Upgrading cpu or gpu ?!

[a.j]

hey guys

So my pc specs r

Pentium g3258 stock speed going to oc it soon

Msi b85 p33 Mb

Asus strix gtx 960

8gb ram

Evga 500w psu

So I was wondering should I oc my cpu and change my gpu or should I change my CPU to fx 8320 and keep my gpu and one more thing Can I oc the Pentium cpu on my motherboard

[SomethingOrOtherThing]

hey guys

So my pc specs r

Pentium g3258 stock speed going to oc it soon

Msi b85 p33 Mb

Asus strix gtx 960

8gb ram

Evga 500w psu

So I was wondering should I oc my cpu and change my gpu or should I change my CPU to fx 8320 and keep my gpu and one more thing Can I oc the Pentium cpu on my motherboard

The CPU seems like the bottleneck. You can overclock to determine how well it can improve. If it fails to meet your expectation - get a better CPU.

PS: Recommend to pass on any AMD CPUs at the moment. 

[Aruxx]

Definitely try overclocking the Pentium, those things get such a benefit out of it (why haven't you already honestly?)  :lol:

 

EDIT ~ Try overclocking with the current BIOS, and if you can't then see about getting an update.  I know the H81 (yes I know it's B85) boards got a BIOS update allowing some of them to OC

[manikyath]

it depends on what you'll be doing with it.

 

if none of your games can use more than two cores, theres no reason to upgrade your cpu either way.

[AlwaysFSX]

Do NOT get an 8320. That'd be a TERRIBLE idea. OC your Pentium, if you are actually getting a bottleneck then go buy a Xeon for your system.

[Bim Job]

Get an i3-4170.

[a.j]

i will oc my cpu but im waiting for cm cpu fan to arrive
and as i said can i oc it on the b85 p33 motherboard 
and now cpu done now should i upgrade my gpu?
 

[DarkBlade2117]

i will oc my cpu but im waiting for cm cpu fan to arrive

and as i said can i oc it on the b85 p33 motherboard 

and now cpu done now should i upgrade my gpu?

If it's on stock overclock it like .3Ghz and see if anything improves. Look at temperatures, overclock to .5 Ghz if all is fine then stick with that until the aftermarket cooler gets here. It's definitely the CPU. I Suggest a I5-4460 or 4590 if all else fails.

[a.j]

i will oc it but any suggestion about my gpu i want to change it 

[WolfysTech]

It's not going to bottleneck a 960 OC' it to about 4/4.4 and it will be a killer pentium, Don't go for the 8320. If you're gonna upgrade CPU. Stick with your board, and get something like a 4460/4590/4440/4670k/4690k In those i5's.

[HoiDaniel]

Get a new Intel CPU, don't go the AMD route.

[MahtXL]

hey guys

So my pc specs r

Pentium g3258 stock speed going to oc it soon

Msi b85 p33 Mb

Asus strix gtx 960

8gb ram

Evga 500w psu

So I was wondering should I oc my cpu and change my gpu or should I change my CPU to fx 8320 and keep my gpu and one more thing Can I oc the Pentium cpu on my motherboard

Gunna go cpu on this one.

 

 

Get a new Intel CPU, don't go the AMD route.

Do NOT give bad advice. the 6300 fx and 8350 are STILL the best dollar to performance chips on the market. Leave fanboyism at the door please.

[a.j]

is the i7 2600 good ik its a 2nd gen 

[HoiDaniel]

Gunna go cpu on this one.

 

 

Do NOT give bad advice. the 6300 fx and 8350 are STILL the best dollar to performance chips on the market. Leave fanboyism at the door please.

With intel he doesn't need a new motherboard, just saying. That would make something like an i5-4460 much better than the fx8350

[stconquest]

is the i7 2600 good ik its a 2nd gen 

 

The 2600 will not work with your B85 motherboard.

[StareX]

get a new CPU.

[a.j]

what about the a10 7870k ?

[stconquest]

what about the a10 7870k ?

 

Stop, what are you doing?

 

Why the hell do you want that piece of crap CPU?  (A10 7870K)

 

Do you understand what you are looking at?

 

You have an 1150 socket with a B85 chipset.  It can support CPUs that are faster than every single AMD CPU on the market.

 

Pick a i5 4440, i5 4460, i5 4690, i5 4690K, i7 4XXX.... Get the idea?

[Redicat]

What budget do you have can that MOBO even OC? what are you gonna do? regular Gaming and desktop use? w/o recording/editing no reason to upgrade the CPU.

OC the pentium for sure you cannot run games well on STOCK should be getting 4ghz+ with a good cooler...

 

Otherwise GPU & RAM upgrades are nice to have.

[a.j]

well ive been trying to oc it manual and with oc genie it wont work
idk whats wrong

[Redicat]

well ive been trying to oc it manual and with oc genie it wont work

idk whats wrong

 

Sell motherboard buy motherboard that can OC.

[stconquest]

well ive been trying to oc it manual and with oc genie it wont work

idk whats wrong

 

Stop.  Why are you trying to overclock?

 

You should be overclocking in the bios, not OC Genie.

 

The bigger question is:  Are you trying to overclock on stock cooling?

 

Sell motherboard buy motherboard that can OC.

 

Seriously?  OP is having trouble paring a CPU to his motherboard.  Now you are complicating the situation and the advice is not really good.