upgrade cpu or gpu

russ807 · 10 Jul 2014 at 19:34

thinking of upgrading one or the other I don't have much of a budget so either the cpu and motherboard (my board wont take an fx chip) or the gpu only.
Currently I am running m4a77td motherboard with 8gig patriot black edition 1333mhz ram, cpu is 955 phenom be @ 3.6g and my gpu is the msi 7850 1g oc edition, windows 8.1 64bit pro.
Which upgrade with give the highest jump in gaming?
Budget is small at no greater than £200

Thanks in advance.

russ807 · 10 Jul 2014 at 19:52

1920x1080 resolution, I have been looking at Intel I5 but needing to change the board chip and ram pushed the price to high.

russ807 · 10 Jul 2014 at 20:06

would I need the new ram? was thinking my current ram would be reusable also is the 6300 a good step up from the phenom 955? had been looking at the 8350 also but not sure 8 cores would be an advantage over the 6 on the 6300 in gaming?
Thanks for the helps thus far

russ807 · 10 Jul 2014 at 20:20

would the ram work with the Intel setup it is amd branded?

russ807 · 10 Jul 2014 at 20:35

how about Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz + Gigabyte B85M-HD3?

Ah only 2 slots for ram

russ807 · 10 Jul 2014 at 20:46

ok, thanks for the advice I will look into
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £68.99
Total : £246.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Thanks all

russ807 · 11 Jul 2014 at 12:39

i can get the i5 4670k £20 cheaper is there much difference between this and the i5 4690k?
Thanks again

russ807 · 11 Jul 2014 at 13:27

Ok thanks, I will order the 4690k... will I see a big leap in gaming performance from my phenom 955?

russ807 · 11 Jul 2014 at 14:32

ok thanks for the reply.

russ807 · 12 Jul 2014 at 10:02

mainly i play mmo's ..gw2 eso ect, seem to get reasonable fps until i hit large population/pvp areas.
thanks.