what should i Upgrade

[Zander_II]

Hey so I've had this computer for like year and a half now and as games get better it starts to show its age more. Right now I have

CPU

Pentium G3258

GPU

Ry 260x

Mother Board

Asus H81M-E

Ram

8 GB of random ram

Case + power supply

CM elite 350 & 500W power supply

Storage

Kingston V300 120GB & WD Green 1TB
 

I mostly play cs:go, over watch and league. All of my games are playable except for over watch. What could i do to get playable frame rates on over watch, and more CS;GO frames(it get 120-90), league doesn't matter. Thanks for the help.

 

[jjar35]

upgrade your CPU then GPU

 

I agree with RPG actually

1) PSU

2) CPU

3) GPU

[RGProductions]

1. power supply

2. cpu

3. gpu

[RyanMacRocks]

3 minutes ago, RGProductions said:

1. power supply

2. cpu

3. gpu

I would disagree, power supply is decent enough since its Cooler Master (not great but still..). I've played a little bit of Overwatch these past few days, and my CPU usage (i5 4590 so basically 2x the power of G3258) never goes much above 50-60% on Epic settings, whereas my GPU (7970) fluctuates between 85-99% to maintain 70 FPS on Epic settings. I would upgrade your GPU first (maybe try and get a good deal on something like a 7970/7950/7870 used from Craigslist like me?) and overclock your G3258 as much as you can until you can eventually upgrade that as well. Try to grab a i5 4460 or 4590 and you would be set!

 

However, if you are playing games like GTA V or Cities:Skylines, which are very CPU intensive, I would recommend a new CPU first.

[Zander_II]

14 minutes ago, jjar35 said:

upgrade your CPU then GPU

 

I agree with RPG actually

1) PSU

2) CPU

3) GPU

what Psu and cpu should I get

 

 

[jjar35]

Just now, Zander_II said:

what Psu and cpu should I get

 

 

What's your budget?

[Ophidio]

Your GPU is fine but you really need to get a CPU upgrade. The Pentium was a good CPU a few years ago when it was released for budget gaming but now as more games are starting to need more threads it's kind of died in the gaming aspect of things. The 260x is still pretty decent for now but should be considered for an upgrade soon. I have a friend that still plays everything new on a 250x though so. He did have to upgrade his CPU from a Q6600 though to be able to do that. 

 

TL:DR CPU upgrade is a must have, then a GPU/PSU your PSU is "fine" but its not that best but it is a PSU that's working. You don't always need the highest grade PSU out there for a build. 

[NumLock21]

Just the cpu

 

Change all 3 parts, just junk this entire pc and build a new one.