Need Help Upgrading

[Spartan767]

I need help on my best upgrade part between my CPU and GPU I want to get an i7 6700 or 7700 but I also want to upgrade my GPU considering the RX590,GTX1070 or RTX 2060 but I want to know which will have the best performance impact if I upgrade it first CPU or GPU. My system specs are:

CPU: i3 6100

GPU: GTX 970 Strix

RAM: 8GB DDR4 Corsair Vengence LPX (2133Mhz)

HDD: 2 500GB 

SSD: 128gb M.2

[Fasauceome]

your i3 is already holding your system back, a quad core like an i5 let alone that dual core is unsuitable for decent refresh rate gaming (or even 60 fps in AAA games like black ops). You're right to get an i7 first, or immediately after getting your GPU. Also, dual channel ram is super helpful.

[Turtle Rig]

1 hour ago, fasauceome said:

your i3 is already holding your system back, a quad core like an i5 let alone that dual core is unsuitable for decent refresh rate gaming (or even 60 fps in AAA games like black ops). You're right to get an i7 first, or immediately after getting your GPU. Also, dual channel ram is super helpful.

fasauceome your a great guy man..............  That CPU is a disaster lol,  Nice video card spartan my friend,  if you plan on upgrading go with a 2070 RTX in the future.  That will be a bilg big upgrade....  But CPU must be changed like fasauceome said.

[Fasauceome]

6 minutes ago, Turtle Rig said:

fasauceome your a great guy man

Thanks for fanning the ol ego, m8

[Spartan767]

1 hour ago, fasauceome said:

your i3 is already holding your system back, a quad core like an i5 let alone that dual core is unsuitable for decent refresh rate gaming (or even 60 fps in AAA games like black ops). You're right to get an i7 first, or immediately after getting your GPU. Also, dual channel ram is super helpful.

 

[Spartan767]

1 hour ago, fasauceome said:

your i3 is already holding your system back, a quad core like an i5 let alone that dual core is unsuitable for decent refresh rate gaming (or even 60 fps in AAA games like black ops). You're right to get an i7 first, or immediately after getting your GPU. Also, dual channel ram is super helpful.

 

24 minutes ago, Turtle Rig said:

fasauceome your a great guy man..............  That CPU is a disaster lol,  Nice video card spartan my friend,  if you plan on upgrading go with a 2070 RTX in the future.  That will be a bilg big upgrade....  But CPU must be changed like fasauceome said.

thx a lot guys ill get the i7 first then that might allow me to squeeze some more out of my 970 for a while tnx a lot 

[Turtle Rig]

2 hours ago, Spartan767 said:

 

thx a lot guys ill get the i7 first then that might allow me to squeeze some more out of my 970 for a while tnx a lot 

If you play at 1080p get a 1060 6GB for 200 or less.  Or go all out and get a 2070 and gain performance a bit and Ray Tracing.

[Turtle Rig]

3 hours ago, Spartan767 said:

 

thx a lot guys ill get the i7 first then that might allow me to squeeze some more out of my 970 for a while tnx a lot 

I can just say your poor CPU is very very angry at you.  You will enter a new world if you buy something like a 8700k or 7700k or 6900k and of course overclock her a bit to 4.6Ghz all 3 at minimum.  Have good cooling like Noctua based or a liquid cooling and what not.

[Spartan767]

41 minutes ago, Turtle Rig said:

I can just say your poor CPU is very very angry at you.  You will enter a new world if you buy something like a 8700k or 7700k or 6900k and of course overclock her a bit to 4.6Ghz all 3 at minimum.  Have good cooling like Noctua based or a liquid cooling and what not.

the 7700k sound good tho

 

[Turtle Rig]

Just now, Spartan767 said:

the 7700k sound good tho

 

Do it man, and don't forget to come here after your up and running so we can overclock the hell out of that K processor.

[Turtle Rig]

Get good cooling AIR, noctua, or liquid cooling.

[Fasauceome]

2 minutes ago, Spartan767 said:

the 7700k sound good tho

 

If your motherboard doesn't overclock, the 7700 (non k) is usually less money for the same thing. They have the same all core turbo frequency.

[Turtle Rig]

4 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

If your motherboard doesn't overclock, the 7700 (non k) is usually less money for the same thing. They have the same all core turbo frequency.

He didn't say what motherboard he has fsauceome my brother..lol were supposed to guess,, sighs

[Spartan767]

Just now, Turtle Rig said:

He didn't say what motherboard he has fsauceome my brother..lol were supposed to guess,, sighs

 

5 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

If your motherboard doesn't overclock, the 7700 (non k) is usually less money for the same thing. They have the same all core turbo frequency.

lol my bad asrock b250 pro 4 cant overclock I think 

 

[Fasauceome]

33 minutes ago, Spartan767 said:

 

lol my bad asrock b250 pro 4 cant overclock I think 

 

yup, no OC so a non-k i7 is a good budget option.

[Spartan767]

2 hours ago, fasauceome said:

yup, no OC so a non-k i7 is a good budget option.

 

3 hours ago, Turtle Rig said:

He didn't say what motherboard he has fsauceome my brother..lol were supposed to guess,, sighs

one more thing I checked the prices and strangely the 7700k is cheaper that the 7700 so my question is will it work at all just with out the overclocking capabilities or no?

[Fasauceome]

17 minutes ago, Spartan767 said:

 

one more thing I checked the prices and strangely the 7700k is cheaper that the 7700 so my question is will it work at all just with out the overclocking capabilities or no?

Yes it will work, but that raises a new question:

Are you buying these parts new?

Because I can tell you right now that it's most likely an awful deal. eBay is your friend here, or whatever local market you can access.

[Spartan767]

2 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

Yes it will work, but that raises a new question:

Are you buying these parts new?

Because I can tell you right now that it's most likely an awful deal. eBay is your friend here, or whatever local market you can access.

im buying it locally where im at for aprox 400 usd maybe less if I can negotiate with the seller if not I will highly consider ebay