Which To Upgrade?

[Captinjigglesworth]

Hello again my pc cooling issue was resolved and is working with a cool room, but i saved alot of money with the solution i was wondering if i should get a new gpu or cpu i have an AMD AM3+ fx 8550 cpu and a Geforce Gtx 950 Zodiac Amp. I want a smoother gaming time but right now dying light gets about 40 ik its playable but all my friends have i7 7700k and 1080ti and i only have enough for one which should get i already have a mobo for the i7 so that is no problem. 

 

Thanks,

Captainjigglesworth

[Guest]

what mobo and for what i7? 

[Captinjigglesworth]

mobo=https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N6NCQWV/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_9?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

 

prossesor=https://www.amazon.com/Intel-Desktop-Processor-i7-7700K-BX80677I77700K/dp/B01MXSI216/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1497619912&sr=1-1&keywords=i7+7700k

[coldice]

I would go ahead and buy the processor if you already have the motherboard. Your cpu is much older than your gpu.

[Captinjigglesworth]

ya but what would give me better gaming preformance

[coldice]

Generally a GPU but your cpu could bottleneck it.

[Captinjigglesworth]

ya true did i go with the right cpu

[Captinjigglesworth]

or can you recommend a better one

 

[SaintPosum]

what is the final budget cause you maybe could do skylake and a midrange card for the price.  Then you dont have to choose.  

[Captinjigglesworth]

i my budget is 500-600 or a 1080 ref which is just over that btw my psu is 750 watt so power isnt an issue

[SaintPosum]

3 minutes ago, Captinjigglesworth said:

i my budget is 500-600 or a 1080 ref which is just over that btw my psu is 750 watt so power isnt an issue

for 689$ish you could do a 7600k and a gtx 1070.  I know that is a bit over but with deals and rebates you may be in it to win it.  And that is newegg pricing

[SaintPosum]

Just now, SaintPosum said:

for 689$ish you could do a 7600k and a gtx 1070.  I know that is a bit over but with deals and rebates you may be in it to win it.  And that is newegg pricing

1070 is a great card.  It runs laps around my 980 even in harder to play games such as ARK.  As far as the 7600k its at least overclockable

[Captinjigglesworth]

thank you would there be any bottleneck because i am using a ddr3 mobo bc ddr4 isn't in my budget and i have 32 gigs ddr3

[SaintPosum]

1 minute ago, Captinjigglesworth said:

thank you would there be any bottleneck because i am using a ddr3 mobo bc ddr4 isn't in my budget and i have 32 gigs ddr3

shouldnt be.  What speed.  MHZ and timings?

[SaintPosum]

Just now, SaintPosum said:

shouldnt be.  What speed.  MHZ and timings?

wait does kabylake support ddr3 mobos or am I just crazy

[Captinjigglesworth]

https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-ValueRAM-PC3-10666-KVR13R9D4K4-32I/dp/B00810PGKU/ref=sr_1_14?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1497621510&sr=1-14&keywords=ddr3&refinements=p_n_feature_five_browse-bin%3A9559990011

[SaintPosum]

 

[SaintPosum]

Just now, SaintPosum said:

 

it kinda does kinda doesnt.  Crapshoot really.  Although you should be able to run skylake on ddr3 just fine.  Save a bit of money as well,  price to performance skylake to kabylake isnt that huge of a gap.  

[SaintPosum]

2 minutes ago, Captinjigglesworth said:

https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-ValueRAM-PC3-10666-KVR13R9D4K4-32I/dp/B00810PGKU/ref=sr_1_14?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1497621510&sr=1-14&keywords=ddr3&refinements=p_n_feature_five_browse-bin%3A9559990011

you may want to try for a bit faster RAM.  That would be your next bottleneck for sure.  

[Captinjigglesworth]

so which prossesor do you recomend

[Captinjigglesworth]

ok i will once i get enough money

[SaintPosum]

Just now, Captinjigglesworth said:

so which prossesor do you recomend

with ddr3 6600k or 6700k if you have time to save for it.  

[SaintPosum]

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231589&cm_re=ddr3_2400-_-20-231-589-_-Product