PC upgrading advice

[Dobby102]

PC upgrade.

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Dobby102/saved/LxY2FT

 

If you follow that link it will take you to my current build. I use it for gaming mostly with some light web browsing.

 

I wan't to improve my gaming performance.

 

I have run into some money (about £300) to upgrade this computer. (take into account the second hand sale of parts when giving me advice.) I was thinking of selling my GTX 660 (for about £90) and the FX-6300 and buying a GTX 970 and a better FX chip like a AMD FX8320. Is this reasonable as an upgrade. or can I spend my money better.

[Semper]

Upgrading your ram to a minimum of 8gb will see you a performance boost.

Moving to a newer GPU will also yield better results.

Upgrading from the 6300 to the 8350 will see no real tangible performance increase from a gaming perspective.

i'm uncertain if a 430w PSU would support an upgrade, i'll have to look into this.

[Caironc]

I would try for a 970, another stick of ram, and if budget is left over by a cooler and overclockable motherboard.

Assuming you can sell your 660 for 90 euros. You'' have 390 to spend on upgrades. 

A 970 costs around 290 euros and a ram stick is 30. This leaves you with 70 euros left over.

If you can find a cheap overclockable motherboard for <60 euros  go for it and grab yourself a hyper 212. If you can't find one then I suggest getting a noctua air cooler and making plans to get a motherboard when possible.

[Dobby102]

Will PCI-E 2.0 bottleneck the 970?

[Semper]

Will PCI-E 2.0 bottleneck the 970?

No. There aren't any single cards (to my knowledge) that can fully saturate a PCIe 2.0