should i buy a better cpu or gpu??? need help!!!

[ashish jangir]

Hi, i have a really big doubt and that is should i upgrade my cpu that is an i3 4160 to an i74790k or my gpu that is an gtx 750ti sc to an gtx 970ti??

[BbsMentos]

What is your motherboard and your power supply ? And 970Ti doesn't even exists ^^

[JDHD]

Depends what you are using the computer for...

and there is no 970ti.

[ashish jangir]

sry, i mean 970 FTW and i have a corsair vs550 watt power supply and my mother board is an asus h81m-k.

 

[ashish jangir]

and i use my computer just for gaming.

 

[BbsMentos]

you don't need to buy an unlocked chip since your motherboard doesn't support overclocking, I think you would profit more of a GPU upgrade (960 or 970)

[BbsMentos]

Or you could wait for the polaris cards incomming

[Clanscorpia]

Wait for the AMD RX 480 in 1 week and upgrade your GPU then. The 970/960 are terrible GPUS right now

[Matias_Chambers]

Get an i5 4690 and an RX 480. 

[crysilis]

19 minutes ago, ashish jangir said:

Hi, i have a really big doubt and that is should i upgrade my cpu that is an i3 4160 to an i74790k or my gpu that is an gtx 750ti sc to an gtx 970ti??

are you gaming or editing change the gpu to RX and if your gaming change the cpu to i5 4690k unless you got money to spend then go with the 4790k Also You have to check if your motherboard supports overclocking unless you don't want to do any of that. and If your editing then upgrade to 16 gbs of ram

[ashish jangir]

thanks for the help guys!!!!!

[l_zheng101]

I would balance it out, upgrade the CPU for something like an I5 4690k if you want to overclock (there are cheaper I5 quad cores) and upgrade the gpu to something like the AMD RX480 when it is released.  

[Herman Mcpootis]

i'd get a new psu first, corsair vs550 are junk units. after that, gpu first and cpu later.

[ashish jangir]

not sure about the rx480 because i am a nvidia fanboy!!..

[BbsMentos]

2 minutes ago, l_zheng101 said:

I would balance it out, upgrade the CPU for something like an I5 4690k if you want to overclock (there are cheaper I5 quad cores) and upgrade the gpu to something like the AMD RX480 when it is released.  

he can not overclock with his mobo, pointless to buy an unlocked cpu

[ashish jangir]

which mobo would you suggest to me?? (which is not that expensive)

 

[l_zheng101]

2 minutes ago, BbsMentos said:

he can not overclock with his mobo, pointless to buy an unlocked cpu

Then I would go for something like a 4430 for 4460 and the RX480 for the GPU. 

[Sauron]

If it's just for gaming the gpu upgrade will be MUCH more noticeable. I wouldn't spend money on a new motherboard and cpu when you could spend it on a better graphics card and get a much higher boost. Of course an i3 with a 1080 will struggle a bit, but you can always upgrade the cpu later, and an i3 + 1080 will outperform an i5 + 970.