Newbie'ish needing some help! (Gaming Pc upgrades)

[Cypriotgeeza]

Good afternoon everyone, i thought i would join this website as I'm in need of some advice
I have had this system since 2012 and recently trying to play some of the latest games its starting to struggle.
I have been interested in getting a PowerColor Radeon RX 590 Red Devil 8GB GDDR5 but the guys at Novatech has said it would basically be bottle necked by the rest of my rig, and that it would be better off getting a new system or upgrading the RAM CPU and motherboard..is this a sales ploy or would it make sense?
I will attach some screenshots of my system.
Any advice from the tech guru's would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance..
Cypriotgeeza

 

[Oussebon]

An FX series CPU is certainly going to be a bottleneck and hamper performance in some titles, though that's not to say you'd get no benefit off a GPU upgrade.

These forums belong to PC Specialist, who build and sell custom PCs and laptops, so we can't advise on competitors' stores or self-build projects. We can suggest PCS options for you to consider, alongside any other options you're looking at. Most posters here don't work for PCS so have nothing to gain from how much or little you end up spending on the store

It's hard to say whether a new PC is your best option, or whether some upgrading would do, without knowing all your components.

If you want a new CPU to avoid bottlenecking a new GPU, you'll need a new motherboard, and new RAM (because new CPUs have different sockets to old mobos, and all use DDR4 RAM). If you're buying a new GPU, you may need a new PSU and case (or be well-advised to get them even if 'need' is not literally true). Which is pretty much a whole new PC by then.

If you want people to suggest a PCS system, indicate your budget, the monitor you are gaming on, and what sorts of games you're looking to play (plus any non-gaming uses, specific software, other requirements etc). You can weigh that up against any other options you look at elsewhere.

PCS only sell complete systems, but do sell without GPUs (e.g. you take a punt on an RX 590, find your chosen games are bottlenecked like crazy on your FX, and you decide to shop for a new system).

 

[Cypriotgeeza]

Thank you for the reply, I didn't realise this is a forum which builds PC's aswell