

[vapour]

what motherboard is it? 7700k is kind of expensive though.
7600 could be your best bet with that price, or a used 7700/7700k.

 

[Lgmania]

what motherboard is it?
You may end up spending similar amount but Ryzen performance may be better

if i recall correctly h270 pro4 asrock

 

[vapour]

see if you can find a good 7700 in your country then, 303 euros in Germany as pcpartpicker shows.

 

[Rogue Leader]

see if you can find a good 7700 in your country then, 303 euros in Germany as pcpartpicker shows.

So the same thing I told him 3 posts ago. Thanks for your input

 

[Lgmania]

Thank you for the answers Im going to look around for a 7700/7600 ty vm

 

[geofelt]

My canned advice for this perennial question:

Some games are graphics limited like fast action shooters.
Others are cpu core speed limited like strategy, sims, and mmo.
Multiplayer tends to like many threads.

You need to find out which.
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To help clarify your CPU/GPU options, run these two tests:

a) Run YOUR games, but lower your resolution and eye candy.
If your FPS increases, it indicates that your cpu is strong enough to drive a better graphics configuration.
If your FPS stays the same, you are likely more cpu limited.

b) Limit your cpu, either by reducing the OC, or, in windows power management, limit the maximum cpu% to something like 70%.
Go to control panel/power options/change plan settings/change advanced power settings/processor power management/maximum processor state/
This will simulate what a lack of cpu power will do.
Conversely what a 30% improvement in core speed might do.

You should also experiment with removing one or more cores/threads. You can do this in the windows msconfig boot advanced options option.
You will need to reboot for the change to take effect. Set the number of threads to less than you have.
This will tell you how sensitive your games are to the benefits of many threads.
If you see little difference, your game does not need all the threads you have.



It is possible that both tests are positive, indicating that you have a well balanced system,
and both cpu and gpu need to be upgraded to get better gaming FPS.
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