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I was wondering if i should upgrade my cpu,

I have a pre built pc i already upgraded it with 8gb ram and a gtx960 2gbs and i was wondering if i should upgrade my cpu aswell .

I have a i5 2320 3.0ghz

I use my pc for mostly gaming and sometimes livestreams and youtube vids

I play mostly play csgo, league, h1z1, etc..

Oh and i wanted to know aswell what should i know before upgrading it 

Thank you guys for the help ! 

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that CPU is fine, i would upgrade GPU first, to something like an RX 470

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1 minute ago, mynameiskio said:

I was wondering if i should upgrade my cpu,

I have a pre built pc i already upgraded it with 8gb ram and a gtx960 2gbs and i was wondering if i should upgrade my cpu aswell .

I have a i5 2320 3.0ghz

I use my pc for mostly gaming and sometimes livestreams and youtube vids

I play mostly play csgo, league, h1z1, etc..

Oh and i wanted to know aswell what should i know before upgrading it 

Thank you guys for the help ! 

Hey, your current CPU shouldn't be hindering you, there is no real need to upgrade imo, plus finding a sandy bridge cpu to drop in might be hard, you might have to look on ebay.

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Just now, Bananasplit_00 said:

that CPU is fine, i would upgrade GPU first, to something like an RX 470

Yeah the CPU would be fine for the GPU you have or a mild upgrade like this. You still don't need a better upgrade unless you want to jump into high end territory.

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5 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

that CPU is fine, i would upgrade GPU first, to something like an RX 470

isnt an RX 470 like a GTX 960 though? wouldnt he better off selling the 960 and buying a 1060? but even then at 1080p a 960 still isn't a bad card... still beats a potato 8800 GT 

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Just now, dexxterlab97 said:

A 480 maybe better.

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so a 40% increase in performance from the 470 compared to the 960? in thats case i think the best upgrade for him is to sell the 960 and use the money he made along with a little extra and buy a 1060. i think he can make $150 for a GTX 960 

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15 minutes ago, mynameiskio said:

I was wondering if i should upgrade my cpu,

I have a pre built pc i already upgraded it with 8gb ram and a gtx960 2gbs and i was wondering if i should upgrade my cpu aswell .

I have a i5 2320 3.0ghz

I use my pc for mostly gaming and sometimes livestreams and youtube vids

I play mostly play csgo, league, h1z1, etc..

Oh and i wanted to know aswell what should i know before upgrading it 

Thank you guys for the help ! 

As in you live stream and record sometimes? If so, I would personally look around for a uses i7-2600/k if not just hold out until Zen or see if you can strike a deal on Skylake in the used market after Kaby Lake is released.

 

 

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If you do a lot of recording, then having a better cpu is good but right now, you already have a pretty good one. I would recommend a new gpu for gaming but is really not needed for the games you play right now but if I had to choose which one to upgrade, i would choose the gpu. Get something like the GTX 1060, the price is way lower than all the other new releases and has the same clock speed as the GTX 1070 but if you have a bigger budget then you can spend it on the GTX 1080 for that optimal performance.

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3 hours ago, mynameiskio said:

But if i was to change the cpu what is the best choice,

According the price and all that cpu stuff

And better then mine 

An i5 2500 would give 10% more cpu performance.  Don't bother upgrading your gpu as the £/performance of the upgrade would be really really bad. 

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