upgrade? bottleneck?

[vapor254]

I'm pretty new to the whole pc thing. i've noticed I'm getting fps dips in r6s down into the 40s and 30s. I'm planning on doing a full pc overhaul but I was wondering if I could just replace my gpu first? (gigabyte ga 970 MB, 8 gigs ddr3, amd fx 6300 running at 3.6 gh, and a xfx radeon rx 560) i've noticed my pc uses about 100%of my gpu in game and around 50%of my cpu. I know I will have bottle neck if I got a 1070 but would it improve enough for me to see significant improvement until I can switch over to an I5 8600k? 

[chckovsky]

18 minutes ago, vapor254 said:

I'm pretty new to the whole pc thing. i've noticed I'm getting fps dips in r6s down into the 40s and 30s. I'm planning on doing a full pc overhaul but I was wondering if I could just replace my gpu first? (gigabyte ga 970 MB, 8 gigs ddr3, amd fx 6300 running at 3.6 gh, and a xfx radeon rx 560) i've noticed my pc uses about 100%of my gpu in game and around 50%of my cpu. I know I will have bottle neck if I got a 1070 but would it improve enough for me to see significant improvement until I can switch over to an I5 8600k? 

It's always a good idea to plan ahead. I see no problem with buying a GPU that will bottleneck your current CPU, as long as the nex upgrade will make your system more balanced.

 

Thumbs up from me. Just make sure to really do your homework before buying a GPU (either used or new) in this crazy market.

[LogicalDrm]

I would recommend going for CPU+mobo+DDR4 upgrade. Your CPU is starting to be really old at this point and you can't really improve with that mobo either. Your GPU shouldn't be issue.

[vapor254]

2 hours ago, chckovsky said:

It's always a good idea to plan ahead. I see no problem with buying a GPU that will bottleneck your current CPU, as long as the nex upgrade will make your system more balanced.

 

Thumbs up from me. Just make sure to really do your homework before buying a GPU (either used or new) in this crazy market.

I plan on upgrading to an i5 8600k and a asus rog MB with 16 gigs ram

[VEXICUS]

17 minutes ago, vapor254 said:

I plan on upgrading to an i5 8600k and a asus rog MB with 16 gigs ram

Get something like an i5 8400 ND ASROCK b360 pro4 ND 16 gb 2666 ram ..... it'll be cheaper ND will provide better price to performance...

 

Something like this....

 

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor
Motherboard: ASRock - B360M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory: Team - T-Force Delta RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply