Helping A Friend Upgrade His PC!

[FunkyBassBuddy]

Hey Everyone, 

 

My friend would like to do one big-ish upgrade to his PC. So obviously, I told him to grab a new GPU (maybe an RX480 8GB) because that's one of the simplest upgrades to make.

My dilemma right now is that I've only kept up what's new as far as CPU's (and GPU's for that matter) for the last two-ish years, which leaves out a lot of AMD chips. 

 

What should he upgrade? I'd love to hear some thoughts.

 

Specs that I'm aware of and are relevant to this:

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz

GPU: R9 270x

 

Also relevant to this conversation, he's having some big issues running Battlefield 1 multiplayer and can't figure out why (single player apparently works fine).

(This is only my second time posting to the LTT Forum so don't roast me.)

 

EDIT: PSU: Corsair CSM 750W

[DarkBlade2117]

What Case and PSU does he have? Does he already have a cooler or is he using the stock one?

[aries757]

2 minutes ago, DarkBlade2117 said:

What Case and PSU does he have? Does he already have a cooler or is he using the stock one?

 

11 minutes ago, FunkyBassBuddy said:

Hey Everyone, 

 

My friend would like to do one big-ish upgrade to his PC. So obviously, I told him to grab a new GPU (maybe an RX480 8GB) because that's one of the simplest upgrades to make.

My dilemma right now is that I've only kept up what's new as far as CPU's (and GPU's for that matter) for the last two-ish years, which leaves out a lot of AMD chips. 

 

What should he upgrade? I'd love to hear some thoughts.

 

Specs that I'm aware of and are relevant to this:

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz

GPU: R9 270x

 

Also relevant to this conversation, he's having some big issues running Battlefield 1 multiplayer and can't figure out why (single player apparently works fine).

(This is only my second time posting to the LTT Forum so don't roast me.)

what dark said.

[aries757]

12 minutes ago, FunkyBassBuddy said:

Hey Everyone, 

 

My friend would like to do one big-ish upgrade to his PC. So obviously, I told him to grab a new GPU (maybe an RX480 8GB) because that's one of the simplest upgrades to make.

My dilemma right now is that I've only kept up what's new as far as CPU's (and GPU's for that matter) for the last two-ish years, which leaves out a lot of AMD chips. 

 

What should he upgrade? I'd love to hear some thoughts.

 

Specs that I'm aware of and are relevant to this:

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz

GPU: R9 270x

 

Also relevant to this conversation, he's having some big issues running Battlefield 1 multiplayer and can't figure out why (single player apparently works fine).

(This is only my second time posting to the LTT Forum so don't roast me.)

to go wit an rx 480 i'd say maybe i5 6600k or an i7, also does he have an ssd?

[FunkyBassBuddy]

4 minutes ago, DarkBlade2117 said:

What Case and PSU does he have? Does he already have a cooler or is he using the stock one?

From what I remember, he has a Cooler Master HAF for a case. And I'm assuming he's running a stock cooler.

As far as PSU, I'm not sure. I won't know until he responds and he's at work.

[FunkyBassBuddy]

6 minutes ago, aries757 said:

to go wit an rx 480 i'd say maybe i5 6600k or an i7, also does he have an ssd?

I said one upgrade, not an overhaul. I know what you're recommending would be ideal, it's just not what I asked.

[3 Lions]

A GTX 1060 6GB would be a good upgrade. 

[Ctown0812]

Short Answer:  I would upgrade the processor first.  You'll have to get a new motherboard and/or RAM depending on what you upgrade to.  Long Answer:If you wanted to stay with AMD and the same socket type (AM3+) so you don't have to get a new motherboard, you could go with an FX-8350.  However, unless you get a crazy good deal, I wouldn't recommend this because of the pending release of AMD's "Zen" processors (AM4, i believe). I'd wait to see what they have to offer before buying anything. As far as intel goes, you can't go wrong with an i5-6600k (especially for BF1).  But as I mentioned, you'd need a new motherboard (1151 socket) and new DDR4 RAM.  

 

If you upgrade the GPU, the FX-4300 will more than likely bottleneck any upgrade you get, especially in BF1, one of the most CPU intensive games i've ever seen.