cpu upgrade or crossfire gpu's ?

[kyron brown]

hello my pc specs right now 

amd fx 6300 (stock)

8gb ddr3 1600 mhz

gigabyte 970a-d3p motherboard 

550w psu

dual-x r9 270x 2gb gpu (stock)

 

and i was wanting to upgrade either my cpu or crossfire my gpu with another dual-x r9 270x 2gb

i just wanted to know what you guys recommend to upgrade (just for gaming) 

thanks 

 

[AlwaysFSX]

Throwing another card in is probably out of the question because of your PSU and upgrading your CPU isn't going to do a whole lot for performance.

[Aytex]

CPU upgrade, than sell your 270x for possibly the 1070 if the benchmarks are what we expected

[kinghassan]

well i had an 270x and upgraded to a r9 390 and never regretted it.

[Moonzy]

depends on the games you play

mmo and other lighter titles are fine on your rig

 

if you'd like to play VR or AAA titles, i recommend investing in a new rig (with some old parts re-used)

[Spectrez]

Saving up for a new rig would be the better choice.

betting on the new gpu's and a skylake / Zen if you wait that long.

 

if you want to do something now youll end up either having to switch MB and cpu to get an intel or stay with AMD and go for a FX 8xxx.

[kyron brown]

12 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Throwing another card in is probably out of the question because of your PSU and upgrading your CPU isn't going to do a whole lot for performance.

i have another 750w psu i can upgrade to so thats fine 

[manikyath]

well, to be honest both of those are a toaster...

 

i'd sit on the FX6300 until zen launches, but i wouldnt CF that graphics card either.

 

is there the possibility of getting  single more powerful gpu? if cpu upgrade is within budget, sure an r9 390 must be as well. (if we dont consider an FX8350 to be a worthy cpu upgrade)

[kyron brown]

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

well, to be honest both of those are a toaster...

 

i'd sit on the FX6300 until zen launches, but i wouldnt CF that graphics card either.

 

is there the possibility of getting  single more powerful gpu? if cpu upgrade is within budget, sure an r9 390 must be as well. (if we dont consider an FX8350 to be a worthy cpu upgrade)

so what your saying is that its better to get a better gpu then cpu ?

[kyron brown]

6 minutes ago, Spectrez said:

Saving up for a new rig would be the better choice.

betting on the new gpu's and a skylake / Zen if you wait that long.

 

if you want to do something now youll end up either having to switch MB and cpu to get an intel or stay with AMD and go for a FX 8xxx.

i would rather stay with amd just because ive had no issues with amd so i dont see any reason to go to intel and because of the huge price tag on intel cpu's ahah 

[manikyath]

3 minutes ago, kyron brown said:

so what your saying is that its better to get a better gpu then cpu ?

well, i'm not here to argue on the whole amd/intel or amd/nvidia thing. i have my opinions, you have yours.

(strictly intel/nvidia user here, amd drivers hate me)

 

if amd is your preference for the cpu, theres nothing i could recommend you that is worth the investment, certainly with zen coming soon™.

 

as for the gpu.. i personally dislike the issues that come with SLI/CF, and i'll always push for the single most powerful gpu you can get before going SLI/CF, certainly on the low end where things like 2GB vram *may* come up as an issue in some games.

[kyron brown]

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

well, i'm not here to argue on the whole amd/intel or amd/nvidia thing. i have my opinions, you have yours.

(strictly intel/nvidia user here, amd drivers hate me)

 

if amd is your preference for the cpu, theres nothing i could recommend you that is worth the investment, certainly with zen coming soon™.

 

as for the gpu.. i personally dislike the issues that come with SLI/CF, and i'll always push for the single most powerful gpu you can get before going SLI/CF, certainly on the low end where things like 2GB vram *may* come up as an issue in some games.

fair enough ill certainly look into a gpu upgrade thanks for the help 

[Johnny K.]

What about a new Mobo+CPU ??