Upgrade CPU or GPU?

[newcbomb]

Hello Children! 

 

I Currently have an Intel i3 6100 @3.70 and an AMD XFX R7 360 2gb single fan. Im looking to upgrade one of them. Which should it be?

 

I mostly play:

 

CS:GO

Rocket League

PUBG

over watch

ArmA 3

 

Thanks! Any feedback is appreciated!

[Ordinarily_Greater]

What is your motherboard mate?

[3 Lions]

You should upgrade the GPU to a GTX 1050Ti 4GB. 

[DisguisedDemise]

its kinda difficult to choose one, but with the info provided id probably go for the GPU upgrade first, but try to make a budget for both, even minor upgrades may be better than a huge upgrade in one place than another. 
If not a 1050 or 1050 ti or a 460 or something if you can would be good

[newcbomb]

Thanks Everyone! @Ordinarily_Greater my mobo is a GIGABYTE GA-H110M-A

[typographie]

I would tend to think the R7 360 is a bigger problem for most of those games than the i3-6100.

 

ARMA is the odd man out, though. I know that game demands a pretty beefy CPU, but it also needs a beefy video card and fast memory as well. I don't think a system consisting of an i7 or Ryzen + R7 360 is a much better situation for ARMA, really. So that doesn't change my recommendation.

[Ordinarily_Greater]

4 minutes ago, newcbomb said:

Thanks Everyone! @Ordinarily_Greater my mobo is a GIGABYTE GA-H110M-A

What about i7-6700? 

[Megah3rtz]

2 minutes ago, typographie said:

but it also needs a beefy video card and fast memory as well.

I saw 0% difference in my ARMA 3 FPS when I upgraded from a GTX 660 to an RX 580. There was a huge difference between FX 6300 and r5 1400 though. 

 

Game is nuts. 

[Megah3rtz]

Which games do you want better FPS in? 

[Guest]

Just now, Megah3rtz said:

I saw 0% difference in my ARMA 3 FPS when I upgraded from a GTX 660 to an RX 580. There was a huge difference between FX 6300 and r5 1400 though. 

 

Game is nuts. 

The graphics card doesn't do much for Arma 3

 

I cannot think of a viable upgrade that offers much improvement unless OP jumps to an RX 470, or i7. 

[Daniel Z.]

For only that game get an intel i7 skylake or kabylake

[newcbomb]

@Megah3rtz I would want at LEAST 60 fps in all games (arma can be 50-60) i dont really care what settings though. @typographie Arma 3 is HEAVY on the single-thread thats why the i3-6100 and i7-6700 would see similar performance. I might go for a 1050 Ti, my budget is about $150 USD. The GPU would probably a priority since PUBG runs only at Very Low. 

[DisguisedDemise]

1 hour ago, typographie said:

I would tend to think the R7 360 is a bigger problem for most of those games than the i3-6100.

 

ARMA is the odd man out, though. I know that game demands a pretty beefy CPU, but it also needs a beefy video card and fast memory as well. I don't think a system consisting of an i7 or Ryzen + R7 360 is a much better situation for ARMA, really. So that doesn't change my recommendation.

Pretrty sure PUBG is cpu intensive but the i3 will be good enough for now i guess graphics probably requires more attention right now  

[DisguisedDemise]

8 minutes ago, newcbomb said:

@Megah3rtz I would want at LEAST 60 fps in all games (arma can be 50-60) i dont really care what settings though. @typographie Arma 3 is HEAVY on the single-thread thats why the i3-6100 and i7-6700 would see similar performance. I might go for a 1050 Ti, my budget is about $150 USD. The GPU would probably a priority since PUBG runs only at Very Low. 

From experience because PUBG is still very unoptimised and in general likes alot to work. You cant just budget for that. It will run low on even better components but still get bad fps, im sure its just luck of the draw with that game lmao. My "gaming" notebook struggles to run very low 40 fps or more. its an i7-7700hq or 6700 i cant remember but its got a 1060. 

[Ace McPlane]

Personally, I'd go with the GPU...

kind of a bad time to buy GPUs though... cryptocurrency mining is driving the prices up...

but hey you could always buy used and maybe upgrade both!

 

[newcbomb]

@stateofpsychosis Thats Why i love GPU's you can get the all used. But for my CPU its socket 1151 and the used market is just awful since its a newer socket.

[Ace McPlane]

Yea, that's true. I saw the cpu you mentioned and was thinking it was older than it was but yea if it's 1151 socket you're probably not going to find much yet.

[newcbomb]

Thanks boys, and @stateofpsychosis I got an i5 3570 for free and a GTX 780 for $145 USD. So far, its an amazing card even today.