I need some advice.

[Volde]

So i am planing to get a geforce GTX 1050 2048MB graphics card (135Eur) to change with my  AMD Radeon HD 5670 1GB.

And i was wondering if i should get a new cpu mine: intel core i3 cpu 550 @ 3.20 GHz 3.20 GHz  for something better.(my buget for CPU is aroud 80Eur)

I have a asus P7H55 motherboard and as i understand the graphics card will work slower because my motherboard is PCI-E x16 (2.0) and the graphics card is 3,0 but i will get a better motherboard later.

So should i get this GPU or something else and is it worth upgrading my CPU.

I am new to upgrading computers and all the parts and stuff so i dont understand a lot of stuff about them.

[crazysteve240]

I think your CPU will bottleneck your new GPU. 

[Mohenjo]

i7 920. 

[Mohenjo]

scratch that, i7 950

[CostcoSamples]

I suggest you look at used parts.  An i5 or i7 CPU from the Ivy Bridge era would be great.  Something like the i5 3570 or i7 3770 would be amazing, and you should be able to find one of those for 80 EUR.  The best would be if you can find one with a motherboard and RAM together.

 

Once you have done that, you can look for a GPU.  The GTX 1050 is overpriced for the performance you get.  For the same price you can find a used GTX 770 which will be much faster!  Low end GPUs are a RIP-OFF and should be avoided.

[LabRat]

the new card will bring new life to the system. I wouldn't worry about upgrading the cpu unless you run into major problems.

 

[LabRat]

1 minute ago, Mohenjo said:

scratch that, i7 950

different socket? that'S a 1366 and the i3 550 is 1156 - or am I wrong?

[Volde]

so should i get a i7 950 or will my curent one be good with the graphics card i am getting

or should i get a difrent graphics card?

[LabRat]

16 minutes ago, Volde said:

so should i get a i7 950 or will my curent one be good with the graphics card i am getting

or should i get a difrent graphics card?

did anybody check to see that the 950 is a different socket and won't work on your board...... doesn't look like it.

and read my original post.