The games my son likes to play have finally surpassed the GPU (TI 650) in the old deaktop he is using. Please post any Black Friday or cyber Monday or holiday deals that may be out there. I'm also not opposed to an (additional) MB/CPU upgrade. Current processor is an i7-3770K.

Budget?

From a very quick look at what is modern (compared to what I have) for a GPU, $300ish. I'd spend more if it was a better "deal". MB/CPU upgrade… no idea budget, I have not researched this at all.

ETA: The last time I researched CPU/MB/GPU upgrades, the above components were current. That gives you an idea of how far "out of the loop" I am these days.

If you want to stick right at that budget I'd suggest an Nvidia 4060 along these lines:

Gigabyte RTX 4060

For a tad more you can get something faster with more memory:

Radeon RX 6750XT

Velvet Jones said:

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If you want to stick right at that budget I'd suggest an Nvidia 4060 along these lines:

Gigabyte RTX 4060

For a tad more you can get something faster with more memory:

Radeon RX 6750XT

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If you're streaming use the 4060 because of the encoding. If not that Radeon is great because of the memory.

Thanks for the replies everyone. I went a little out of my budget and am getting a "Speedster SWFT319 AMD Radeon RX 6800 16GB" at $360. Now my next question, what MB/CPU combo is the best bang for the buck right now? Looking at Newegg MSI B550 and Ryzen 7 5700X3D for about $300 with "free" 32 gb RAM

Is there some other MB/CPU combo I should be looking at near the same price range?

nope. That is the best you will get.

Thanks agdev

Cola8d8 said:

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The games my son likes to play have finally surpassed the GPU (TI 650) in the old deaktop he is using. Please post any Black Friday or cyber Monday or holiday deals that may be out there. I'm also not opposed to an (additional) MB/CPU upgrade. Current processor is an i7-3770K.

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Just so you know, that processor is 10+ years old. If you get 5+ years out of any computer processor, you've gotten your full value.

You can up your GPU, but your CPU is pretty gosh darn old and is going to be a bottleneck.

EDIT : I see in later posts you realize "it's time" and are upgrading. Good job.