wanting to upgrade

[Newtthenewt]

Budget (including currency): $400USD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: COD and others

i currently have an I5-6500 and a GTX 1060 with 8 gigs of DDR4. Im wanting to make a small upgrade but i dont know what be the best thing to upgrade(besides the ram). would it be better to get a better graphics card or a newer processor?

 

[SavageNeo]

8 gigs more ram abd better gpu.

 

what psu do you have?

 

[_Omega_]

8 minutes ago, Newtthenewt said:

Budget (including currency): $400USD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: COD and others

i currently have an I5-6500 and a GTX 1060 with 8 gigs of DDR4. Im wanting to make a small upgrade but i dont know what be the best thing to upgrade(besides the ram). would it be better to get a better graphics card or a newer processor?

 

What games are you playing? or planing to play?

[Streetguru]

10 minutes ago, Newtthenewt said:

Budget (including currency): $400USD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: COD and others

i currently have an I5-6500 and a GTX 1060 with 8 gigs of DDR4. Im wanting to make a small upgrade but i dont know what be the best thing to upgrade(besides the ram). would it be better to get a better graphics card or a newer processor?

 

Is your display only 1080p 60hz?

 

Definitely wait for Ryzen 4000 before buying a new CPU, and maybe before buying RAM, don't know what crazy speeds Ryzen 4000 will support.

 

Could just toss in an RX 5700 for higher graphics settings and junk for ~$300-350 for an XT, but I'm not sure that's worth it either, prices may shift soon enough as the 30 series launches.

[Newtthenewt]

12 hours ago, SavageNeo said:

8 gigs more ram abd better gpu.

 

what psu do you have?

 

i have an EVGA 500B

[Newtthenewt]

11 hours ago, Streetguru said:

Is your display only 1080p 60hz?

 

Definitely wait for Ryzen 4000 before buying a new CPU, and maybe before buying RAM, don't know what crazy speeds Ryzen 4000 will support.

 

Could just toss in an RX 5700 for higher graphics settings and junk for ~$300-350 for an XT, but I'm not sure that's worth it either, prices may shift soon enough as the 30 series launches.

Yeah i have just a 1080p 60hz. i know ryzen at this poit is more for the money but if i went the ryzen route i would have to replace my motherboard as well.

[Newtthenewt]

11 hours ago, _Omega_ said:

What games are you playing? or planing to play?

i have been playing cod and games such as jedi fallen order and others like that. on cod at 1080p and normal to low settings i get 60 fps for the most part but i drop frames down to 20-30 a lot. that has also happened in fortnite when i was playing that.

[Quickstrike]

12 hours ago, Newtthenewt said:

Budget (including currency): $400USD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: COD and others

i currently have an I5-6500 and a GTX 1060 with 8 gigs of DDR4. Im wanting to make a small upgrade but i dont know what be the best thing to upgrade(besides the ram). would it be better to get a better graphics card or a newer processor?

 

SATA SSD, keep the rest of your dough for price drop when next gen CPU and RTX cards are announced

[Streetguru]

5 hours ago, Newtthenewt said:

i have been playing cod and games such as jedi fallen order and others like that. on cod at 1080p and normal to low settings i get 60 fps for the most part but i drop frames down to 20-30 a lot. that has also happened in fortnite when i was playing that.

 While your i5 is a bottleneck a bit, there's no reason to buy an i7 6700K when the Ryzen 3300X just came out, and gives you an upgrade path to an 8 core Ryzen 4000 CPU later in the year, when you buy the $120 CPU with a $75 B550 Board

 

B550 launches June 16, 2020

 

unless you can get an i7 6700K for like $50-60 or something, also do you have a Z170 or whatever board for overclocking the 6700K? Also the 6700K runs about 15C hotter because it uses thermal paste instead of solder compared to Ryzen and modern intel CPUs.

[Newtthenewt]

2 hours ago, Streetguru said:

 While your i5 is a bottleneck a bit, there's no reason to buy an i7 6700K when the Ryzen 3300X just came out, and gives you an upgrade path to an 8 core Ryzen 4000 CPU later in the year, when you buy the $120 CPU with a $75 B550 Board

 

B550 launches June 16, 2020

 

unless you can get an i7 6700K for like $50-60 or something, also do you have a Z170 or whatever board for overclocking the 6700K? Also the 6700K runs about 15C hotter because it uses thermal paste instead of solder compared to Ryzen and modern intel CPUs.

as far as i know i have a cheaper motherboard that cant realy overclock