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I want to upgrade my pc but I don't know what to do first I have only a $300 budget. I want to get better fps like in rainbow six siege,  Witcher 3, and other triple-titled games, I'm confused on which I should upgrade the CPU or GPU. People have told me to do the CPU because of GPUs right now should I wait or upgrade my CPU motherboard and ram. Also is there a CPU that requires me to only to upgrade motherboard and CPU. Thanks.

Specs:

OS- Windows 10 64bit 

CPU- AMD FX-4300 quad core (3.8ghz)

GPU-Radeon RX 460 2gb 

Memory- 8gb DDR3 ram 

MotherBoard-GA-78LMT-S2

1TB hard drive 

PWS- 450w

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I'm going to preface this by saying I assume, since you used USD, that you're in the US. If not, let us know so we can adjust for your local currency :)

 

I would start with this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($104.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($74.39 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($93.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $273.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-10 11:56 EST-0500

 

Right now GPU prices are like 2x to 3x in most cases their normal price and the CPU will have more impact.

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Rainbow 6 will run just fine with GPU upgrade, but most triple-A games will need CPU, mobo, GPU and power supply upgrade, possibly the RAM as well (that's nearly throwing all of it away).

 

I'd say get a used graphics card (new ones are super expensive) and maybe a power supply first, something like a GTX 970 or 980? What's the PSU's model name?

 

 

 

 

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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2 minutes ago, Lurick said:

I'm going to preface this by saying I assume, since you used USD, that you're in the US. If not, let us know so we can adjust for your local currency :)

 

I would start with this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($104.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($74.39 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($93.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $273.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-10 11:56 EST-0500

 

Right now GPU prices are like 2x to 3x in most cases their normal price and the CPU will have more impact.

Can I overclock the cpu the motherboard?

 

 

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Just now, MrCool127 said:

Can I overclock the cpu the motherboard?

 

 

Yes, and you can get a pretty decent overclock with the stock cooler as well.

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Just now, Lurick said:

Yes, and you can get a pretty decent overclock with the stock cooler as well.

Thank you 

 

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If you have a limited budget you might want to avoid anything with ddr4 ram as it's extremely overpriced right now and not much faster than ddr3.

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