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Diesay
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So I am looking to upgrade my pc but dont want to go over board in some way and bottle neck something or waste money on this pc when i could build a new one.  looking for better performace for gaming. right now i am playing boarderlands the presequel but have to turn down some settings or i slow down to 10 fps in busy fight.

 

asus m4a88td-v evo/usb3

athlon 2 duad 3ghz

xfx radeon 6870

16 gig 1600 mhz kingston ram

western digital black hdd

 

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I would say upgrade the CPU, motherboard and GPU.

 

 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-HD3 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($55.18 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB FTW ACX Video Card  ($109.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $255.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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This allows for playing modern games on high for the most part. Demanding games like Crysis will be medium but BF4 can be run on high on 60 fps

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This is why you should not get an FX CPU for ANY scenario other than rendering on a budget http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/286142-fx-8350-r9-290-psu-requirements/?p=3892901 | http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/266481-an-issue-with-people-bashing-the-fx-cpus/?p=3620861

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For gaming, the GPU is the best thing to upgrade first, because that's what does the most for the fps. All processors can do the same things, but at a slower or faster speed. So, upgrade the CPU second and the MOBO if the socket's wrong. 

Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow | PSU: Corsair RM750X V2 | MOBO: ASUS ROG Strix B450-F GAMING | CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D | Cooling: CM Masterliquid ML240L RGB | RAM: Ballistix 32GB DDR4 3600MHz CL16 RGB | Storage: Samsung 970 EVO M.2 + Kingston NV2 NVMe | GPU: XFX Radeon RX 6950 XT Speedster MERC 319

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so refering to my first post i dont want to bottle neck my pc. and yes a new gpu would be a good choice to upgrade.  at what point would i end up with a bottle neck when buying a new gpu. 

 

and if i ws to buy a basicly brand new system (new mother board cpu and gpu) i would want one that is going to be pcie 3.0 so as to not limit me in the future

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