What should I upgrade first?

[Gibs960]

So I recently bought a PC and I have plans to upgrade little things such as case fans but in terms of hardware that will help performance, what should I upgrade first?

Specs:

FX 6300 Black Edition

XFX r7 260x 2GB

MSI 970A-G43

HyperX FURY 8GB DDR3 1866MHz

Crucial BX100 250GB SSD

Corsair CXM 500w

Thanks for the help!

[don_svetlio]

First - PSU
2nd - CPU
3rd - GPU

[Kirky2k15]

Processor + mobo

[//FTP]

Get an Intel CPU and a better power supply.

[Oshino Shinobu]

Assuming it's for gaming. The first things to change would be the CPU to something like an i5 4460 or an i3, which would require a board swap. GPU as well, but it would be a good idea to do CPU and GPU together. After that, the PSU could do with an upgrade. Right now it's fine, but when you go into higher end components you'll want a better quality unit. 

[Tedster]

Welcome to the Forum.

 

This is kind of a dilemma because your FX chip is going to be a bottleneck if you upgrade graphics too far, but I would upgrade graphics before the CPU.

Then there's the concern about your PSU - because we've found that Corsair CX-series PSUs are pretty terrible, so I would upgrade that first - it might not go down well if you upgraded graphics cards before that.

 

To avoid bottlenecking, you'll really want to go for an Intel chip - maybe a Core i3 or a Core i5 and depending on how much you want to spend maybe a cheaper motherboard and a locked processor instead of a more expensive overclocking-oriented board and a K-SKU chip.

 

Otherwise, your RAM and storage and case should be fine.

 

TL;DR, upgrade PSU then graphics then CPU/motherboard, then RAM...in my opinion

[Gibs960]

Welcome to the Forum.

 

This is kind of a dilemma because your FX chip is going to be a bottleneck if you upgrade graphics too far, but I would upgrade graphics before the CPU.

Then there's the concern about your PSU - because we've found that Corsair CX-series PSUs are pretty terrible, so I would upgrade that first - it might not go down well if you upgraded graphics cards before that.

 

To avoid bottlenecking, you'll really want to go for an Intel chip - maybe a Core i3 or a Core i5 and depending on how much you want to spend maybe a cheaper motherboard and a locked processor instead of a more expensive overclocking-oriented board and a K-SKU chip.

 

Otherwise, your RAM and storage and case should be fine.

 

TL;DR, upgrade PSU then graphics then CPU/motherboard, then RAM...in my opinion

What PSU would you recommend?

[iM8Pizza]

What PSU would you recommend?

basicly go with any PSU brand that has good reputation, Corsair (Not the CX series, ask the other about Corsair*I Don't own any of them), silverstone, thermaltake(the ToughPower is basicly the only good ones, the other are stuffs*you know, stuffs),Seasonic,Antec,Enermax,XFX, and it goes on. It actually depends on where you live, Asian market might have more good brands (might....MIGHT......)

[iM8Pizza]

and go for more than 600W if you can. Because....you don't have to upgrade it later on when your pc gets more "hungry" (Future Proofing...yeah......)

[Tetters]

First - PSU

2nd - CPU

3rd - GPU

This ....

[Kalle Hänninen]

I would buy something like GTX 960 (or GTX 770) and be happy. Intel fanboys can kiss my ass.

 

And for proof you can try different setting here: 

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/6073073

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/4007440

 

It's objectively the best choice you can make.

 

(Fx-6300 can handle Nvidias draw calls with ease and so can PSU, Radeon will struggle with both.)