Upgrade Advice

[Karate12]

Just finished a build, but still have the upgrade itch - looking for advice

I'm thinking that the GPU is the current bottleneck, so I want to see what my options are

Thinking about the GTX 970 vs 980 - or even maybe the 980Ti

Also wondering if upgrading my GPU if I'd also need to update my PSU

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/b/HrQV3C

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HTFTTW

 

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H110 94.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (OS Drive)

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Games & Storage)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Superclocked ACX Video Card 

Case: Corsair 780T ATX Full Tower Case  

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter 

Monitor: Acer G276HLDbd 60Hz 27.0" Monitor

Keyboard: Logitech G105 Wired Gaming Keyboard  

Mouse: Logitech G602 Wireless Optical Mouse 

[The Official Czex]

 

Just finished a build, but still have the upgrade itch - looking for advice

I'm thinking that the GPU is the current bottleneck, so I want to see what my options are

Thinking about the GTX 970 vs 980 - or even maybe the 980Ti

Also wondering if upgrading my GPU if I'd also need to update my PSU

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/b/HrQV3C

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HTFTTW

 

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H110 94.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (OS Drive)

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Games & Storage)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Superclocked ACX Video Card 

Case: Corsair 780T ATX Full Tower Case  

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter 

Monitor: Acer G276HLDbd 60Hz 27.0" Monitor

Keyboard: Logitech G105 Wired Gaming Keyboard  

Mouse: Logitech G602 Wireless Optical Mouse 

 

 

8350. Oh, sweet Jesus... Please tell me that's not actually in your build!

[ImBleu]

a 980 is a useless card. the 980Ti performs on par with SLI 980 for about ~$450 less.

 

Although to be honest, the FX8350 is also a pretty poor choice.

[Karate12]

I had no idea the 8350 would get such hate!!  I had it from a slightly older build - thought it was a solid chip

Would that be my bottleneck??  Would I be better served upgrading that before the GPU??  And to what?

[Dzzope]

If you OC the cpu it's not that bad.. but it does get stomped by an i5 for about the same ish price 

[Karate12]

This is first and foremost a gaming machine for me - if I were to transition over to an intel CPU it would involve too many changes to the system - new CPU, new Mobo - If I can get a large enough gain, I'd rather just upgrade the GPU

And I can definitely OC the current CPU with the cooler i have