What to upgrade first, 3570k or 770

[Critical Jeff]

I'm really itching for some more proformance. I was wondering what my first upgrade should be. Ive seen alot of games maxing my cpu out more than my gpu, yet one of my friends said I should still upgrade my gpu first. I really want a 10 series nvidia card, but I probably can get a better deal currently on a cpu/mobo combo. What do you guys think? For reference, my cpu is overclocked to 4.1 ghz, and my card is 2gb

[Uptivuptiz]

I would say GPU first. It gets you the best fps boost. CPU can come after that

[Herman Mcpootis]

if you can, swap out your i5 for a used i7/xeon and a gtx 1070. otherwise just a gtx 1060 will be fine.

[Critical Jeff]

1 minute ago, herman mcpootis said:

if you can, swap out your i5 for a used i7/xeon and a gtx 1070. otherwise just a gtx 1060 will be fine.

Well, I plan on upgrading both parts eventually, so I have my sights set on a 1070. Getting a i7 is definitely going to happen. 

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, Critical Jeff said:

Well, I plan on upgrading both parts eventually, so I have my sights set on a 1070. Getting a i7 is definitely going to happen. 

1070 + i7 3770K is good. 1070 + i5 3570K = bottleneck

[Herman Mcpootis]

13 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

1070 + i7 3770K is good. 1070 + i5 3570K = bottleneck

some evidence to back it up(just in case)

 

[Thony]

The best GPU u cen upgrade to with that CPU is GTX 1060. 

[xnoobftw]

14 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

some evidence to back it up(just in case)

 

Wow so glad i upgraded from a i5 4440 to a i7 4770 for $5

[Herman Mcpootis]

1 minute ago, xnoobftw said:

Wow so glad i upgraded from a i5 4440 to a i7 4770 for $5

GG, how did you do that(although i remember earning money from upgrading)?

[xnoobftw]

1 minute ago, herman mcpootis said:

GG, how did you do that(although i remember earning money from upgrading)?

Its called selling high and buying low

a buyer wanted my 4440 for $125 SGD

I found a 4770 for $130SGD

[Herman Mcpootis]

4 minutes ago, xnoobftw said:

Its called selling high and buying low

a buyer wanted my 4440 for $125 SGD

I found a 4770 for $130SGD

i remember buying my i7 860 with 4gb of ram and a 9400gt for $60, upgraded and sold the i5 and the others included for $75 

 

[mrchow19910319]

52 minutes ago, xnoobftw said:

Its called selling high and buying low

a buyer wanted my 4440 for $125 SGD

I found a 4770 for $130SGD

 

[Quaker]

2 hours ago, Critical Jeff said:

I'm really itching for some more performance.

It depends a bit upon what sort of game you play. If you play CPU intensive games like MMOs or GTA V, you might want to upgrade that old 3570 to a newer Skylake processor. (I recently went from an i5-3570K to an i5-6600 and it made a noticeable difference in SWTOR)

Graphics-wise, it depends a bit upon what resolution you game at and what graphics goodies you'd like to use. At 1920x1080, the GTX-770 is still a good card. You'd have to go to a GTX-1070 or 1080 to get a meaningful boost.