Should I upgrade CPU or GPU (first)?

[Hysterical]

My system now:

• Intel Core i3 4130
• GTX 750TI
• 8GB RAM

and I just upgraded case and PSU (from 300 to 520W) to make room for a new GPU. I don't have a ton of money and I want to get a Haswell i5 (used) and GTX 1060 6GB. Summer break just started so I have a lot of time to game now and I've been wanting to play Witcher 3 and Rise of the Tomb Rader but I can't run them smoothly at decent settings. The problem: I don't know what to upgrade first now. I can get a used Haswell i5 for about €130 and the 1060 6GB is finally in stock (Founders Edition from NVIDIA) for €320. I don't know if the prices are going to drop or if that's the regular price of a 1060 6GB (Netherlands). I know for sure the i5 prices are pretty fixed. HELP ME OUT

[Hysterical]

Just now, Rogerzz said:

I'd suggest to get an AMD Ryzen 5 CPU and upgrade to a GTX 1060 for those games.

Yeah that's kind of out of the question sice I'd also have to get a new motherboard and RAM and I simply don't have the money for that...

[Florisvddoel]

 

 

9 minutes ago, Hysterical said:

My system now:

• Intel Core i3 4130
• GTX 750TI
• 8GB RAM

and I just upgraded case and PSU (from 300 to 520W) to make room for a new GPU. I don't have a ton of money and I want to get a Haswell i5 (used) and GTX 1060 6GB. Summer break just started so I have a lot of time to game now and I've been wanting to play Witcher 3 and Rise of the Tomb Rader but I can't run them smoothly at decent settings. The problem: I don't know what to upgrade first now. I can get a used Haswell i5 for about €130 and the 1060 6GB is finally in stock (Founders Edition from NVIDIA) for €320. I don't know if the prices are going to drop or if that's the regular price of a 1060 6GB (Netherlands). I know for sure the i5 prices are pretty fixed. HELP ME OUT

Hello fellow dutch. You should probably uprgrade your gpu first and your CPU later. But since the prices are pretty high right now (if you want to check it go to tweakers, select the GPU you want, scroll down and press 'prijsontwikkeling') you should whait untill the price drops to around €270. 

[K0nvikT001]

Upgrade to an Intel 4th Gen CPU, if you upgrade the GPU you simply gonna bottleneck the CPU in which case you wont get any gaming improvements. an i5 or i7 within your budget, slap it on there and fire your games up

[Florisvddoel]

2 minutes ago, Florisvddoel said:

 

 

Hello fellow dutch. You should probably uprgrade your gpu first and your CPU later. But since the prices are pretty high right now (if you want to check it go to tweakers, select the GPU you want, scroll down and press 'prijsontwikkeling') you should whait untill the price drops to around €270. 

If you don't want to wait buy an 1050ti

[Hysterical]

5 minutes ago, Florisvddoel said:

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Hello fellow dutch. You should probably uprgrade your gpu first and your CPU later. But since the prices are pretty high right now (if you want to check it go to tweakers, select the GPU you want, scroll down and press 'prijsontwikkeling') you should whait untill the price drops to around €270. 

I checked the prijsontwikkeling (lol) but it seems like the card has always been around 350eu so that's why I'm twijfeling about getting the 1060 6GB FE for 320 since I don't think that the prices are going to drop a lot more than they have already done edit: graph http://prntscr.com/fyz7hp

[NumLock21]

Upgrade GPU, getting a cpu won't do much.

[Hysterical]

2 minutes ago, Florisvddoel said:

If you don't want to wait buy an 1050ti

Yeah that won't do for TW3, ROTTR and FH3 which are the games that I wanna play this holiday

[Hysterical]

Just now, NumLock21 said:

Upgrade GPU, getting a cpu won't do much.

Wouldn't the GPU get bottlenecked pretty badly by the i3 though??

[NumLock21]

1 minute ago, Hysterical said:

Wouldn't the GPU get bottlenecked pretty badly by the i3 though??

Bottleneck can never be eliminated. Just enjoy the game you're playing, instead of worrying about bottlenecks. Upgrade GPU.

[Hysterical]

Just now, NumLock21 said:

Bottleneck can never be eliminated. Just enjoy the game you're playing, instead of worrying about bottlenecks.

I would be pretty hard to enjoy a game that stutters because of bottleneck haha

[Florisvddoel]

5 minutes ago, Hysterical said:

I checked the prijsontwikkeling (lol) but it seems like the card has always been around 350eu so that's why I'm twijfeling about getting the 1060 6GB FE for 320 since I don't think that the prices are going to drop a lot more than they have already done edit: graph http://prntscr.com/fyz7hp

You should check out other 1060 than from MSI I currently have the 1070 from gigabyte and it's working great.And that one is normally around €270

[Hysterical]

1 minute ago, Rogerzz said:

A GTX 1050 Ti is fine for medium settings.

I'm aiming for high settings though which should be possible with a 1060 and i5 right? It's just that I can only get one of them now

[Hysterical]

2 minutes ago, Florisvddoel said:

You should check out other 1060 than from MSI I currently have the 1070 from gigabyte and it's working great.And that one is normally around €270

Hmmm I guess I'll wait then thanks maat

[Florisvddoel]

2 minutes ago, Hysterical said:

Hmmm I guess I'll wait then thanks maat

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