Looking to upgrade prebuilt

[julius_Snaezer]

My current build (meant for gaming):

AMD FX-4300

 

XFX R7-260x 2gb

 

M5A78L-M LX plus motherboard

 

8gb DDR3 RAM

 

465gb Seagate hard drive

 

Corsair 230T case

 

Corsair CX 430M PSU

 

(Please tell me if you need more details.)

 

I mainly want to improve performance in GTA 5, The Witcher 3, Rust and Bethesda games (Skyrim, Fallout NV).

 

My budget is roughly $250. I am thinking of buying an fx-6300 and fx 470. Is this a good upgrade for the money? Some of my friends have said a 6300 isn't that much of an upgrade over my 4300. To what extent is this true? I would be willing to pay more for a better CPU like an i3-6100 if it meant I wouldn't be wasting my money on a CPU that's barely an upgrade.

 

I am also slightly worried about whether my PSU will be able to handle the upgrade. I have had no problems with it so far, but 430W is pretty low.

 

Thanks in advance for the help!

[Electronics Wizardy]

The extra 2 cores won't help much. Id get the best gpu you can get get now(so a 480 probably) and then get a ryzen r3 or r5 later.

[ELSknutson]

Dont wast your money your better off finding a used system on Ebay and upgrading that. you need a new CPU,GPU, motherboard and SSD for the system to feel like an upgrade.

[DocSwag]

I'd probably just go get a 470+better psu (that psu is not great, go for maybe an S12ii or M12ii) and then in ze future save up for a G4560 (if you're looking pretty budget) or Ryzen 5 (probably gonna be a $400 upgrade tho) or maybe Ryzen 3 in the future.

[waterjug]

11 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

The extra 2 cores won't help much. Id get the best gpu you can get get now(so a 480 probably) and then get a ryzen r3 or r5 later.

i feel like everything else might bottleneck an rx 480, but i think a 460 would be more balanced. also definitely get an ssd. but also, what he said i agree with him, but if it's already owned, just and ssd and gpu should be all you need. 

 

11 minutes ago, ELSknutson said:

Dont wast your money your better off finding a used system on Ebay and upgrading that. you need a new CPU,GPU, motherboard and SSD for the system to feel like an upgrade.

 

 

(also rip dark theme users)

[BenoitWW]

would recommend a Ryzen 5 System. However this will also mean you'll need a new MBD, RAM and CPU. GPU probably needs an upgrade as well... so

MBD: B350

CPU: Ryzen 5 1500X

RAM: 1 x 8GB Stick

 

GPU: RX 470 or  GTX1060 3GB

 

just thoughts.... good luck

[julius_Snaezer]

It sounds like I can either put all my money into one component and get a bottleneck, or balance the upgrade between a new CPU and GPU but get an insignificant improvement. I'm thinking I will probably save up some more money in the next month or so for a better CPU than the fx-6300. I'll still get an rx GPU.