what to upgrade

[cat of all the melons]

i am planning to upgrade my pc, but the benchmarks i have run have shown mixed results. i mostly play FPS like Fallout and Far Cry. i usually get around 70-80% gpu usage and 70-80% cpu usage.

my specs:
fx 6300
gtx 670 2gb
16gb ddr3 1600MHz
Gigabyte 970A-UD3P Motherboard 
550w evga 80+ psu
2 x 1tb hdd
windows 10 64 bit

for an upgrade i plan, for CPU bottleneck, upgrade to an i5 8400 with 8gb ram, or GPU bottleneck, a gtx 1060 3/6gb. 

[3 Lions]

3 minutes ago, cat of all the melons said:

GPU bottleneck

This is a new type of upgrade

[dizmo]

CPU. The FX6300 is really quite long in the tooth. Though, honestly, your whole system needs a refresh.

[GoldenLag]

What is your budget?

Where are you located?

Do you need additional storage?

[cat of all the melons]

5 minutes ago, dizmo said:

CPU. The FX6300 is really quite long in the tooth. Though, honestly, your whole system needs a refresh.

when i ran obs on it i got 1 FPM so that would make sense

i got the system for £100 from a friend, so i am upgrading it now

[cat of all the melons]

2 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

What is your budget?

Where are you located?

Do you need additional storage?

no need storage

england uk

around £250-£300 or 300-350 in $

[dizmo]

3 minutes ago, cat of all the melons said:

when i ran obs on it i got 1 FPM so that would make sense

i got the system for £100 from a friend, so i am upgrading it now

Honestly I'd just save up for a complete system redo in the fall when the 1160/1150 come out. You need to replace so much, that Black Friday sales are going to be your best friend.

2 minutes ago, cat of all the melons said:

no need storage

england uk

around £250-£300 or 300-350 in $

Never quote a foreign currency. Their pricing is irrelevant to you

[3 Lions]

4 minutes ago, cat of all the melons said:

around £250-£300 or 300-350 in $

Unfortunately you won't get anything decent for this sort of budget, keep using what you have for the moment and save more money (minimum £450-£500).

[GoldenLag]

1 minute ago, cat of all the melons said:

no need storage

england uk

around £250-£300 or 300-350 in $

Get a GPU upgrade for now.

 

Grab a GTX 1060 or a RX 580 8GB (whichever is cheapest)

 

Upgrade the CPU, MOBO and RAM next year after saving about up 200-300£.

 

2019 is going to a crazy hardware year.

 

 

 

Better option would be to save up for a total overhaul.

 

If you really need a upgrade you can grab a R9 290x or an GTX 780ti for £120-150 on the used market