Upgrade mobo, processor & gfx card?

[BlackEarth91]

Hey guys, currently have the Biostar TP67B+, i5 2400 & Palit Gtx 560ti bought 2 years ago, with intentions to upgrade my PC excluding RAM & HDD

Usage of the PC would be generally for later high requirements games such as Farcry4 ,ACU ,Dragonage:Inquisition ,Battlefield 3/4

So my question here is, will it be optimal if I upgrade my i5-2400 to the i5-4460 processor or reuse the i5-2400 which may bottleneck the Gtx970?

Also open to suggestions to any builds. Thanks

 

[shadow84]

Go for the gpu 1st... 970 is good enough for the games that u wanna play. Can presume ur monitor resolution is 1080p?

If it lags due to the amount of AI present in the game, then it means the cpu may be bottlenecking.

If u can, do get a ssd as well for OS, impt applications and some games if still gt space.

 

[BlackEarth91]

Go for the gpu 1st... 970 is good enough for the games that u wanna play. Can presume ur monitor resolution is 1080p?

If it lags due to the amount of AI present in the game, then it means the cpu may be bottlenecking.

If u can, do get a ssd as well for OS, impt applications and some games if still gt space.

Thanks for the advice and yes i'm gaming on 1080p, though i'm still quite reluctant to get an SSD since it has no effect on performance for gaming

 

[Jian19]

Where got bottleneck

 

[BlackEarth91]

Where got bottleneck

So, will it be recommended it retain the i5-2400 & save that extra $200?

 

[BlackEarth91]

After doing abit of research, found out that the H97 is actually not compatible with the i5-2400
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[hengheng220]

Actually no point to buy new mobo maaa just buy new gpu can le~

 

[BlackEarth91]

Actually no point to buy new mobo maaa just buy new gpu can le~

It's due to my failing motherboard, during boot,CMOS fail & always skip BIOS & windows splash screen. Replace CMOS battery already still like that

 

[koicafex]

just change everything lo
not sure if you know about bf4 launch
i5 people had trouble playing the game due to shutter issues
so might as well just buy i7 incase the next BF also liddat