[SOLVED] Will this upgrade make a big difference?

[borisboeuf]

Hello everyone, I am thinking about upgrading my pc, but i'm wondering if this upgrade will make a big impact and if the purchase would be worth it. Currently I have this main build:

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K

GPU: Radeon RX 480 8GB

Motherboard: MSI A68-HM E33

8 GB RAM (DDR3)

Mostly playing videogames on my pc, overwatch is currently the most played game for me.
I am thinking about buying these parts for the upgrade: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3xsytg
any advice or help would be greatly appreciated! Would love to hear if this would make a big difference or not.
Currently i am under the impression that my CPU is bottlenecking my pc really hard. Is this correct?
Thanks in advance!

 

[mdd1963]

The old Athlon X4's were routinely outframed in games by i3's from the same era, and neither is/was capable of fully saturating an Rx480 ....

Only you can decide if the frame rate is sub-par w/ your existing cpu/mb/RAM...

 

[Obakasama]

Well... as an opinion, I upgraded from an x4 760k, 8GB RAM and GTX 750 ti to a Ryzen 5 1600, 16GB RAM and an ASRock AB350 Pro4. Eventually I would upgrade to a GTX 1070 ti.

In terms of the framerates for the games I played it made a perceivable difference even with the GTX 750 ti.

In your case, I would suggest getting a better chipset like the B350 at the very least for overclocking potential and port availability (like SATA for hard drives) if you can afford it.

 

[jitendrad]

Hello everyone, I am thinking about upgrading my pc, but i'm wondering if this upgrade will make a big impact and if the purchase would be worth it. Currently I have this main build:

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K

GPU: Radeon RX 480 8GB

Motherboard: MSI A68-HM E33

8 GB RAM (DDR3)

Mostly playing videogames on my pc, overwatch is currently the most played game for me.
I am thinking about buying these parts for the upgrade: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3xsytg
any advice or help would be greatly appreciated! Would love to hear if this would make a big difference or not.
Currently i am under the impression that my CPU is bottlenecking my pc really hard. Is this correct?
Thanks in advance!

This upgrade will not make huge difference in your gaming performance but I strongly suggest you to get it. As it will open doors for future upgrade. A future upgrade to RX580 or 2060 will make a huge difference in gaming performance. Also get a faster RAM of 3000mhz as ryzen performs better with faster RAM