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Ok so I am looking to upgrade one of my pc parts but I don't know which one would be the best part to upgrade to increase performance in games. If you know a good part to upgrade please let me know :)

PC PARTS:

GPU: Geforce Gtx 960 2gb

CPU: intel i5 4460

Ram: 8gb ddr3

PSU: XFX 550w

Motherboard: Asus b85m-g

HDD: western digital 1tb 7200 rpm

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You would want an SSD for your boot drive first, that would greatly improve system responsiveness and loading times. Then a better GPU (assuming you game), and maybe some more RAM (if you like multitasking or Google Chrome).

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Graphics card. Depends on your budget, at least get a 980 or r9 fury

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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51 minutes ago, Infernal Burrito said:

You would want an SSD for your boot drive first, that would greatly improve system responsiveness and loading times. Then a better GPU (assuming you game), and maybe some more RAM (if you like multitasking or Google Chrome).

Would an SSD increase performance at all or just loading times?

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3 minutes ago, reeceraum said:

Would an SSD increase performance at all or just loading times?

I consider SSDs an essential for pretty much any build. They make your PC noticeably faster in everything, such as responsiveness opening the start menu and other windows features, opening programs, and doing pretty much anything on your pc.

Intel Core i7 4770k - 2x Geforce GTX 780 - MSI Z87 MPower Max - Corsair H60 - 8GB Avexir Core Series MPower Yellow + 4gb no-brand DDR3 - Corsair Obsidian 750d - AData XPG SX900 256gb SSD - Seagate Barracuda 3TB (7200 RPM) - Hitachi 250GB 2.5in HDD (3200 RPM) - WD HDD 160GB extracted from iMac via black magic (no specified RPM) - ASUS VG248QE 144HZ 3d Vision Monitor - Logitech G602 - Ducky Shine 3 TKL - AKG 172 HD Headphones - Xperia z2 - Sony Noise canceling earphones -  Nikon D5200 With Bundled Lenses - Windows 7 Home Premium - Blue Snowball iCE - Acer Aspire X with a broken case, AMD A6, and Raijintek Aidos CPU heatsink

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9 hours ago, Infernal Burrito said:

I consider SSDs an essential for pretty much any build. They make your PC noticeably faster in everything, such as responsiveness opening the start menu and other windows features, opening programs, and doing pretty much anything on your pc.

Ok and as of upgrading my gpu, any recommended gpu's that wont bottleneck my pc?

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