Personal gaming ring upgrade

I like some input on this, is it better to upgrade the CPU or the GPU first?
ATM I have...
GPU: ASUS HD6670
CPU: Intel G540 Sandy Bridge 2.5GHz as CPU.

I willing to spend up to $200 for the upgrade.

Another thing is, is it better to get another 6670 for crossfire or just single new card? cause I saw somewhere it was possible to crossfire a 6670 without bridging it.

The card I'm looking at is a 6870 while for the CPU I honestly dont know what too look for x_x

Edit:
System spec...
8G ram
GPU: ASUS HD6670
CPU: Intel G540 Sandy Bridge 2.5GHz as CPU.
MOBO: gigabyte b75m-d3h
PSU: 600w

I would say it depends on if you are happy with your current rig. Are you happy with the frame rates and visuals of your games, are you happy with how much you can do while multitask. As far as what to get, the 6870 will be stronger than a 6670 sli (if that's even possible). The 6870 uses 2x 6 pin connectors so you will probably have to buy a new PSU. As for a cpu, any lga1155 socket cpu will work. so an i3 or i5 will work. The only thing is an i3 is around 100 usd for the cheapest, that's half of your budget. So depending on what you want to do, or are happy with, I would recommend getting the GPU first, along with a new psu of at least 500w (as that's what is recommended).

Ah, forgot about the PSU currently i have a 600wat psu, but only problem is the the game. I keep getting frame lagg or spike every time when i enter something that have alot of moving object on my screen. IDK if it cause by my GPU or CPU, that why i want to upgrade.

grabbing something even such as a single 6850 or a 6870 will do you nicely in that price range, and 600 watts are more than enough to support either card.

Well the CPU upgrade for what you have would be the i5 2500K. They usually go for $200-225 but it is the best CPU under $400.

If your current graphics card has 2GB of GDDR5 memory I would probably buy another of the exact same and crossfire them.

Otherwise look for a new card that has 2GB+ GDDR5. Use http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107.html for reference. Its recommending the 2GB version of the 7850 for $185 or the 7870 for $230.

Newer games are using more memory for high detail textures. Also if you like to mod games like Skyrim it will benefit from the 2GB as well. Make sure it says GDDR5 as if it just uses DDR3 it will be slow in loading things.

Frame lag is probably the gpu, I currently have a i7-2600k with a 5770 gpu and I get frame lag as well. If you are not currently on the lowest graphical settings you could try setting them to the lowest along with the lowest resolution and see if you still get the frame lag.

Wouldn't one 7850 actually be quite good as well?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150609

Should be very powerful and within your budget.

TY everyone for ur opinion in this xD




Thx for the the tip I found out the reason why I having weird frame lagg. Turns out my CPU just sux! I switch my friend's card out for my 6670 and it play way better then I Then it was on my computer. (same mobo and everything except for the PSU and he had a intel i5 clock @ 2.8) soo getting that i5 2500k :D TY

You have a B75 motherboard, you could get an Ivy Bridge processor like an i5-3570K if you wanted. It runs about 10C warmer than the 2500K, though, and the CPU speed improvement is only 10-15% (Ivy Bridge's big selling point was the 65% better integrated graphics.)

Or you could get the best of both: get a Core i3-3220 and a Radeon HD 7750 or 7770. You might run a little over your budget, but I think you'd be happier. There are only a select few games that fully utilize a quad-core CPU. Battlefield 3 is one of them, but I can't remember the others. A Core i3 is perfect for a budget gaming rig, really.

That what I'm afraid of if i get Ivy bridge... That I would need a different cooler then the stock cooler that came with it due to it heat

It only runs hotter if you overclock it. I have one and it is running cool. The advantage of the 3570 over the 2500 is marginal performance gain, slightly bigger instruction set, and improved integrated graphics. With a graphics card you don't have to worry about the last one. If the 2500 is $30 cheaper or more than the 3570 I would get the 2500 otherwise get the 3570.

You can also get non-K versions if you never intend on overclocking as they should be a little cheaper but from what I can tell it is only a $10 difference so you might as well get the K.

What Nachbar said about the 2500K, really good cost-performance ratio. From what I've heard, you could easily increase the frequency by another 0.5GHz (stock freq. = 3.7GHz) with little to no temperature gain.

Also, quite a few modern games tend to be more CPU-intensive, so it really depends on what you play.

The stock cooler would still work perfectly fine. Intel wouldn't provide you an inadequate cooler.

You'd only need a after market cooler if you're going to OC. Even if you do OC a just a little bit your stock cooler should be fine.