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Hey guys , i have i5 3470 atm CPU and 8gb 1600hz of ram, i am thinking of upgrading either RAM or CPU, which one do you recommend to do , CPU will be i7 3770k , and RAM crucial ballistix sport 1600 MHz

at my local market RAM is 51.26 US Dollar ( used )
and CPU is 98.58 USD ( used) but i have to give him my old one

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are you running out of ram or are you cpu constrained ?

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Cpu upgrade will provide lot more performance boost.

 

RAM upgrade provides nothing for you unless you are using all 8GB of it all the time and you need 16GB. 

 

Tldr; upgrade CPU now and RAM later (summer ish ?!)

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No I just  want an upgrade to my PC, in 2-3 month i am going to get gtx 1080ti , so was thinking about upgrades in total , step by step

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1 minute ago, bubuie said:

No I just  want an upgrade to my PC, in 2-3 month i am going to get gtx 1080ti , so was thinking about upgrades in total , step by step

CPU

 

then try to get GPU

Ryzen 5 3600 stock | 2x16GB C13 3200MHz (AFR) | GTX 760 (Sold the VII)| ASUS Prime X570-P | 6TB WD Gold (128MB Cache, 2017)

Samsung 850 EVO 240 GB 

138 is a good number.

 

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1 minute ago, themctipers said:

CPU

 

then try to get GPU

OK, thanks for the help , i will do it , i will buy CPU at this time

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2 minutes ago, bubuie said:

No I just  want an upgrade to my PC, in 2-3 month i am going to get gtx 1080ti , so was thinking about upgrades in total , step by step

Ok but at some point when you want to upgrad further to match the 1080 TI you need a new board/CPU/RAM combination. As for now go with the i7 i guess and save money for a total upgrade to Z370 board,  I7 8700K and 16 GB of DDR 4 

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7 minutes ago, bubuie said:

No I just  want an upgrade to my PC, in 2-3 month i am going to get gtx 1080ti , so was thinking about upgrades in total , step by step

U have money for that ?! Then forget 3770K. Its very old and slower than modern CPUs with same clock speeds.

 

Build new pc from ground up.

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Just now, Thony said:

U have money for that ?! Then forget 3770K. Its very old and slower than modern CPUs with same clock speeds.

 

Build new pc from ground up.

no i am getting it as a gift from friend , i aint buying gtx 1080 ti

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Just now, bubuie said:

no i am getting it as a gift from friend , i aint buying gtx 1080 ti

I see, thats hell of a friend giving u such a gift :) 

You can still use 3770K, the GPU will not stretch its legs at 1080p. 

 

Do this: Get 3770K, run few syntethic benchmarks and compare your results with others (it will be worse but just see by how much).

 

Then run some games at 1080p 60Hz or 144Hz (if possible) and see GPU and CPU usage. If your CPU runs at 95%-100% usage then your CPu is struggling and you need to buy new monitor with higher resolution so GPU is working a little harder taking that massive load off of the CPU.

 

Alternative: buy all-in-one watercooler and OC that CPU.

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