New CPU or GPU, help needed

Hardware CPU
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Hey

Not sure if i have posted this in the right area. But i'm looking to start to record my game plays but atm i have a i3 2130 i would like to upgrade this to a i5 3570 or 3570K or should i just upgrade my GPU instead my GPU is a GTX 650 i know its not high end either not sure if i upgrade the GPU like to a GTX 760 with the i3 wouldn't it get bottleneck so i need some help.

Thanks Guys

 

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If you bought a higher end GPU like the 760 you would see some "bottlenecking" occuring and by that I mean you would see a decrease in fps or performance in general(over if you had an i5 or i7). Now if you had an i5 you wouldn't see that big of a difference in fps over an i7. I would suggest upgrading to an i5 over a new GPU. If you want to understand "bottlenecking" more, here is a great video from a guy named Jayztwocents on YouTube who explains it perfectly and shows demonstrations of an i3, i5, and i7 benchmarks for bottlenecking. I would check it out.

 

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAgpvWc4VBM

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Thanks for the reply i will end up getting the CPU over the GPU and wait for the GPU also do you think i should get more ram i have 8GB atm or is that enough for the time being, i will check that video out

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Well unless you run Virtual Machines or Do a lot of RAM caching you won't need more than what you have.

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no i don't do anything like that, thanks for the advice

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No problem your in a good community :D

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Thanks :D

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i would recommend a i7, if you play games and stream it to the web, because the the HT comes handy with this. if an i7 is to expensive... then  AMD is a better option FX8350 with a decent mobo like Asus Sabertooth 990Fx R2.0. it will destroy an i5 in streaming.

But if you allready have a decent Z77 mobo, then i would recommend a i7-3770K or 3770 non K. if you plike to game and record/stream.

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Hey MisteryAngel 

The i7 might be a good choice but its way out of my price range i7 3770 $342.00 & i7 3770K $385.00 the i5 is in my price range.

Thanks for your help

 

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not sure if this is in the right area

I'm also upgrading my ram from 1333 to 2133 or 2400 i'm using a Noctua NH-U12S not sure if the ram will fit i know 1 will but also would like to know which is the better ram here is the 2 ram choices i'm looking at
1. http://www.pccasegea...oducts_id=19627
2. http://www.pccasegea...oducts_id=25082

Thanks again for the advice

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just make sure you buy low profile ram, like G-skill sniper or ares. but you would be absolutly fine with 1866mhz ram, but i would not upgrade the ram in the first place, if you can spend the money into a better gpu, i would recommend to do that first. cpu/gpu upgrade

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ok np thanks for your advice