Tight budget.. RAM or PROC?

[gun92]

Hello citizen of linus.. i need your expertise on my current problem dilema sort of thing.. the thing is, i have a tight budget and this budget only can buy either new cpu or new ram... which one should i choose and worth? i already have G620 2.6ghz and 2X2gb ram ddr3 .. should i choose to upgrade my cpu or instead buy kingston Hyper X fury 8gb ram..this rig is intended for gaming.. of course not targeting that kinda ultra setting though..

 

My already budget rig X Scrapyard theme kinda thing

 

Pentium G620  2.6ghz 

Asus GTX 550ti

Asus mobo*too lazy to check but it has GPUboost though..

CM elite 450watt

2X2GB Ddr3 kingston

 

Thats all... CPU or 8GB ddr3 Hyper X ram

Budget :150$

 

[RadiatingLight]

Probably RAM

if your CPU is bottlenecking you in games, then upgrade that, but it it's not, there is no use to an upgrade, and RAM will be better

[SLAYR]

$150 in what currency?

 

if USD  you can get a used first gen i5/i7 and the ram upgrade for that price.

[gun92]

Yep in USD .. some folks say its better to go all out for proc=efficency=speed.. and others say.. go for a lot of rammm=speed.. my head hurts...

[glitchmaster0001]

5 minutes ago, gun92 said:

Yep in USD .. some folks say its better to go all out for proc=efficency=speed.. and others say.. go for a lot of rammm=speed.. my head hurts...

ram only equals speed if you can use it. most games run fine on 8GB of ram. but that pentium CPU will hold you back in demanding games so i recommend you upgrade that to a first gen i5/i7 or Xeon equivalent if your motherboard supports cheap used Xeons 

[gun92]

My mobo is 1155 socket though.. the only range for proc i can get is only i3 and i5.. if i choose to upgrade the cpu.. what cpu should i get?? i3 3210 perhaps??? 

[glitchmaster0001]

1 hour ago, gun92 said:

My mobo is 1155 socket though.. the only range for proc i can get is only i3 and i5.. if i choose to upgrade the cpu.. what cpu should i get?? i3 3210 perhaps??? 

yeah in that case you can find a cheap sandy bridge i5 CPU and put it in there and call it a day, though there are LGA 1155 Xeons out there, i doubt they are compatible to your board. if you need a CPU id say an i5 2400. 

[johnny5c]

Something like a i5 2500 (or a i5 Ivory Bridge if your mobo supports it) would be your best bet, might be able to fit a i5 and another 2x2GB kit in your budget.